Monkey King, also known as The Journey to the West, is one of most illustrious and famed classical Chinese novels. One of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, the significance of the tale can be compared to the legacy of Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare or Peter Pan in English literature. However, unlike Romeo & Juliet, Monkey King is not a tale of romance but rather a tale accounting a journey towards spiritual wisdom and enlightenment through the power of unity. Sun Wukong, also known as Monkey King, is the titular character of the novel. He is a monkey born out of a magic stone, who later acquires supernatural powers under the apprenticeship of a Taoist master. Sun Wukong possesses colossal strength, amazing …show more content…
dexterity, and high intelligence.
Capable of 72 transformations, Wukong can transform into various objects and creatures. Those godlike attributes allow him to battle Buddha’s greatest celestial warriors in Heaven. However, he is still unmatched to the power of the Buddha. In exchange for his crimes of defying heaven, Wukong agrees with Buddha to accompany Tang Sanzang, a Buddhist monk, on his pilgrimage to the west (China to India) in hopes to obtain sutras, or sacred Buddhist texts, Tang Sanzang is also accompanied by two other disciples, Zhu Wuneng and Sha Wujing as a penance for their own sins. In modern times, the story of Monkey King, has been adapted into various movies, cartoon/live action shows and books. The legend of Monkey King is a hit to audiences both young and
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Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a story of two young lovers. These two hearts, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet belong to feuding families. The family feud causes them to keep their love a secret and therefore only Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, the Nurse and Friar Lawrence know of their love. Romeo and Juliet are able to look past the feud and let themselves fall in mad love with the other. They let themselves do almost anything for the other and at times it seems like too much to do, even for the one they love. Although fate and character traits play a key role in the play, ultimately Rome and Juliet’s personal choices lead to their downfall.Fate originates all of the conflicts in Romeo and Juliet, from when they met until they die.
Written by Wu Sangui, the Chief Commander of the Liaodong garrison, this letter is addressed to Dorgon, the Regent of the Manchu. In this letter Wu details a rebel attack on the capital which resulted in the emperor of China loosing the Mandate of Heaven and committing suicide. The letter then turns to extolling upon the Regent’s virtues, and requesting that he send aid to help Wu. Wu also offers all of the wealth and women that the rebels have as payment for the Manchu’s aid. However, Wu’s purpose for requesting said aid from a former enemy is unclear.
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There is no simple answer to this question, especially with the convoluted and entwining relationship between Buddhism and Wu, so we focus on how the religion assisted Wu in grasping power and its indispensable role in the Chinese economy. The close connection between government and religion is not a new concept to the Tang era as it has been well-established prior to its time, and it even survived long after. In the case of Buddhism and Empress Wu, the religion played a pivotal role in justifying her rule, which could explain her special interest in it. Among the Buddhists followers, she was identified as the bodhisattva Maitreya, which helped her gain a sense of legitimacy to her reign, especially in a male-dominant society (Smarr Feb. 17 2012). The association of Buddhism with Wu helped spur Wu’s benevolent policies towards the religion, who benefitted handsome...
"You know, my friend, that even as a young man, when we lived with the ascetics in the forest, I came to distrust doctrines and teachers and to turn my back to them. I am still of the same turn of mind, although I have, since that time, had many teachers. A beautiful courtesan was my teacher for a long time, and a rich merchant and a dice player. On one occasion, one of the Buddha’s wandering monks was my teacher. He halted in his pilgrimage to sit beside me when I fell asleep in the forest. I also learned something from him and I am grateful to him, very grateful. But most of all, I have learned from this river and from my predecessor, Vasudeva. He was a simple man; he was not a thinker, but he realized the essential as well as Gotama, he was a holy man, a saint" (141).
