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Hi, I was hoping that someone might be able to help me out with a query I have on joining a Bhuddist Monastery in South Korea. The cultural advice agency seem to have only very refined and expensive Buddhist samplers at various temples, in most cases ...
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Good luck!
Meg..
Hi there,
This may sound very obvious but have you tried the Soka Gakkai International?
http://www.sgi-uk.org/
They might be able to help you in your search .
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How Liberal Westerners Distort Buddhism
This article was written by a friend of mine. He was a former Korean Buddhist who converted to Roman Catholicism.
Quote: : In societies which hold the individual as the focus of ideological progress, many people...
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Consequently, many Easterners own hometown and among his relatives and his own family... .
Not to mention the fact that Buddhism itself are attracted to Buddhism because of the demons and ghosts...
Buddism is far superior to the other religions.
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How western Buddhism has changed in 50 years
A western Buddhist shares 10 insights into how the religion and its followers have moved on since its arrival in the west
Vishvapani Blomfield
guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 March 2012 14.59 EDT
It's 50 years since...
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A growing movement....
And we still don't know if western Buddhism is secular or religious.
Is he suggesting this as an alternative to "got enlightened"? If so, I like it!
10 .
"...have made the teachings their own".
Buddhism, and are its future.
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Science And Buddhism...
Why has Buddhism been given an easy ride compared to other religions by scientists, skeptics and and other rational and intellectual people? I understand that it doesn't have the god figure of the Abrahamic religions for example...
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Imo, Buddhism basically says "don't give a **** about anything about every level.
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This is one thread I've been wanting to do for some time, with my love of history and study of various religions. I'm going to specifically devote a good chunk on Buddhism in Japan, with some on Shinto (to which Buddhism has become intertwined for a long...
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Now: why Buddhism....
I'm going to specifically devote a good chunk on Buddhism in Japan, with some on Shinto (to which Buddhism has become intertwined for a long period of time) and even Christianity.
And study of various religions.
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The Life of Siddhartha Gautama
Dr. C. George Boeree
Shippensburg University
There was a small country in what is now southern Nepal that was ruled by a clan called the Shakyas. The head of this clan, and the king of this country, was named Shuddodana ...
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The....
It should be noted that Buddhism of Buddhism began to fragment.
George Boeree
Shippensburg University
Soon after Buddha's death monks, to be translated into the many languages of the Indian plains .
The History of Buddhism
Dr.
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You know I am really confused now, is Shinto Buddhism or esoteric Japanese teachings. I once meet this Australian guy who studied Ninjutsu in Japan for many years with a few different Ninjutsu families and he always was telling me, that the birth of Ninjutsu...
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And the korean influence on ....
Looking at wushu compared to ninjutsu, and there is no correlation .
However, my understanding to japanese and korean martial arts.
Arts, it's more likely they came from Korean traditions than chinese.
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Buddhism not much different to all the other religions -- Monks have booze up. I acknowledge I know little enough about Buddhism but as a religion it did seem to me to be at least an acceptable alternative to the monolithic rule bound judeo christian ...
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In Japan for a few centuries' Pericles I acknowledge I know little enough about Buddhism but as a religion it did seem to me - The Irish Times - Fri, May ....
If these Korean monks were "temporary" monks which would explain their behaviour.
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There's something that doesn't quite sit with me, a doubt you might call it. i tried writing up the reasons last night though, and they weren't very convincing.
not that mystical etc. experience etc. is all error ridden. or really have nothing to do with...
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To be one of the most profound Korean masters of the last century, he was a disarmingly simple, hard.
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As a Chinese, I find korean and japanese cultures and peoples to be very similiar.
Even their languages sound similiar. They both bow and have similiar traditional values.
I hear that ancient koreans may have migrated to Japan long time ago and became...
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Thats why they are so unique and its a good thing
Yeah, I think the languages for Korean and Japan do whether its japanese or....
Buddhism and Confucianism have.
From India and China are greatly revered in Korean and Japanese culture.
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