Human response to new developments regarding birth, death, marriage and divorce is largely shaped by religious beliefs. When assisted reproduction was introduced into medical practice in the last quarter of the twentieth century, it was fiercely attacked by some religious groups and highly welcomed by others. Today, assisted reproduction is accepted in nearly all its forms by Judaism, Hinduism ...

An analysis of contemporary Malaysian literature in English would, I argue, illustrates how ethnic communities in Malaysia have interpreted, interpolated and reworked the concept of multiculturalism and cultural nationalism so that these becomes less rhetorical and more appropriating the layperson‘s attempts at understanding and forming his or her identity as a series of negotiations with those...

The sacred texts of five world religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism) use similar belief systems to set limits on sexual behavior. We propose that this similarity is a shared cultural solution to a biological problem: namely male uncertainty over the paternity of offspring. Furthermore, we propose the hypothesis that religious practices that more strongly regulate fema...

In the last fifty years or so, since Yogācāra texts have been available to western academics, there has been a debate as to how Yogācāra Buddhism should be interpreted. This article seeks to establish that Yogācāra Buddhism is most properly interpreted as an idealist school of Buddhist thought. Specifically, it challenges the arguments that have been put forth in recent years that suggest a phe...

formation of the ilkhanid rule and conversion of hulagu to buddhism let buddhists to participate in ilkhanid rule. buddhists hadnot any role in iranian politics before, and this was seen as a permission to them to take part in the statecraft. after this, many buddhists migrated from china, tibet, and the uyghurestan to iran. they built some temples which sought to convert people to buddhism. so...

UNLABELLED Religion and spiritual practices are among the resources used by patients to cope with chronic pain. The major concepts of Hinduism that are related to pain and suffering are presented. Ways that Hindu traditions deal with pain and suffering are reviewed, including the concept of acceptance, which has been studied in the pain medicine literature. By becoming more familiar with Hindu ...

Although it has a rich and ancient history, India is fairly new state. This subcontinent the second most crowded country in world. In administrative terms, consists of 28 states seven union regions. While Hindi English are official languages, 22 regional languages spoken different states. been birth place four religions; Hinduism,approximately, ( 80 % population, Buddhism, Jainism Sikhism. Near...

The formation of Universal Social Moral Values (USMV) is considered as one the backbone Malaysian education curriculum to create harmonious individuals living in society regardless religion, race and belief. Nevertheless, inculcation these social moral values not clearly seen Arabic grammar even though main source for comes from al-Quran, which loaded with values. On that account, this research...

Previous research has provided knowledge about the existence of mantras carved on phallus in central Java. Based paleographic analysis, it can be seen that inscriptions date back to Ancient Mataram Kingdom (8th-10th century AD). This study was made with aim deepening understanding functional relationship spells surface object. The formulation problem proposed support purpose this is function fo...