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by Arjanyai - 2009-09-05
It should be noted that there is a great difference as regards the social background of the monks in the traditional Thai society in the past and that of the monks in the modern times. In the past the...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-09-05
On the whole, Japanese Buddhism still maintains its strength in the intelligentsia and the rural population. Zen is associated with the culture preserved among the highly cultured people, is the spiri...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-09-04
The beginning of a separation in the period of modernizationBuddhism in Thailand reached the modern period under warm support of the king and the people, without the interruption of colonial persecuti...
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by Crystal Robertson - 2009-09-02
Sandals have been a common footwear since thousands of years ago. In fact, even before Jesus was born, a lot of Romans have already been accustomed to walk around in public with a footwear to protect ...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-09-01
The monks wanted for the monkhood and Buddhism the power that they saw the Catholic Church and the Catholics have under Ngo Dinh Diem. They wanted to place their chosen Buddhist political laymen in th...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-09-01
BACKGROUNDThe day of July 21, 2497/1954 marked the end of the war between the Viet Minh government and the French, the realization of Vietnamese independence and the split of Vietnam into two halves, ...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-09-01
Then came in 2506/1963 the persecution of Buddhism and the Buddhist crisis which turned the monks political and militant. The crisis began on the eve of the Visakha Puja Day, May 8, 2506/1963, when th...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-09-01
Cambodia has also shared the same Buddhist tradition with Thailand and Laos, since the beginning of her modern history. According to the statistics of a year during the 1960s, there were 2,750 monaste...
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by A Nutt - 2009-08-30
The egg is a remarkable product that has a rich and fascinating history of symbolic meaning in many cultures. Throughout the world, it is known as a universal symbol of Easter celebrations. Along with...
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by Aleena Denison - 2009-08-15
With the popularity of the internet today, and the vast resources that are poured into it, it's a prime place for doing research. One can look up just about anything and find huge amounts of informati...
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by Aleena Denison - 2009-08-13
The idea of campground evangelism is little thought of by many Christians. I certainly didn't think about it much until I started researching it. Of course, God has specifically laid it on the hearts ...
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by BRAD NAVARRO - 2009-08-12
As established by the U. S. Constitution's 20th change ( adopted in 1933 ), yesterday was Inauguration Day. Countless spiritual activities and references were part of the ceremonies, just like they...
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by PAUL J. MEYER - 2009-08-07
There were times in my life when I had precious little left but my integrity. I've walked out of an impending business deal I desperately needed to make ends meet because I was told I had to pay a bri...
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by MICHAEL BRESCIANI - 2009-08-06
Today the internet and some main stream media are abuzz about new developments on the Obama birth certificate controversy. Dr Orly Taitz has created the greatest stir with a copy of Obama's Kenyan bir...
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by Ed Houston - 2009-08-06
If you turned the pages back in my life when I entered the corporate world, you would behold a fresh young-eyed kid poised to exchange a lack of maturity for pure youthful energy. I was technically a ...
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by MICHAEL BRESCIANI - 2009-07-31
The promise of a great new ‘Change we can believe in' is daily becoming the great "Division we can barely live with.' Why has the President allowed the question of his birth place to be added to the...
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by Aleena Denison - 2009-07-28
What are specific fears that Christians have of Muslims?• Terrorist attacks- We have a tendency, if we don't know much about Islam, to associate all Muslims with countries controlled by Muslims, and t...
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by Aleena Denison - 2009-07-28
Sometimes I find it a challenge to teach kids biblical facts in a way that is easy for them to understand; a way that won't get confused or jumbled or mixed with all of the other things that they're t...
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by MICHAEL BRESCIANI - 2009-07-28
Reminiscent of the fall of Rome Congressional seats may soon be harder to give away rather than raising a fortune to gain. In fairness it would be hard to prove the congress has a clue but the real qu...
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by Simon Gray - 2009-07-27
Freemasonry is by far not a new organization or religious group. Its been around for many many years although having slight variation in names according to the country and state they are related to. I...
