... not make much progress if he/she doesnt do any exercises after class. In addition, 46.3% students hold the opinion that the influence of Chinese is very great. The attitude toward Chinese influence and the method of adopting the translation process are of great importance in listening classes. 56.1% students think that the textbook is too difficult while 11%students think it too easy. We may ask ourselves: which kind ... the question of other problems, the students express many different ideas such as the psychological element, the motivation and interest, the pronunciation and etc. Enl...

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... goals. They are concerned with studying the underlying nature of things. Both, Zen and metaphysics focus on self-discipline, meditation, and attainment of enlightenment through direct intuitive insight. Both Zen and Metaphysics recognize the importance of reality and both see reality as being the world as it is, unaffected by thought. They are most similar in their goal to expand the consciousness of the mind through meditation. Meditation is an integral ... part to the study of both Zen and Metaphysics and is used by both ... ...

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... on garden landscaping. For many centuries, Japanese Zen masters have built gardens of skilfully arranged rocks and white raked sand, creating silent gardens for peaceful meditation. Compared to the Western garden, the Zen garden is peaceful, and gives importance to the space rather than geometric form. Traditional Zen gardens were made out of rocks, sand, water, trees, shrubs, ferns and moss, which represents ... mountains, rivers, lakes, sea and waterfalls. The main idea behind these gardens is to demonstrate a respect to ... from ego and any little disturbances to become "as carefree ...

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... on garden landscaping. For many centuries, Japanese Zen masters have built gardens of skilfully arranged rocks and white raked sand, creating silent gardens for peaceful meditation. Compared to the Western garden, the Zen garden is peaceful, and gives importance to the space rather than geometric form. Traditional Zen gardens were made out of rocks, sand, water, trees, shrubs, ferns and moss, which represents ... mountains, rivers, lakes, sea and waterfalls. The main idea behind these gardens is to demonstrate a respect to ... from ego and any little disturbances to become "as carefree ...

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... Jesus Christ as your savior to be saved and to achieve enlightenment. For Christians to have a relationship like that of the concept of Jen, a person must be a part of a church or commune with Jesus through prayer. The heart of Christianity is the faith in Jesus Christ and God and the beliefs taught through the Bible. Where western thought separates the mind, body and soul, Confucius holds that these things must be ... are many similarities between Christianity and the teachings of Confucianism. The primary ideas are those of an ethical nature such as honesty, loyalty and proper behavio...

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... very important. They also all developed a scripture along with traditional religious practices. And They all had some sort of human figures as their active leader. Of these three aspects, the ethics and morals importance stands out the most. In Hinduism the Law of Manu is used mainly as a statement of their moral and ethical ideals. Like one would expect it states that it is not allowed to murder ... ) and cosmos (female). Two of the most popular one are the Great Stages of Enlightenment, which explains ethical behavior and how to control the mind; and the Tibetan Book of the Dead, which...

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... two, Buddhism and Daoism, were what a vast majority of Chinese belonged to at the time. Confucius agreed with the ideas behind both religions. He supported the Buddhist enlightenments. The reason I think he supported enlightenment is because it gave people the chance to pause and meditate on their lives and what sort of things he or she could do to make the country a better place. Confucius probably supported Daoism because ... one another. Society The most important part of a Confucian society is his triangle of hierarchy. Since a class in a Chinese society was so important, Confucius ...

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