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         <title><![CDATA[ Shaolin Monks: Martial Arts at Songshan Mountain]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Warrior monks of the Shaolin Temple display their Kung Fu skills at the Songshan Mountain near the temple April 12, 2005 in Dengfeng, Henan Province, China. Shaolin Temple, built in AD 495 in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420-581) and located in the Songshan Mountain area, is the birthplace of Shaolin Kung Fu. Shaolin Kung Fu, with its incredible strength, vitality and flexibility, is expecting to be included in the UNESCO intangible heritage list.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Who Is the Dalai Lama?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Dalai Lama is revered and despised; a media star and an enigma. Just who is the 14th Dalai Lama?]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Dependent Origination]]></title>
         <link>http://buddhism.about.com/od/basicbuddhistteachings/a/genesis.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Dependent Origination is a Buddhist teaching on the nature of existence -- nothing exists independently of other things.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Food Offerings]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Offering food is one of the oldest and most common rituals in Buddhism. Food is offered to monks and ritually to deities and hungry ghosts. Here is a brief explanation of the meaning and purpose of Buddhist food offerings.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Buddhism and Evil]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This essay explores common conceptualizations of evil and compares them to Buddhist teachings on evil. Part One explains why Buddhism rejects most common definitions of &quot;evil.&quot;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Three Poisons]]></title>
         <link>http://buddhism.about.com/od/buddhismglossaryt/g/threepoisons.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The Three Poisons - Greed, Hate and Ignorance - are the primary causes of evil (akusala) in Buddhism.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Nichiren Buddhism]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Nichiren claimed his were the only true teachings of Buddhism. Today Nichiren Buddhism has millions of followers worldwide.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Origins of the Pali Canon]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The earliest written scriptures of Buddhism are collected in the Tripitaka, also called the Pali Canon. What is in the Pali Canon, and where did these texts come from?]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Gandhara part one]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The ancient Buddhist kingdom of Gandhara stretched across what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan and made invaluable contributions to Buddhist art.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Six Realms of Existence]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Six Realms are an allegorical description of conditioned existence, or samsara, into which beings are reborn. The nature and conditions of one's existence is determined by karma. Certainly some realms seem more desirable than others -- heaven sounds preferable to hell -- but all are dukkha, meaning they are temporary and imperfect. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Buddhism and Sexism]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Is sexism intrinsic to Buddhism, or did Buddhist institutions absorb sexism from Asian culture? Can Buddhism treat women as equals, and remain Buddhism?]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Theravada Buddhism]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The distinctive practices and teachings of Theravada, the oldest school of Buddhism. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Philosophy or Religion?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Is Buddhism a philosophy or a religion? Clarifying this point is important to understanding Buddhism.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[First Buddhist Nuns]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The historical Buddha&amp;#8217;s most famous statements on women came about when his stepmother and aunt, Maha Pajapati Gotami, asked to join the Sangha and become a nun. The Buddha initially refused her request. Eventually he relented, but in doing so he made conditions and a prediction that remain controversial to this day.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mahayana Sutras]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The name sutra (Sanskrit for &quot;thread&quot;) in Buddhism originally was given only to the sermons of the historical Buddha, as recognized by the First Buddhist Council (ca. 460 BCE). The works listed below probably were written between 100 BCE and 300 CE by unknown authors. Whatever their origin, they are considered to be sutras in Mahayana Buddhism.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Four Noble Truths]]></title>
         <link>http://buddhism.about.com/od/thefournobletruths/a/fournobletruths.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The Four Noble Truths are the foundation of Buddhism.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ritual and Buddhism]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Can there be Buddhism without the rituals? Maybe, but the rituals do have a purpose.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Practice of Buddhism]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Buddhists often speak of Buddhism as a practice rather than a faith. What exactly is Buddhist practice?]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[What Buddhists Believe]]></title>
         <link>http://buddhism.about.com/od/introductiontobuddhism/a/budbeliefs.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[What do Buddhists believe? In Buddhism, beliefs are beside the point, and doctrines are a means to an end, not the end itself. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Shunyata]]></title>
         <link>http://buddhism.about.com/od/abuddhistglossary/g/shunyatadef.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[According to the Mahayana Buddhist teaching of shunyata -- emptiness or void -- all beings and phenomena are empty of independent, permanent essence. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Buddhism Body Art Project: Lotus and Dharma Wheels]]></title>
         <link>http://buddhism.about.com/od/eightauspicioussymbols/ig/Buddhism-Body-Art-Project/Tattoo-Feet-and-Hands.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Buddhist art and iconography are a rich source of body art imagery. Readers of Buddhism at About.com are invited to send in photographs of their Buddhist tattoos. The best ones will be added to the gallery.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Om Mani Padme Hum]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Om Mani Padme Hum (Sanskrit) or Om Mani Peme Hung (Tibetan) is a Buddhist mantra meaning &quot;Om, jewel in the lotus, hum.&quot;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Lotus Sutra]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Of the countless scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism, few are more widely read or revered than the Lotus Sutra. This article gives a brief overview of the sutra and its history.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Introduction to Karma]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Understanding the laws of karma is essential to understanding Buddhism. Yet karma is mostly misunderstood by Westerners. This essay briefly explains the Buddhist view of karma.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[ The Wheel of Life: The Realm of the Gods]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Realm of the Gods (Devas) is the highest realm of the Wheel of Life and is always depicted at the top of the Wheel. It's nice being a Deva, but even the Devas are subject to karma, death and rebirth. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Early Buddhist History]]></title>
         <link>http://buddhism.about.com/od/buddhisthistory/a/earlyhistory.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A brief overview of the early history of Buddhism, beginning with the death of the Buddha, about 483 BCE, to the beginning of the 1st millennium CE.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Buddhism Body Art Project: Buddha&#039;s Eyes]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Buddhist art and iconography are a rich source of body art imagery. Readers of Buddhism at About.com are invited to send in photographs of their Buddhist tattoos. The best ones will be added to the gallery.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Buddhism Body Art Project: Earth Witness Buddha]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Buddhist art and iconography are a rich source of body art imagery. Readers of Buddhism at About.com are invited to send in photographs of their Buddhist tattoos. The best ones will be added to the gallery.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mahayana Buddhism]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[There are a few basic teachings that distinguish all forms of Mahayana. Here Mahayana and Theravada are compared to make these distinctions clear. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[ The Wheel of Life: The Human Realm]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Of the Six Realms, it is only in the Human Realm that the path of liberation from the Wheel can be found.]]></description>
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