This paper is a comparison between two very different religions. Specifically Christianity and Buddhism. Coming from opposite sides of the globe these two religions could not be any farther apart in any aspect. I will discuss who Christ is for Christians and who Buddha is for Buddhists. I will also get into the aspects of charity, love, and compassion in both religions and I will be looking at the individual self and how christians see resurrection where the buddhists feel about the afterlife. One thing to keep in mind is that the two religions are very different but they seem to have a very similar underlying pattern. Both believe that there was a savior of their people, Buddha and Christ, and both believe that there is something good that happens to us when our time is done here on earth. This is a very generalized summarization but in order to go in to depth I need to explain the two religions more to fully convey this theory.
The founder of Buddhism was a man named Siddharta Gautama. He was born as a prince of a small kingdom located near today’s Nepal, around 500 B.C.E. (Gurinder 1). According to the legends, Siddharta was raised in the lap of luxury. He was given the finest clothes, riches, and a mansion for every season (Fisher 136). Despite having anything his imagination could conjure, he was unconvinced of their value (136). As the story continues, he was presented with the four sights that were being kept from him (136). These sights included death, sickness, old age, and a monk seeking lasting happiness rather than material possessions (136). After these sights, Sidhharta began his long path to enlightenment. After six years of searching, he had reached his goal of an ultimate consciousness called Nirvana, or enlightenment that is above ordinary human states of mind (Gurinder, Numrich, Williams 1-2). After his discovery of the ultimate consciousness, he was given the title of Buhhda, which means “Enlighten One” (2).
Significant differences abound between the two principal schools of modern Buddhism, Mahayana and Theravada. Among the many distinctions that exist, a few could be considered especially integral to an understanding of how these mutually exclusive divisions contrast with each other. Before treating these specific dissimilarities, however, it must be established that the one, fundamental divergence between the sects, which could possibly be understood as resulting in the following earmarks that make both brands unique unto the other, is that Mahayana practice stresses an inclusiveness that stands antithetically to Theravada’s doctrinal preservation. Where the former sort’s adaptability has both attracted new practitioners and altered itself to complement modernity, the latter’s staunch resistance to change has allowed it to remain an uncompromised vessel of original Buddhist thought, battered by, yet having weathered well, two millennia’s worth of transformation.
Paterno, Domenica R. "The True Lion King of Africa: The Epic History of Sundiata, King of Old Mali."
The movie Planet of the Apes deals with a great number of issues that come up in everyday societal life. If one looks closely at the story, it is very easy to realize that Planet of the Apes is not at all about apes, but truly about mankind. It is a story about the human condition, and the way humans interact with their natural environment. It is a story about the dangers of religion, and even more powerfully a warning about the dangers of a politically active church.
The Lion King. Dir. Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff. By Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda
Mowgil was a young boy found by a black panther, in the Seonee jungle of India. The panther believed the small child was one of her cubs, thus taking him in and raising Mowgil as one of her own. The child was nurtured by his newly found mother, and began to develop animal like tendencies such as bunting in packs and walking on all four legs. Although Mowgil and the black panther are creations of fiction, their story is still one of the most famous tales regarding wild children. Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book (1864), became so popular the story was adapted into one of Walt Disney’s most classic animated musicals. People all over the world have been fascinated by the stories of children raised by animals, because of their mutation between
Xuanzang, a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty, commonly known as "Monk Sanzang", surname Chen, Luoyang people. Xuangzang has four brothers, his second brother is a monk, he was deeply affected by him, Shaved to become a monk when he was thirteen years old and given the name Xuanzang, he had traveled throughout various places, visiting famous Buddhist teachers, studying Buddhist scriptures(Wriggins et, al. 1997). However, early Buddhism in china had different opinion which can rarely draws a conclusion, Xuanzang was deeply confused by different Buddhism sects due to the fact that early Buddhism sects in China have made considerable changes in their efforts to adapt to the current situation in China. For example, they eradicate the "caste" systems
A comparative analysis of salvation in Christianity and Buddhism exposes stark contrasts between the grace of Jesus Christ and the self-saving action and enlightenment of Buddha. I attempt to compare the Christian and Buddhist concepts of salvation in this essay to emphasise on the significance of each founder's roles in salvation, and to extract similarities and differences between them both.
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