...similarities in the lives of the monks and nuns who dedicate themselves to the monasteries* of both religions. History shows us that the reality of what was practiced in the respective institutions of these two religions was often very different. There are, however, many differences in daily monastic life for Christians and Buddhists, but the greatest differences became manifest in what the ultimate goals of those monks and nuns who practiced monastic life in the name of Christianity and Buddhism. In both Christian and Buddhist tradition monastic life is defined as having a cloistered existence, forsaking normal life and taking religious vows. In both traditions, the vows that are taken are meant to be binding for life. In the case of some types of Buddhism most of these vows are to be kept even if one leaves monastic life, and in Christianity monastic vows are only a more specific reaffirmation of the vows taken by all Christians when they are baptized.[1] More specifically, Christians vow to reject Satan and to accept Christ, and monks do this for a second time when they receive the rite of tonsure, which is why this rite is often called the second baptism. The rite of tonsure is the cutting of hair and shaving of scalp, which has had many reasons over the ages, but is always a sign of submission to God. Buddhists also shave their heads when entering a monastery, but this done more as a surrendering of vanity, as there is no monotheistic “god” in Buddhist tradition. The most...
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...the Eight Garudhammas, then I will show findings how some Buddhists, especially those of Theravada, believe the Eight Garudhammas are not really teachings of Buddha. Finally I will compare and talk about the differences of becoming ordained as a man or woman in Buddhism. The Eight Garudhammas date back to 1000 of years ago, which are the eight heavy rules which bhikkhunis (nuns) must follow in order to become fully ordained. Since these “rules” date back so many years and also from a different language, the translations have changed over the years. The Eight Garudhammas are as follows: 1. A nun who has been ordained even for a hundred years must greet respectfully, rise up from her seat, salute with joined palms, do proper homage to a monk ordained but that day, 2. A nun must not spend the rains in a residence where there are no monks, 3. Every half month a nun should desire two things from the Order of Monks : the asking as to the date of the Observance day, and the coming for the exhortation (bhikkhunovada), 4. After the rains a nun must 'invite' before both Orders in respect of three matters, namely what was seen, what was heard, what was suspected, 5. A nun, offending against an important rule, must undergo manatta discipline for half a month before both Orders, 6. When, as a probationer, she has trained in the six rules (cha dhamma) for two years, she should seek higher ordination from both Orders, 7. A Monk must not be abused or reviled in...
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...him then Peggy convinces Hank to go to his party because Khans daughter Connie is bobby’s girlfriend and he would not find any better girl then her. Khan also invites his friend Wassonasaong who from them he learns that they are bringing Buddhist monks who are searching for the Lama in his town. Connie and Wassonasaong sons Chane are the most likely Candidate to be the Lama. The next day in the party the monks come and they lay out the rug and they put different types of object of ex Lama for the candidate to choose form. Whoever chooses the right object will be the new reincarnated Lama. In trying to distract Chane from getting the object, Bobby comes in the middle and picks up the stick that was laying in the rug and starts dancing with the stick. Bobby infact picks up the right object that belonged to Sanglug who is the ex-lama. Seeing that monks believes that booby is the reincarnated lama and they boa down to him. Hank does not like that and he disapproves Bobby of being Lama because he is Christian. Also Bobby must pass the second test to show if he really the lama. One of the monks stays behind to see if the Bobby is really the lama. While staying, the monk does belive that bobby reincarnated spirit of Sanglug. He offers the Buddhist book to Bobby to teach him the budhism. Bobby learns about Lama and he starts Meditating. Hank dislikes what he sees due to he only believes in Christianity and he wants Bobby to be Christian but Bobby still claims that he loves Jesus....
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...Buddhism Gender inequality exists in most of the world’s religions. In Buddhism, many Buddhists have come to assume that being born a woman represents a lower status and a lesser spiritual potential (French & Nathan, 334). The stereotype of a female rebirth as lower than a male has historically resulted in discriminatory attitudes toward women and has been correlated with obstacles to women’s education and ordination. Id. Buddhist women, including nuns, have faced harsh discrimination by Buddhist institutions in Asia for centuries. However, the Buddha and even the Dali Lama himself have accepted the role of women as Buddhists nuns and acknowledged the possibility “of attaining all four stages of the religious path to liberation.” Id. at 344. This reflection paper will focus on the role of women in Buddhism and its effect on the law and also speak on the influence of Buddhism in the Constitutions of Bhutan. The Buddha taught a path to enlightenment and liberation from suffering for all sentient beings and people in every walk of life, to women as well as men, without discriminating class, race, nationality, or social background. For those individuals who wished to dedicate themselves fully to the practice of his teachings, he established a monastic order that included both a Bhikshu Sangha (an order of monks) and a Bhikshuni Sangha (an order of nuns). The first step in becoming a Buddhists nun (or monk) is the going forth or leaving the household life. According to tradition, a nun...
