Search results for "Religion in China" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Taejong (1367-1422, r. 1400-1418) the third king of the Joseon Dynasty ... Taejong's foundational leadership played a vital role in establishing ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 19:15, 24 October 2022
- distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures. Anthropologists ... as it becomes even more difficult to define in an increasingly fluid and globalized ...31 KB (4,685 words) - 15:01, 27 April 2023
- Golden mean or "middle way" is an ancient concept described ... In ancient Western civilization, the Golden Mean is found in the mythological ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 04:12, 24 May 2024
- history, although each remains controversial in certain sects of modern society. group. Whether that group is defined by religion, race, or other difference ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- [[File:Om symbol.svg.png|thumb|right|250px|Om/Aum in Devanagari script]] , also rendered Om, is the most sacred sound in Hinduism, symbolizing the infinite ...13 KB (2,123 words) - 07:07, 13 June 2023
- to 1969. He handed over power to Commander in Chief General Yahya Khan, whom ... Ayub Khan was born in the village of Rehana in Haripur District to ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 14:50, 7 February 2023
- are the only extant (living) species in the genus Pongo and the subfamily ... Orangutans are apes in the family Hominidae and superfamily Hominoidea ...14 KB (1,986 words) - 10:40, 11 March 2023
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... facilities for disposal of solid waste in Koror, and extensive sand and ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- of other nations that are not its colonies. In various forms, imperialism ... as spreading order, morality, the true religion and civilization, and have ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- 1913) was a British army officer. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the ... of independence to the Indians; the Ashanti in west Africa and the Zulu in ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... After it was conquered by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1021 C.E., the name Gandhara ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... ==Early religion in Korea== [[Image:Dangun as Mountain Spirit 1.jpg ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- during meditation, and Zen teachers use them in training novices. Each koan ... In Chan (Zen) Buddhism, a koan is a succinct paradoxical statement ...33 KB (5,103 words) - 03:57, 4 March 2023
- of his work, it was never enshrined in one of the famous collections ... to understand early medieval Chinese religion, culture, and society. Recent ...30 KB (4,865 words) - 06:29, 18 April 2024
- areas stretching from Central Asia in the North and West to Myanmar ... Tibet was forcibly incorporated into the People's Republic of ...35 KB (5,227 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- Buddhism has been a major force in the creation of Korean culture ... One of the foremost Buddhist temples in South Korea, Haeinsa has housed ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 16:38, 21 January 2024
- of poems from the Chinese Tang Dynasty in the Daoist and Zen tradition ... and orientalist Edwin G. Pulleyblank asserts in his study Linguistic Evidence ...19 KB (3,199 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2021
- after the fall of the Lon Nol regime in 1975. He is considered largely ... After joining the Communist movement while a student in France and ...22 KB (3,417 words) - 08:30, 24 November 2022
- to news gathering and processes involved in obtaining information for public ... some limitations are always present both in principle and in practice. ...23 KB (3,543 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- Buddhist scriptures, and the ideas contained in and based on them, that attempts ... and used by schools of Mahayana Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, Korea ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023