The Growth of Eastern Ideology in the West Few aware of religion’s landscape within the western world would deny that Eastern, Asian philosophies, religions, doctrines, and dogmas typically are making […]
The Four Noble Truths (henceforth referred to as FNTs) are at the heart of the teachings of Siddhārtha Gautama, more commonly known as “the Buddha.” Gautama, active in India during […]
Siddhārtha Gautama, the Buddha, was the founder of a sect of ancient wanderer ascetics and whose teachings came to form the foundations of what would become the religion of Buddhism. […]
Buddhism, with its rich history and many varieties of expressions, is clearly a diverse philosophical, religious system. On a first note, as it was originally taught by the Buddha and […]
Karma, according eastern religion (particularly Hinduism and Buddhism) and contemporary New Age Spirituality, governs how each person will be rewarded or punished in their next life. However, a question arises […]
1. The Meaningfulness of Their Existence. In 1960 a theologian by the name of Paul Tillich visited Japan, and in conversation with some Buddhist scholars, he asked that: “If some […]
1. The view of contemporary scholarship. All historians hold to the position that Jesus lived and taught in 1st century Palestine, likewise most scholars agree that Siddhartha Gautama, known as […]
