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- a province of the People's Republic of China located in the far southwestern ... Tibetan monks have practiced their religion in Shangri-la, establishing ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- (愛新覺羅) ruling family was the last Emperor of China between ... as a puppet state of Imperial Japan, and in 1934, he was officially crowned ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 03:35, 7 December 2022
- ) is a collection of more than twenty monuments and sites in Macao ... and Holland all sought to open trade with China. Portugal arrived first on ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- to the first successful communist revolution in Lenin's Russia in November ... today include Vietnam, Laos, and Cuba. China and North Korea have each ...15 KB (2,166 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- denomination of Korean Buddhism developed in the late Goryeo period, as ... currently comprises nearly 3,000 temples in Korea, organized into 25 districts. ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 06:43, 5 April 2024
- an eminent theologian and religious scholar in the German Protestant tradition ... Born in Peine (near Hanover), Rufolf Otto attended the Gymnasium Adreanum ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 17:41, 22 December 2022
- kingdom on the earth, a utopian society in which wealth would be spread ... Richard Henry Tawney was born on November 30, 1880, in Calcutta, India ...14 KB (1,999 words) - 01:48, 14 December 2022
- roots back to the arrival of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity ... roots back to the beginnings of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- which influenced all subsequent teachers in the Linji (Japanese: Rinzai ... *Religion in China *Buddhism ==Notes== ==References == *Cleary, J.C ...16 KB (2,594 words) - 16:55, 13 May 2020
- over many of the islands of the Sulu Sea, in the southern Philippines. Though ... In 1851, the Spanish in Manila began launching attacks which destroyed ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 21:54, 26 February 2023
- and founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan. Zenji is a title meaning ... to be the best philosophical work written in the Japanese language. To this ...13 KB (2,020 words) - 16:34, 29 January 2024
- created the discipline of comparative religion. He was also one of the ... Müller's use of comparative linguistics in his research methodology ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- upon any number of religious teachings. In the Abrahamic religions, alms ... Related to almsgiving is the practice of giving a tithe. In English ...12 KB (1,965 words) - 08:19, 23 July 2023
- Lindsay Jones (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Ed. (Macmillan Reference ... The origins of the scholarly Indian Yogācāra tradition were rooted ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- (a short-necked lute) had been introduced in Japan from China. Various instruments ... Komagaku and togaku arrived in Japan during the Nara period (710-794 ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- is the ruler of Heaven (Tian) in Chinese mythology and is among the ... In addition to the myriad Chinese myths and popular tales that reference ...18 KB (2,861 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- called Han Wen-kung) (768 - 824 C.E.), born in Nanyang, Henan, China, was ... Han Yu was born in 768, in Northern China, the son of a fairly high ...16 KB (2,591 words) - 13:28, 24 January 2023
- by humans and have had an important role in human life for thousands of ... chambered stomach, which plays a vital role in digesting, regurgitating, and ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 21:23, 6 October 2022
- referred to as the "father of modern China." He played an instrumental ... one of the greatest leaders of modern China, his political life was one ...36 KB (5,408 words) - 22:52, 26 February 2023
- In Korea, Buddhist temples are abundant. Many of the oldest and most ... Buddhism originated in India and came to Korea by way of China. A ...21 KB (3,080 words) - 04:34, 4 March 2023
- , President of Toronto University College, in 1851. The term Pré-historique ... Religious accounts of creation, such as the biblical account in Genesis ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 11:30, 26 June 2022
- E.). Members of the School of Names engaged in a form of public debate or ... years until Emperor Shi Huang Di unified China under the Qin dynasty in ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 17:21, 25 January 2023
- Many viharas, such as Nalanda, founded in 427 C.E., were world famous ... In the early decades of Buddhism the wandering monks of the Sangha ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 22:03, 17 April 2023
