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Kachowism is a religion based off of lightning. The religion is found wherever there is thunder forecasts all year round in villages, on mountaintops, but mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in Australia, Brazil, and New Zealand. Contrary to where Kachowism is practiced, the religion originated from Italy. The story goes that a man named Giovanni was stuck in a freak thunderstorm in Central Italy. The storm lasted four days for five nights. Giovanni blunders about in the storm for these

Evil is a concept that humans have developed to explain suffering and disaster. It is seen as the cause of suffering, Religious perspectives would argue that it is contrary to the will of their omnipotent being or predestination. The two types of evil are natural evil, evil not caused by humans such as tsunamis, and moral evil, evil caused by human such as rape and murder. However, this presents the problem of evil, presented by Epicurus; “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is

The celebration of Wesak which is the annual ritual celebrating the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death (parinirvana), provides an opportunity for adherents to reflect on the Buddha’s life and teaching. The Wesak festival is extremely important to the Buddhist adherent and the Buddhist community. The Wesak festival or Buddha's Day celebrates the birthday of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who was to become Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.The Wesak festival is a time for devotion and remembering

The Four Noble Truths (ārya-satya) are the foundation upon which Buddhist teachings are built off of. The attainment of Nirvana, an experience separate from the physical world, is impossible without understanding which aspect of life each Noble Truth pertains to. The Noble Truths outline the cause of reincarnation and path that must be taken to escape from the cycle of continuous death and re-birth. The Four Truths are: 1. Concerning Suffering 2. Origin of Suffering 3. Destruction of Suffering 4

Giovanni Lasao Professor Amanda Lucia RLST 12 9 March 2015 Title All sects of Buddhism agree that the truths of Buddhism where discovered by Sakayumi Buddha during his meditations under the Bodhi tree. In honor of its founder, meditation holds a vital role in Buddhism for indicating an individual’s ability to attain truth. It is through the process of meditation, that Buddhists can attempt to attain enlightenment in the same matter as the Buddha during the myth of Bodhi- the story of Buddha’s enlightenment

Some more unique than others. One very common practice in the buddhist community is meditation. Though this is mainly focused on in Zen Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism, all forms of Buddhism practice it. Unlike Christians, Buddhist have no set in stone special way to do ceremonies such as weddings, birthdays, funerals,etc. Some forms of buddhism shout mantras. Mantras are sounds that are said to have special

the evil one. Then he devoted his life guiding people into the way to enlightenment or salvation. There are two main branches in Buddhism: “Mahayana” is the name given to those who believe that enlightenment is accessible to everyone, whereas the “Theravada” Buddhists are those who said salvation is accessible to only the committed few (for instance, monks). This paper will highlight the key elements of the doctrine of salvation in Buddhism, and evaluate the doctrine in the light of Christian Seventh-day

The core principals of Buddhism can be found in The Four Noble Truths and The Noble Eightfold Path. The Four Noble Truths are the truths about life. The first one is that in order to live, you’re going to suffer. Mind and body can inevitably become sick and lead to stress in life. Second noble truth is that suffering stems from a cause; desire. They go hand in hand in an inverse relationship. If someone desires to be private, they’re constantly going to be worried about when they’re not alone. This

yet the beliefs that belong to each one create different characteristics and traditions of the holiday and how it is celebrated. Vesak is the most sacred holiday to millions of Buddhists around the world, and the most important day celebrated by Theravada Buddhists (United Nations). It commemorates the birth of Siddhartha Guantama, his enlightenment that occurred at the age of 35 that granted him as the Buddha, as well as his parinirvana and final passing at the age of 80 (Dhammadharo and Bikkhua)

A Buddhist practitioner can go to war. The justification for hurting an individual who has crossed one’s path or boundary is to imagine that they are not human. It requires a conceptual imagination that suggests that the practice of Buddhism is valid or invalid depending on the given circumstance. Jarod Whitaker (2012) takes a look at the study of Warfare in Buddism and finds out that there are scenarios when Buddhist scriptures can be tailored to fit a clear-cut situation. For example, if one needs