Essays on Buddhism

My dialogue with Laural Fawcett focused on her journey to becoming Buddhist, exploring the middle realm- from suffering that motivated her to seek spiritual development, which we studied during this semester. During this dialogue, I obtained new insights on the concept of Sanskrit, Dukkha, and the active practice of Buddha’s teachings. Laural described her journey…

An important part of being a nurse is understanding many ethnic, cultural, and religious groups and their practices. Nurses should not stereotype their patients, rather they should ask what groups they associate themselves with. The nurse can then perform care that is appropriate for the ethnic, cultural, or religious group they are a part of….

In the 6th century BC, Siddhartha Gautama was disturbed by encountering for the first time, a sick man, an old man, and a corpse. He was overcome with these sights and was determined to search for a way to end human suffering. He founded the religion Buddhism which freed oneself from suffering. Through the Silk…

In the Origin of the Buddha Image, Buddha was formerly represented as an adept or a teacher with its chief iconographic peculiarities that were rarely represented quasi-anatomically in a walking stance only until early Indian art (2). With the evolvement in iconographies, how has the Standing Buddha from the Gupta Period in Sarnath in the…

Hinduism and Buddhism are two of the main religions and philosophies that we studied in class, and in the world. At the heart of these two philosophies are figures that helped define them. For Hinduism, this was Arjuna, the Pandava prince accompanied by Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita. The main figure in Buddhism is Siddhartha…

Western Buddhism is a form of Modern Buddhism that has emerged recently as an answer to the West’s doubts regarding traditional Buddhism due to secular concerns. It thus does away with many of the superstitions behind traditional Buddhism such as karma, rebirth, nirvana, realms of existence and the like. This form of Buddhism largely focuses…

The Buddhist culture in India is a very mysterious and interesting culture. It began in North West India around 2,500 years ago. The teachings, Dharma, was brought by Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Buddha, himself. “Buddhism is not and has never pretended to be a “theory”, an explanation of the universe; it is a way…

As a child, the life of Buddha was the prince of a tribal king. He had many luxuries and was very protected. Buddha was gifted three lotus ponds with different colors of blooms. As a teenager, the life of Buddha was luxurious. He had the finest of everything and was shielded from pain or errors…

What is religion? There are many religions that people believe in today. When I think of the word religion I think of a group of people who believe in a god or gods that created the world and determine your faith. However, other people may interpret the definition of religion differently from each one of…

From the start of the Buddhist religion in India, Buddhism has since spread influential ideas to countries including Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Tibet, Mongolia, and Japan (The Buddhist Society). The proliferation that has occured within the religion is accompanied by a number of different interpretations of Buddhist teachings. These altered interpretations, when combined with the…