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...Kainoa Viluan History 151 In the book, Lustful Maidens & Ascetic Kings, Buddhist and Hindu stories of life, shares important values on how a family should and should not function. According to Hindu stories, the role of a husband and father are the foundation of keeping a family intact. Their important role is to be a householder, the protector of the family, which is regarded as the superior one. Under the classical Hindu ethical code, the Laws of Manu, being the householder is where it all begins. For example, in the Hindu story, The Brahman in the Graveyard, the third priest staying at the cremation site, resembles protection and honor for his wife on a daily basis. In the Hindu story, Good King Nala’s Downfall, King Nala’s addiction with gambling led him to abandon his wife Damayante, is an improper behavior of being a man. The moral of these stories teach men to be the head of the family, as the ones responsible for the welfare, protection, and morality of the family. A woman’s role is important in keeping a family together. Women should be faithful and devoted to their husband in any situation. In the Hindu story, Savatri and the God of Death, Savatri, a wife with courage and wisdom, is an example of an obedient servant to her husband. In the Buddhist story, The Radiant Sambula, Sambula, a wife that never left her husband’s side during his hardship, is an example of a virtuous woman, who gains trust and should be treated according to dharma. On the other hand...
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...EALC 145 Professor Cheung 9 April 2010 Buddhism and Buddhist Characteristics of the Cave Chapels Along with Confucianism and Taoism, Buddhism is among China’s most influential religions throughout its history. Buddhism taught the Chinese to believe in the Four Noble Truths and to follow the Eightfold Path to achieve nirvana, or a state of complete understanding with the world. Buddhism’s influences stretched to all regions of the country; it became influential enough that Emperors even commissioned cave chapels to be dedicated to Buddhism and the Buddha. The cave chapels of Yungang, Longmen, and Dunhuang, although each different, are the most famous of the cave chapels and best capture the different styles and characteristics that were used throughout that time period. The Yungang caves in the Shangxi province of China are a series of caves, mostly carved into the cliffs. The Five caves of Tanyao are the most famous caved chapels in the Yingang area. Although they are each unique in their own matter, the five caves collectively are dedicated to the five previous Tabgatch rulers (Thorpe 164). The Five Caves of Tanyao (Caves 16-20), reflect the faith in a phase of reliance on lavish imperial patronage. The history of Wei, or Weishu, records that Fa Guo, the Administrator of Monks, required monks to pay homage to the emperor, declaring "the person who has the ability to advocate Buddhist faith is our sovereign. I am not paying homage to the Emperor...
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...to eventually have 30 monks who would join the brotherhood at age 19 to 30 and live out their lives in the monastery. He had formed the vision of acquiring a large parcel of land and building a monastery with accommodations for 30 monks, a retreat center for lay visitors, a Gothic church, a convent for Carmelite nuns, and a hermitage. He believed the monastery could rely on Mystic Monk Coffee operations along with donations to fund the purchase of the ranch. 2. Although Father Daniel Mary has a strategy, he does not have clear set objectives for achieving his vision. 3. He developed an execution plan that would enable Mystic Monk Coffee to minimize the effect of its cloistered monastic constraints maximize the potential of monastic opportunities, and realize his vision of buying the Irma Lake Ranch. A competitive advantage for Mystic Monk Coffee could be the variety they offer and the high quality fair trade Arabica and fair trade/organic Arabica beans. 4. Mystic Monk Coffee’s strategy is a money-maker given they satisfy the buyers wants and needs at a price customers will consider a good value. Mystic Monk Coffee’s business model is high quality coffee targeting a segment of U.S. Catholic population who drink coffee and wish to support the monastery’s mission. The high value provided and pleasing price makes the value proposition attractive to customers. The pricing tied to its customer value proposition allows for acceptable profits to Mystic Monk Coffee. 5. The strategy...
