All 4 Uses
Buddhism
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Hiroshima, by John Hersey
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- The doctor was too busy to visit him in Ushida, but he dispatched a nurse, who recognized his symptoms as those of mild radiation disease and came back from time to time to give him injections of Vitamin B. A Buddhist priest with whom Mr Tanimoto was acquainted called on him and suggested that moxibustion might give relief; the priest showed the pastor how to give himself the ancient Japanese treatment, by setting fire to a twist of the stimulant herb moxa placed on the wrist pulse.†
Chpt 4Buddhist = someone who believes in the teaching of Buddha -- that aims to end suffering by ending selfish desire and following a path of wisdom, ethics, and meditation
- 'Miss Kayoko Nobutoki, a student of girl's high school, Hiroshima Jazabuin, and a daughter of my church member, was taking rest with her friends beside the heavy fence of the Buddhist Temple.†
Chpt 4 *
- She was not religious, but she lived in a culture long colored by the Buddhist belief that resignation might lead to clear vision; she had shared with other citizens a deep feeling of powerlessness in the face of a state authority that had been divinely strong ever since the Meiji Restoration in 1868; and the hell she had witnessed and the terrible aftermath unfolding around her reached so far beyond human understanding that it was impossible to think of them as the work of resentable human beings, such as the pilot of the Enola Gay, or President Truman, or the scientists who had made the bomb — or even, nearer at hand, the Japanese militarists who had helped to bring on the war.†
Chpt 5
- The remains were cremated and buried in the grounds of the Night of the Lotus Temple, of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism, near his maternal family home in Nagatsuka.†
Chpt 5Buddhism = religion based on the Buddha’s teaching that aims to end suffering by ending selfish desire and following a path of wisdom, ethics, and meditation
Definitions:
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(Buddhism) religion and way of life based on the Buddha's teachings that seeks freedom from suffering by letting go of selfish desire and following a path of wisdom, ethical conduct, and meditation.Buddhism began in ancient India with Siddhartha Gautama, called the Buddha, who taught that suffering is tied to craving and ignorance. According to his teaching, suffering can end when people see reality more clearly, let go of selfish attachment, act compassionately, and practice meditation, eventually reaching enlightenment (nirvana).
Today, Buddhism is followed by hundreds of millions of people, especially in Asia, and it has also spread to Europe and the Americas. Different Buddhist traditions vary in rituals and practices, but they share core ideas about suffering, compassion, and the search for awakening. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)