Reading St. Athanasius" Vita Antonii on both the literal and tropological level of interpretation reveals the contrast between achieving life happiness through materialistic paradise or spiritualistic paradise. Furthermore, three major events in St. Antony's life, his relinquishment of material possessions, his denial of demons, and his entrance into the garden, highlight the path to spiritual bliss. Analyzing ... 46). The garden is a powerful image in the Vita Antonii, as it is a paradisiacal image long before Christianity. The garden is the climax of Antony's spiritual journey, as he relin...

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... The Koran Interpreted by AJ Arberry carefully and found that The Qur'an recurrently stresses the importance of faith, and guide people to live a better life in order to achieve Paradise after death. The literary styles of repetition, imagery and parallelism were used to express the crucial concepts of the text, which also contributes to its popularity. First of all, the ... believers and kind-hearted: "Whosoever follows my guidance, no fear shall be on them, neither shall they sorrow." The faithful followers will be let into heaven, living in Paradise, while the evildoers will suffer in...

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... allowed in heaven. The first person believing in both a non-biased divinity and that his actions reflected his good heart stated "Only If I can go, anyone else can go inside Paradise." The second man, angry, reiterated this statement as he believed that he was in no way inferior to his friend. The third man stated, "You are both correct. If only ... the "I" (pure expression of the self) goes, you can enter paradise." His two friends agreed that one's heart must be of a pure essence to please Allah and that one has to purify oneself about the thought of the self in order ... ...

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... and other religions, possibly following from our nature to draw attachment to others. One may consider the correspondence to the belief that we will be reunited with loved ones in paradise and exist for eternity. In both Apology and Phaedo it is evident that Socrates wholly believes in a continued existence to the point that, ironically, he does not fear or resent ... ...

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Ever since the beginning of time, women have had to struggle to achieve their goals and aspirations. If one should consider Eve in the garden of paradise, she not only struggled with God, she has continued to struggle her fight with the man she was created for, Adam. Not only is this woman condemned for eating the ... ...

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... as "Sharia" which is the body of Islamic law. A central theme to Islam is that salvation comes through acceptance of, and submission to God. Those faithful will attain salvation to Paradise, while those who are determined to be evil shall proceed to "Jahannam", or hell. Rituals which are central to Muslim practice includes prayer and scripture reciting several times daily, profession ... ...

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... 's tool to impose ultimate justice on the wicked of the earth, and that if punishment does exist in the after life, it would most probably not be eternal, and that paradise may be where we finally understand the truth of God. In some interpretations of the Tanakh, it is even believed that there is a denial of the existence of any meaningful ... ...

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