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...Daniel Mary, the Prior of the Carmelite Order of monks in Clark, Wyoming was a former high school football player, boxer, bull rider and man of great faith. Father Prior Daniel Mary was known to never back down from a challenge, a challenge which would take precise planning and execution to complete. This challenge would require Father to rally his group of men...his monks, to get them all focused on this common goal Father Prior had envisioned. This vision was to create a new Mount Carmel in the Rocky Mountains. His vision of altering the small brotherhood of 13 monks living in a small home into a 500-acre monastery that would include: accommodations for 30 monks, a Gothic church, a convent for Carmelite nuns, a retreat centre for lay visitors and a hermitage; these visions all presented the daunting challenge. Father Prior had located a nearby ranch for sale (Irma Lake Ranch) that met his requirements but the current listing price was $8.9 million dollars which presented a financial obstacle. It didn’t help that Father Prior Daniel Mary did not have a great deal of experience in business, he lived as a Carmelite hermit in Minnesota before moving to Clark, Wyoming to establish the new monastery. While Father had proclaimed a very detailed future direction for his monks and monastery, he hasn’t created the strategy needed to achieve such expectations. Father Prior currently has unclear vision, mission and value statements; the monks need to progress forward with the same common...
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...Mystic Monk Coffee Case Study Assignment Questions 1. Has Father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? What is his vision for the monastery? What is his vision for Mystic Monk Coffee? What is the mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? 1) The future direction of the monastery was to develop a strategic vision to achieve the purchase of a land to further expand the operations of the monastery. That is, the monastery would use the funding from donations and the coffee-roasting operations. However, operations of the coffee business would need to be further expand and improve in order to obtain the funding that would allow the monastery to achieve its vision and mission. 2) The biggest vision of Father Daniel Mary for the monastery included expanding it by acquiring the Irma Lake ranch for its current listed price of $8.9 million. This would enable to build a retreat center, a Gothic church, a convent for Carmelite nuns, hermitage and transform the small brotherhood of 13 monks to 30. 3) The vision of the Mystic Monk Coffee was to make the vision for the monastery a reality, by “turning the coffee into the land”; its profits will be towards purchasing the required land to expand the monastery; the main vision. 4) The mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming was to be able to earn money to sustain themselves and be able to buy the Irma Lake ranch and further expand from 13 monks to 30 and build a gothic church, retreat...
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...1) a) Father Daniel Mary has established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming shown by his vision creating. b) Vision of monastery • Increase size from 13 to 30 monks • Purchase 496 acre ranch • Build monastery with accommodations • Build a church • Build a convent for nuns and a hermitage c) Vision for Mystic Coffee • There is no true vision except to fund the Carmelite Monks d) Mission of Mystic Monks • Worship • Live out their life in monastery • Vows of obedience • Chastity and poverty • Sacrifices associated with living a cloistered religious life 2. a) It does not appear that Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision however, some goals on wanting to obtain the 496 acre ranch or how to raise the money to buy it. 3. a) Father Prior’s strategy for achieving his vision is to use Mystic Monk Coffee profit to buy ranch for monastery. b) Its competitive advantage is the market niche of focusing on Catholics worldwide and to product more of the coffee. 4. a) Mystic Monk Coffee is a money-maker but used for monastery. c) Assessment of customer value is does have value because it sales to wholesalers or coffee clubs. d) Its profit formula is 11% of revenue. e) Free labor, non-profit with no taxes and roasting coffee in monastery creates and delivers value to customers. 5. Winning strategy • its strategy fits the company’s...
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...After more than five decades of God’s undeniable love and unrivaled mercy, the Diocese of Borongan continues to tend sheeps and bring people closer to God. Though, the province is categorized as economically poor, the diocese still have to claw her way to fulfill the demands of a growing Christian population. The diocese has been graced with 97 priests, including religious priests. Of whom, 71 are active in their fields, 2 retirees and 24 are serving outside the diocese. Despite the number, the need for more priests is still an urgent call to answer. In order to cater the local problems and mindful of the socio cultural history of the province, Seminario de Jesus Nazareno, 48-year-old minor seminary with 118 seminarians and Nativity of our Lady College Seminary, 18-year-old major seminary with 41 major seminarians and 18 seminarians who are burning their eye brows in studying Philosophy and Theology will shoulder the future of the diocese. The diocese is also in various avenues to spread the Gospel and to suit with the demands of the present world. Recently, the newspaper, on-air radio and website of the diocese were launched to help the Catholic TV13 to attract people especially the youth. On the year 2010, to aid and give assistance to our wounded and priests in advanced age, Priests’ home was opened. On 2011 St. There Monastery was built. With 385 000 Catholics of 400 000 inhabitants who populate the 34 parishes/quasi-parishes, the Diocese of Borongan is a witness of God’s...
