Religion Essays

            The Heart Sutra is a very short text that begins with the introduction of Prajnaparamita, a teaching of the Perfection of Wisdom that the Mahayana Buddhists follow. It is explained within the text that there can be no attainment of enlightenment in emptiness. Emptiness, in this context, is defined …

Throughout history, man had been known to experience a quest towards the spiritual path. From the archaic to contemporary times, religion had been one of the issues and conceptions that had colored the lives of the people. Numerous religions had been reported to have sprung from different areas of the …

Introduction Religion has become one of the most central concept that surround us. It provides an answer to the most basic questions about the meaning and existence of human lives. There are thousands of religion that exists today, including sects and cults. It is the purpose of this paper to …

            The word Sufi is Arabic for wool which symbolizes purity in Islam. Sufism is an Islam’s mystical tradition defined by scholars as a science that aims at making the heart focus on God only and thus cleansing oneself. It is practised by a Sufi. It is thought to have …

Introduction      WHY so many religions? Within the United States alone there are twenty-three kinds of Baptists, twenty-one kinds of Methodists, twenty divisions among the Lutherans, thirteen brands of Mennonites, ten kinds of Presbyterians, and a whole handful of Churches of God. Thirty-nine religions admit such a lack of unity …

Paul seeks to hold up the Macedonian church as an example for the Corinthians to follow in the giving of alms. He submits the following as principles: Giving is a grace: it is this grace that arouses them to give, for how else could the natural man act so selflessly …

            Femme fatale refers to the iconic figure of a woman who has excellent charm and astonishing beauty. Such woman has the ability to capture men with her alluring physique, controlling and leading them into compromising and or perilous circumstances. In the depths of fiction, she is often, if not …

Introduction             Genocide intended for any race, tribe or nation will no longer be performed by anybody again. This is the hope and aspiration of everyone since events like the Holocaust took place. This is provided in the United Nations Article III of the Convention for the Prevention and Punishment …

In Chambers Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions Rosicrucianism is described as an esoteric movement [i]i.e. one only understood by a particular group of people, therefore a sect with secret knowledge. It is often said to belong to no particular religious group, even as beyond religion, although there are associations with …

I wоuld likе tо stаrt bу sауing thаt thе wоrd саstе соmеs frоm thе Pоrtuguеsе ‘саstа’ thаt mеаns а brеаd, linеаgе оr rасе, уеt mоst оftеn Саstе rеlаtеs tо thе Hindu sосiаl divisiоn. Оnе shоuld rеmеmbеr thаt thе аnthrоpоlоgists dо usе thе tеrm mоrе gеnеrаllу tо dеfinе thе rеligiоus strаtifiсаtiоn …