- The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the ... but it was already rich and essential in the period of antiquity called ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- Zanskar is a subdistrict or tahsil of the Kargil district, which lies ... The people of Zanskar have subsisted, until recently, in nearly total ...14 KB (2,083 words) - 21:53, 2 December 2022
- ) is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China ... province's abbreviation, Qióng (琼 in Simplified Chinese), referring ...25 KB (3,616 words) - 16:53, 21 January 2024
- refers to those deliberately castrated in order to perform specific social ... Servants or slaves were usually castrated in order to make them safer servants ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 18:55, 11 September 2023
- and translator who traveled on foot from China to India in the early Tang ... Xuanzang’s detailed account of his travels, Journey to the West ...21 KB (3,157 words) - 14:33, 20 May 2023
- Religion plays a major role in life in Indonesia, which has the largest ... be free to choose and to practice the religion of his/her choice" ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- by Chinese scholars, it became famous in the West when it was translated ... describes milestones that mark progress in the course of meditation practice ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- as the founder of an indigenous Korean religion, one that had enormous impact ... the rebellion that many followers of his religion sparked after his death ...18 KB (2,900 words) - 17:10, 10 December 2023
- The epic is considered the longest literary work in the world. Although ... The Epic of King Gesar is considered the longest literary work in ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- The sociology of religion is primarily the study of the practices ... Historically, sociology of religion was of central importance to sociology ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). It is located in the middle of Beijing, China ... #039;s former collection is now located in the National Palace Museum ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- of the Sarvastivada schools, he grew up in centers of Hinayana Buddhism ... translation of Buddhist texts written in Sanskrit to Chinese, which ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- southern Manchuria (present-day northeast China), southern Russian Maritime ... a major regional power of East Asia, fell in defeat to a Silla-Tang alliance ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- coined the term "ethnocentrism" in the nineteenth century, although ... of ethnocentrism has proven significant in the social sciences, both with ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- The Juche Ideology (Juche Sasang 주체사상 in Korean; or Chuch ... are used to externally dominate the masses in a totalitarian state, Juche ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2023
- It was originally published anonymously in the 1590s during the Ming Dynasty ... Buddhist scriptures to bring back to China. During the journey they ...24 KB (3,989 words) - 01:59, 8 September 2022
- the diverse cultures and countries in which it has spread. Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh and Sikkim), areas in northern Pakistan, Mongolia ... The earliest well-documented influence of Buddhism in Tibet dates ...27 KB (3,993 words) - 23:24, 30 April 2023
- Zhang Guo Lao (張果老) (Chang Kuo Lao in Wade-Giles) is one of ... In iconographic depictions, he is most easily recognizable by his ...10 KB (1,682 words) - 15:18, 3 December 2022
- Body"), and therefore is often depicted in massive sculpted images and ... to be confused with Virocana, who appears in the eighth chapter of the Chandogya ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- who have fled North Korea seeking asylum in South Korea or other nations. as the possible collapse of North Korea in the wake news of Kim Il-sung ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- In Tibetan Buddhism, Shambhala (Tibetan: bde byung, pron. 'De ... The concept of Shambhala plays an important role in Tibetan religious ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 09:52, 6 October 2022
- was the largest contiguous land empire in history, covering over 33 million ... beginning with the conquests of Western Xia in north China and the Khwarezmid ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 19:57, 9 November 2022
- Maitreya, the "future Buddha" in Buddhist eschatology, is ... The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya is found in the canonical ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... With the establishment of the Republic of China in 1911, there was ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- Athena, the goddess of wisdom and warriors in the Greek pantheon. As the ... Like Athena, Minerva came to be represented in art bearing a weapon and amour ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- which scholars were selected as officials in the imperial bureaucracy from ... and the Four Books. Other texts included in the Confucian canon are the ...20 KB (2,978 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- histories of any kingdom or nation in the world, if the 3000 B.C ... Korea (Korean: 한국 in South Korea or 조선 in North Korea, see ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- between 800 to 200 B.C.E. was the time in which all foundations that ... of a political unity of the world in while writing his book Die ...15 KB (2,330 words) - 07:19, 23 August 2023