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...of the case is to evaluate to what extent Mystic Monk Coffee can be relied to provide the financial resources to achieve the monastery‘s vision and make recommendations to improve Mystic Monk Coffee's performance. Mission The mission for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming was to be able to buy a nearby ranch that met Father Daniel Mary’s requirements of his vision. Father Daniel Mary’s vision is to transform the small brotherhood of 13 monks living in a small house used as makeshift rectory into a 500-acre monastery that would include accommodations for 30 monks, a Gothic church, a convent for Carmelite nuns, a retreat center for lay visitors, and a hermitage. Father Daniel Mary had to came up with an execution plan that would enable Mystic Monk Coffee to minimize the effect of its monastic constraints and maximize the potential of monastic opportunities, so the monastery could achieve its main mission that was to earn the money to achieve their vision. S.W.O.T Analysis Strengths • Mystic Monk Coffee is produced by using high-quality fair trade/organic Arabica beans. • It offers a variety of flavors. • Mystic Monk Coffee website features T-shirts, gift cards, CDs,and coffee mugs. Weaknesses • The capacity of Mystic Monk Coffee's roaster limited production to 540 pounds per day. • The production is also limited by time devoted to prayer, silent meditation, and worship. Opportunities • Mystic Monk Coffee is a unique coffee for U.S. Catholic population...
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...MAY 30, 2014 TEAM PAREF - STRAMAN K31 CASE 01 - MYSTIC MONK COFFEE 1. Has Father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? What is his vision for the monastery? What is his vision for Mystic Monk Coffee? What is the mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? Yes, Father Daniel Mary established his own vision for the future of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming. He envisioned a new monastery that could accommodate 30 monks, a retreat center for lay visitors, a Gothic church, a convent for Carmelite nuns, and a hermitage on a large portion of land called Irma Lake Ranch that costs $8.9 million. The vision for they Mystic Monk Coffee is to expand its operations through the purchase of a new brewery which would be capable of producing more coffee therefore generating more funds for the vision for the new monastery. The mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming is to live a life of solitude and prayer while working to earn profits in order to make the vision of Father Daniel Mary a reality. 2. Does it appear that Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision? Yes, Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision. Since the acquisition of the Irma Lake Ranch posed something of a financial obstacle thus creating the need to set objectives and performance targets. Considering that Mystic Monk Coffee failed to generate enough money needed for the...
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...Cynthia Lord, the author of Rules, wrote a ______ novel where the narrator, twelve-year-old Catherine, develops character while telling her story with humor and heartbreak as she learns in the end that being different is okay. Catherine struggles to find order and balance and longs for a normal teenage life during the summer months at home and the Occupational Therapy Center where she spends most of her time with her brother. Her brother, eight-year-old David, has Autism. Having a younger brother with Autism affects Catherine’s life in more ways than one. One main complication Catherine faces within the novel is she thinks David ruins everything for her due to the behaviors David displays. David makes it difficult for Catherine to keep friendships because he can be ‘embarrassing.’ Catherine’s best friend left for the summer, when Catherine heard the news that a new girl is moving in across the street, Catherine becomes excited but worried at the same time. She is concerned that David will do something to embarrass her and ruin a possible friendship. To help keep David’s behaviors under control, Catherine keeps a rulebook for David to teach him the simple rules of life. Each chapter is focused on one of her rules, and others are intermixed within the chapter. David often forgets the rules, such as “Late doesn’t mean not coming.” While Catherine and David watch vehicles drive by waiting outside for their father to come home, David realizes their dad is running late. David’s...
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...Evaluate the following statement: The film “The Name of the Rose” is an accurate portrayal of the lives of medieval monks. “The Name of The Rose” is a historical murder mystery combining fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory. The movie is very appropriate for historical class, because it simply describes the debate on the poverty of the clergy, but not converted beyond recognition. The scenes of the life in Abbey describe challenges and promises of monastic life. Such characters as dithering abbot and fat cellarer, quirky herbalist and dedicated illuminator demonstrate the variety of occupation and different personalities within the walls of the monastery. The scenes where after the second murder even the abbey became under the apprehension that they are experiencing the last days before the coming of Antichrist, is a perfect evidence that in the fourteen century many experienced divorce from the scholarly world turned to superstition, heretic movements, or apocalyptical outbursts. Moreover, the movie accurately described some parts of daily life medieval monks. The dining sessions, scenes of prayers, psalms and hymns were showed properly. Medieval monks devoted their lives to strict routine and discipline of life. For example, the part where elderly blind monk was angry at other monks because they were laughing claiming that monks never fool themselves. In the movie there were many scenes that performed the process of coping the manuscripts...
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