North Carolina A&T State University Buddhists Value Wisdom & Compassion Questions
Question Description
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As a general rule, each question should be addressed in a separate paragraph, your exercise should reflect college level composition and should be at least 250 words in length. This means you should use proper capitalization, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and paragraphing. Once you post your original response to the above prompt, you will be able to see your classmates’ posts and engage in a dialogue. This discussion conversation is due by 11:59 p.m., Tuesday October 6th and will be graded using this rubric
The discussion covers material from the module notes and from chapter 5 Buddhism of Invitation to World Religions, by Jeffrey Brodd, Layne Little, Brad Nystrom, Robert Platzner, Richard Shek, and Erin Stiles, 3rd Edition, published by Oxford, ISBN 978-019069081-6
After reading the module notes and chapter 5, p. 178 “The Emergence of Western Buddhism”, answer the following questions:
- According to the people interviewed for the article, Buddhists value wisdom and compassion as two virtues (character traits that guide a person’s actions) as essential to Buddhism. Do you think that our society needs people to act with wisdom and compassion? If so, why? Support your answer with material from module notes, videos, or the textbook, clearly documented.
- Western societies like the United States emphasize the individual over groups or society. Buddhism teaches everything is interdependent. Do you think that viewing everything and everyone are interdependent would help solve some of the divisive issues facing our society? If so, why, Support your answer with material from module notes, videos, or the textbook, clearly documented.
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