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by Steve Wohlberg - 2009-07-27
As noted in Part 1, Hollywood and TV networks are obsessed with dialog with the deceased. Medium, Ghost Whisperer, White Noise, Sixth Sense, Supernatural, Revelations, The Lisa Williams Project, and o...
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by Aleena Denison - 2009-07-25
While reading a book, have you ever skipped over parts of the story, or flipped through to the end to make sure everything comes out alright? I'm sure many of us have done it at least once, and someti...
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by Aleena Denison - 2009-07-25
Before I list specific tools, let me share what should be included in the tools, and why:• Who God is- In today's world, it's startling to observe how many people don't know anything about God or the ...
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by Aleena Denison - 2009-07-25
Before collecting tools for the toolbox, it's important to have an idea what tools are needed:• If one were to go out and take a survey, asking people what they know about God or the Bible, I think ma...
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by MICHAEL BRESCIANI - 2009-07-24
According Boston.com July 23, 2009 the President is ‘surprised' by the controversy surrounding his remark that the Cambridge police acted ‘stupidly' in the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis ...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-07-20
Dharmapala returned to Ceylon in May 2434/1891 and founded the Maha Bodhi Society in Colombo. In the same year, a mission was sent to Bodh Gaya and, then, an international conference of Buddhists was ...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-07-20
The work of explorers and archaeologists was followed by literary activities of Western scholars from 2369/1826 onwards. Translations and transliterations of the Pali canonical literature, treatises, ...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-07-20
3. Nichiren is a form of popular Buddhism. Its founder, Nichiren, was a monk of militant and nationalistic spirit. He taught that one should have absolute faith in the eternal Sakyamuni Buddha, that t...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-07-20
The Tendai sect, which was based on the Lotus Sutra (Saddharma Punฺdฺarika) and emphasized the capacity of alt beings to attain Buddhahood, was founded as a synthesis of the doctrines and ...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-07-20
The official history of Buddhism in Japan began on October 13, B.E. 1095 (552 C.E.) when the ruler of Paekche or Kudara, one of the three kingdoms of ancient Korea, sent a delegation with an image of ...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-07-19
A TRANSITIONIn summary, the Buddhist history as told above can be roughly divided into periods of five hundred years. In the first five hundred years, the original Theravada tradition was strong, and ...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-07-19
The extinction of Buddhism from India at the time of the Turkish invasion led to a usual conclusion that Muslim persecution was the major cause of the disappearance of Buddhism from its homeland. Many...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-07-19
In India, the Pala line was brought to an end in B.E. 1638 (1095 C.E.) by the anti-Buddhist Senas from the south. The Senas were Vaishnฺavite. They revived the orthodox Vaishnฺavism and su...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-07-19
In the rest of India, however, Hinduism, by this time, had gained ground against Buddhism. There were many causes of the decline of Buddhism. Under the rule of some Hindu kings, Buddhists were persecu...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-07-19
During Harsha's reign, the great Chinese traveller, Yuan Chwang or Hsuan-tsang, visited India and spent fifteen years there (B.E. 1172-1187/629-644 C.E.) studying Yogacara philosophy at Nalanda Univer...
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by Aleena Denison - 2009-07-17
Have you ever thought that as a Christian you ought to be able to share Jesus without fear? For years I struggled with that idea. In my mind, I wasn't a good enough Christian if I had such fear. I tal...
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by Aleena Denison - 2009-07-17
First of all, what is "passable" Christianity? There are among us those Christians who wish only to give the minimum possible to God. Prayer, church, and Bible reading are about as far as they are wil...
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by Aleena Denison - 2009-07-16
Is it important for parents to talk to their kids about spiritual things? If you answered yes, then shouldn't the answer as to the importance of Bible devotions for kids also be yes? You ask why?• If ...
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by Aleena Denison - 2009-07-16
Training is important for anything one does in life. In order to do well in a job, a certain amount of training is required. Here are four reasons why you should seek evangelism training:• Jesus sent,...
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by Arjanyai - 2009-07-16
Today, although the spread of the government system of education has brought modern schools to replace the traditional schools, and though fewer monks teach in schools of the new system, most of the p...