- the first Jewel, Buddha. Founded in 646 C.E. by Master Jajang, ... or master Buddha’s teachings in order to bring salvation to ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- to resolve what it sees as inconsistencies in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. ... Buddhism, originally introduced to Korea from China in 372, or about ...32 KB (4,825 words) - 20:07, 15 August 2021
- centuries, was canonized as a Taoist text in 742 C.E. by Emperor Xuanzong ... The Wenzi is written in a question-and-answer format, with Wenzi as ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 23:30, 3 May 2023
- This article focuses on the civilization of China and its history ... China ( t=中國|s=中国|hp=Zhōngguó|tp=Jhongguó ) is a cultural ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- ” “emptiness,” and “acquiescence” in order to allow the natural ... idea of the Qin Dynasty, culminating in the unification of China under ...22 KB (3,459 words) - 19:04, 25 October 2022
- quot;) is an institution of great importance in Tibetan Buddhism, whose incumbent ... In addition to his supreme religious and temporal authority, the Dalai ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- Lama, and as such, is often referred to in Western media simply as the ... After the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, Tenzin ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- brush and weed control, and as symbols in religion, folklore, and mythology ... Goats naturally live in rugged mountain or desert habitats. They are ...18 KB (2,764 words) - 18:43, 30 August 2021
- Pearls are valued as gemstones and are used in jewelry. Pearls can also be ... bivalve mollusks when nacre is secreted in successive thin, translucent ...20 KB (3,138 words) - 19:56, 22 April 2023
- Trained in the medical profession and turning later in life to the ... William Stukeley was born the son of a lawyer at Holbeach in Lincolnshire ...11 KB (1,651 words) - 20:32, 13 May 2023
- and thought. At times a controversial figure in Chinese history, his legacy ... sincerity. These values gained prominence in China over other doctrines ...28 KB (4,530 words) - 19:00, 15 May 2020
- praxis) into a discrete and coherent whole. In the socio-political sphere ... Da Xue had previously been a single chapter in the Classic of Rites. ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 14:25, 13 May 2020
- Baekje (October 18 B.C.E. – August 660 C.E.), a kingdom in the southwest ... Korean Peninsula as far north as Pyongyang in the fourth century, falling ...27 KB (3,640 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- Shell"), as drawn by Frederick Catherwood in 1839]] though independent, cultural manifestation in all the ancient civilizations ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 22:31, 23 September 2022
- reveal his views of the universal truths in human nature and he often used ... tragedy and terror. Yet, he believed in the possibility of making a ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 23:01, 30 April 2023
- In ancient Taoist thought,Wu Xing ( c=五行|p=wǔxíng qualities or energies that can be perceived in all natural phenomena. The ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- The Silla dynasty, emerging in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula ... Kingdoms of Korea. Beginning as a chiefdom in the Samhan confederacies, Silla ...16 KB (2,364 words) - 22:07, 29 January 2023
- a unique "san-jiao" (three religion) village temple in Singapore ... on the spot for 120 years. The three religion temple allows us to envision ...12 KB (1,829 words) - 20:14, 13 September 2023
- became the officially sponsored doctrine in China for almost 1,000 years. “qi” ("vital life energy") in order to accord with nature ...13 KB (2,000 words) - 06:02, 13 June 2023
- 26 juan (巻 "scrolls; books") in 160 pian (篇 "sections ... developed during the later Han dynasty, in which the ruler, cultivating ...16 KB (2,593 words) - 04:44, 5 November 2022
- , Hanyu Pinyin: bào'ēnsì, English: Temple of Thanksgiving ... eco-friendly and elderly-friendly designs in their temple. During a major ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- He is remembered for his exploits in China and northern Africa. ... A committed Christian, he engaged in charity activities, including ...21 KB (3,345 words) - 19:07, 4 December 2023
