Philosophies of World Religions

Question: Discuss about thePhilosophies of World Religions. Answer: Buddhism Graphical Design: Image: Wheel of Life (As created by the author) The image (above) reflects on the purity of the religion, Buddhism. The image is deliberately blue colour, inasmuch the colour stands for truth and responsibility. Buddhism is responsible towards the whole universe and helps to pacify it. At the same time, the greyish tinge shows that the religion is very rooted and has a close affinity with the soil. The religion Buddhism bolsters the concept of agriculture in India. In the 1st century B.C., the metal iron came into existence followed by the advent of the heterogeneous sects like Buddhism and Jainism. The circle depicts the philosophy of Buddhism that stresses on the concept of Dharmachakra. Inside the circle, the white pillars are the primary elements of Buddhism. The white pillars permeated the Indian subcontinent. The white pillars represent strength, fidelity and allegiance. The strong pillars that surrounded the Buddhist institutions determine the strength of the religion. The Buddhist institutions that have strong white pillar s are Stupa, Dhamma and monasteries with intricate embellishments. Therefore, the image (above) represents the beauty and the solidarity of the religion. The image (above) stands as the emblem of Buddhism and sends across an important message to the community of World religion. The image represents an important aspect of the Buddhism. The Bhavachakra (the Wheel of Life or Wheel of becoming) is mandala (a circular frame manifesting the cosmos in the Buddhist pantheon). The Buddhists believe in the concept of existence that construes the continuance of a cycle of life, death, rebirth and suffering. The motive of Buddhist is to decimate the cycle of life, death and rebirth. The Buddhists adhere to the concept of dissolution of the cyclical fabric (Epstein, 2013). As per the diagram of the Bhavachakra, the wheel is divided into five or six domains or zones that support the re-birth of soul. The Wheel of Life represents the salient feature of the Buddhist art. The elaborate symbolism of the Wheel of life can be construed on various segments. The Wheel of Life (entitled the Bhavachakra in Sanskrit) is the manifestation of cycle of birth and rebirth in Samsara (Givel, 2015). The image (above) explains the real essence of the religion, Buddhism to the global audience. The core of Buddhism is that the disciples believe in the concept of Karma or deliberate action. The Buddhists, with the help of positive activities such as moral conduct can attain enlightenment or nirvana (Thondup, 2017).Life is not perennial, as the Buddhists believed. The Eightfold segment comprises eight practices: right perception, right resolution, right speech, right conduct, right living, right endeavour, right consciousness and right concentration (holy reunion). In the rudimentary phase, Buddhism practices started with right insight (right view) that results in meditation or Samadhi (Fisher, 2016). This forms the core of soteriological practice. Subsequently, the practice of Buddhism initiated with the resolution or prjana. This culminates in the development of different idea and arrangement of the path. By following the eight-fold path, the Buddhists can gain enlightenment or nirvana. In this way, the Buddhists can evade the cyclical transitions. Good actions culminate in better re-births. This is the main concern of Buddhism and the image (above) perpetuates a significant idea. Reference Epstein, M. (2013).Thoughts without a thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist perspective. Basic Books. Fisher, M. P. (2016).Living religions. Pearson Education. Givel, M. (2015). Mahayana Buddhism and Gross National Happiness in Bhutan.International Journal of Wellbeing,5(2). Thondup, T. (2017).Enlightened journey: Buddhist practice as daily life. Shambhala Publications.