In order to better understand Brahma, we will first look at the different beliefs in the India System. There are four major beliefs that have bearing on this poem. Monoism is the belief that reality is a unified whole. Their is a hidden connected ness behind our perception of what appears to be many individual and distinct elements. Pantheism is the belief that reality is an extension of God himself. God's essence is a part of every facet of the universe, meaning all are equal and in a way all are God. Relativism is the belief that what we understand reality to be is an illusion. Reality is su...

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... those of their faith. My purpose of writing this paper is two fold: to make a reasonable argument of the contribution Buddhism has made and the beliefs a person who truly follows the doctrine should have. Buddhists believe that Nirvana is the Supreme Reality or truth that liberates us from suffering. God is ... The Way of Zen, who like most of the beat generation was not of asian descent. Classic American writers Jack Kerouac, Allan Ginsberg, and Ralph Emerson have been inspired by Buddhism's belief system. It should be noted that the religion exists in a myriad of forms from Zen to Tibe...

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