- | religion = Buddhist |}} and to reduce inequality. She succeeded in the latter but high government ...10 KB (1,551 words) - 09:08, 9 October 2022
- In addition to its functional role, furniture is considered a form ... survives from the Neolithic Period and later in antiquity in the form of paintings ...10 KB (1,622 words) - 07:22, 15 April 2024
- of their religious heritage, which were in decline due to rapid modernization ... D. T. Suzuki was born as Teitarō Suzuki in Honda-machi, Kanazawa ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 07:35, 12 January 2024
- from inauspicious beginnings to success in fields traditionally dominated ... psychotherapy and solace through religion. Ultimately, the Catholic ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- Улс) is a landlocked country located in East Asia with a population ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- The term diaspora (in Ancient Greek, διασπορά – "a ... centers of Jewish diasporan culture emerged in such places as Alexandria, ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- Xiuzhen (修真) is the principal technique in the Taoist quest for ... Western scholars have encountered difficulty in treating Xiuzhen as a serious ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 17:32, 11 October 2020
- Similar festivals are celebrated as Chuseok in Korea and Tsukimi in Japan ... * Zhōngqiū Jié (中秋节), is the official name in Mandarin. ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- the most important Hindu pilgrimage circuit in the Indian Himalayas. Located ... All four pilgrimage sites sit in the Himalayas, previously difficult ...11 KB (1,617 words) - 01:45, 4 December 2023
- is a Chinese Philosophy founded by Mozi in the fifth century B.C.E.. It ... whom little is known, not even what part of China he came from. The Shi Ji ...17 KB (2,759 words) - 19:44, 9 November 2022
- Christianity in Japan is a religious minority, which constitutes about ... are represented in the country today. Christianity was introduced to ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Christianity in China (called 基督教 Jī dū jiào, or Christ religion) is a growing minority religion that comprises Protestants, Catholics ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- thumb|200px|The Paramore family mausoleum in the [[Bellefontaine and Calvary ... construct monuments, not just simple graves, in which to inter their dead speaks ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- Buddhism). The Potala Palace, located in the city of Lhasa, is named ... rising more than 300 m (about 1,000 ft) in total above the valley floor. ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- Gojong, the 26th King of the Joseon Dynasty. In 1902, she received the posthumous ... rose to the occasion. Born and raised in obscurity, Queen Min became ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- (1133-1212 C.E.). The school was established in 1175 C.E., and is the most ... Jodo shu sought to provide people with a simple Buddhist practice ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 13:45, 1 August 2022
- While Li Bai is often associated with the religion of Daoism, Du Fu is considered ... Certainly, Du Fu was much more down-to-earth in comparison with Li ...18 KB (2,990 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2024
- The term brainwashing was originally used in the United States to explain ... quot; became a controversial issue in the 1970s. Accusations that ...29 KB (4,296 words) - 22:37, 20 November 2023
- dedicated to one or more articles listed in the Declaration. ... as freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, and the rule of law, as ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 12:00, 3 May 2023
- and social turmoil that characterized China during the Warring States ... Little is known of the historical Xunzi, save that he was born in ...24 KB (3,958 words) - 14:34, 20 May 2023
- Freedom of speech is a key factor in the spread of information in ... Declaration of Human Rights and is enshrined in international human rights ...18 KB (2,627 words) - 10:48, 11 April 2024
- 713) was one of the most important figures in the Chinese Chán monastic ... is one of the most influential texts in the East Asian meditative tradition ...20 KB (3,245 words) - 16:34, 21 January 2024
- ) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. Today Uyghurs live primarily ... Wei( 北魏) Dynasty (386-534 C.E.), in China, refers to them as part ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which are volcanic in origin; ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- In the history of Confucianism, he is second only to Confucius in ... Mencius, also known by his birth name Meng Ke or Ko, was born in the ...22 KB (3,470 words) - 04:29, 9 November 2022
- and arché meaning rule) refers to a society in which male members predominate ... around the world, and at different times in history, have attempted to ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
