8) The final step is deep meditation By reaching the eighth step, one can attain nirvana, an extreme state of happiness and contentment. Buddhism's most important teaching is that everyone, whatever their education or social status, could follow the Eightfold Path. A basic tenets of Buddhism i...
It is assumed by many anthropologists that the tenets of Therevada Buddhism are interpreted in an unaltered form by its adherents. I suggest, however, that practical compromises are made, and it is my purpose in the present thesis to describe and to analyze some of the differences which exist...
Why is Sikhism, the fifth largest religion, relatively unknown in the Western world? Learners will explore the tenets, beliefs, and history of these followers by analyzing scripture, literature, and contemporary media relevant to these religions. ...
Altan’s reign saw the conversion of a great many Mongols to the tenets of the Dge-lugs-pa (Yellow Hat) sect of Tibetan Buddhism, a religion that, until the 1920s, played a major role in Mongol life. The attempts of Ligdan Khan (1604–34) to unite the various Mongol tribes failed ...