The Buddhist Experience Buddhism is a religion that focuses more on the individual and the actions of that individual‚ which was prevalent to me when I made my way into Portland and set foot in a Buddhist temple. The man I met within the walls of this temple was far from my stereotypical thoughts of Buddhist monks. The man I met looked like your plain old‚ average Joe‚ American man. Before I delve into the depths of my visit to this inspiring place‚ I need to sum up the Buddhist religion and why
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Buddhist temples are perfect samples of Asian architecture. In this respect‚ Chinese Buddhist temples are particularly noteworthy since they mirror the architecture of China and include religious elements. In this respect‚ the White Horse Temple in China is particularly noteworthy. I visited the temple and was impressed by its architecture and atmosphere which was really inspiring‚ even though I am not a Buddhist. In fact‚ the Buddhist temple is fashioned after imperial palaces and bears very little
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Personal Reflection Essay for Trip to Buddhist Temple This Sunday morning I had the opportunity to witness my first Buddhist temple service at the Toledo Zen Center. My classmate‚ Tasi‚ accompanied me and we arrived to the service around 10:30 in the morning. When we first entered the temple we were both greeted by the man whom I had spoken with about coming‚ but were instantly amazed at the amount of color there was within the temple and how beautiful it was. I immediately noticed how unique
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Lama). The Eightfold Path is the teachings of being moral‚ being aware of our actions and thoughts‚ developing compassion for others‚ and most importantly gaining wisdom from the understanding of The Four Noble Truths. I visited the Vietnamese Buddhist Center in Sugar Land this past Sunday and it was a sight to behold. The center was surrounded by a green metal fencing with some sort of crest or emblem that looked similar to an steering wheel on an old ship. Driving into the center‚ the main road
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I recently went to an interfaith convention and met many people from many religions. Among them were Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Daoism‚ Judaism‚ Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Sikhism. I got to learn a little about every religion‚ and I thought you might be interested since you are going to be a religion major. All these religions vary because not all of them have one God. There are some with many gods‚ just like there are some religions that do not have a God. The religion I want to talk about is one that
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The environment surrounding the Buddhist temple was different than that of the environment of Christian churches‚ mosques‚ synagogues. The great books of Buddhism were not really described that much in the interview with the Buddhist monk. Instead Buddhism focuses more on the practice of the teachings of the Buddha. Buddhist do not necessarily read the teachings of Buddha all the time. The main practice for Buddhists is living the way of the Buddha In order to get a better understanding of Buddhism
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My first experience in a Buddhist temple was quite different than anything I have experienced religion-wise. I visited the Quan Am Monastery (Vietnamese-American Buddhist) at 3500 South Goodlet. I got to experience first-hand how meditation in a Buddhist temple actually works. I was very intrigued to find out how someone outside of the Christian faith‚ worshipped. As one might expect‚ the atmosphere was very tranquil. My group members and I called ahead a few days earlier and a man answered the
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1498 words Zain Malik: Culture Fo Guanh Shan Temple of Toronto Naima Nadeem: Power 6525 Millcreek Drive Manny Kular: Gender February 11th‚ 2013 – 1:00pm Figure 1: Picture Taken by Zain Malik - Entrance Figure [ 1 ]: Picture Taken by Zain Malik - Entrance For my field research report my partners and I visited the largest Chinese Buddhist temple in Mississauga called Fo Guanh Shan Temple of Toronto on February 11th during their festival of the Chinese
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I visited a Vietnamese Buddhist temple in West Palm Beach‚ and I was able to partake in some of their religious practices. There are many Vietnamese people in Florida‚ so the temples where created in order to provide people with the chance to practice Buddhism and express the cultural values. The form of Buddhism I experienced was Mahayana. Mahayana Buddhism developed during the first century. The Mahayana believe in and follow the Pali Canon. Those who practice Mahayana Buddhism also welcome the
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Ethnography (from Greek word ethnos = folk/people and grapho = to write) is a qualitative research method aimed to learn and understand cultural phenomena which reflect the knowledge and system of meanings guiding the life of a cultural group (Agar 1996). It was pioneered in the field of socio-cultural anthropology but has also become a popular method in various other fields of social sciences—particularly in sociology‚ communication studies‚ and history —that study people‚ ethnic groups and other
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