The emotion of pride has received complex and often opposing evaluations from scholars throughout history. On one hand, religious and philosophical thinkers have long decried the dangers of excessive pride, a view most famously put forth in the Biblical Proverb: "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall."' This negative view of pride was widespread among early Christian thi...

İnsanın hayatını anlamlandırması noktasında önemli bir etkiye sahip olan din, koyduğu normlarla insana düzenli ve faydalı hayat sunmaktadır. Dinin normları insan belli düzene oturturken, bu normların ihlali ise dinin insanın faydası için sunduğu düzenin bozulmasına sebep olmakta en nihayetinde işlediği günahlar sebebiyle zarara uğramaktadır. Bu bağlamda tarih boyunca kötü fiillerin sonucunda ka...

Rāmānuja was the founder of Visistādvaita Vedānta School, which is one of the three main schools of Vedānta. According to Rāmānuja, the soul (cit), Brahman, and matter (acit) constitute the three principal ontological realities. Rāmānuja provides some proofs for the existence of the soul, which are mostly based on self-consciousness. The relationship of the soul with the matter, on one hand, an...

Şirdi Sai Baba, Hint din, kültür ve medeniyetinin özgün bir örneğini oluşturur. Baba’nın doğumu, dini menşei kastı belli olmamakla beraber o, ölümünden önce sonra pek çok din mensubunu peşinden sürüklemiş hem Müslümanlar de Hindular tarafından kendi dinlerinin mensubu kabul edilmiştir. O ise bu hususa hiçbir zaman açıklık getirmemiştir. Müslümanların gözünde kerametler sergileyen evliya fakîr, ...

Metempsychosis also called, Transmigration or Reincarnation, is a religious philosophical belief which states that the soul spirit, after death, starts new life in body may be human, animal spiritual. The reincarnation depends on deeds of previous life. term metempsychosis takes its origin from Greek philosophy. Religions like Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism holds strong reincarnation,...

By considering his (in terms of) Logic-related works, we shall call Arya Nagarjuna as the most important Buddhist thinker in the Indian Antiquity. The most important parts of his works are the criticisms of thoughts which were presented by Buddhist tradition. Nagarjuna, who develops his ideas from the critical point of view by considering both Buddhist and it’s opposite Nyaya system of thoughts...

This is a book review of Silver Screen Buddha, Buddhism in Asian and Western Film by Sharon A. Suh. This book review is available in Journal of Religion & Film: http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol19/iss2/4 For anyone interested in the growing study of Buddhism and film, I recommend Sharon A. Suh’s Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film. This is the third study in English...

Contemporary Buddhists have in recent decades given the world outstanding examples of nonviolent activism. Although these movements have demonstrated great courage and have generated massive popular support, sadly, none of them has, as yet, prevailed. In this paper I will explore how nonviolent power was exercised in these cases. I will draw upon the work of nonviolent theorist Gene Sharp to he...

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