Monthly Archive: November 2014

0

Buddhism – Overview

What Is Buddhism? Buddhism is a religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, who lived about 25 centuries ago in what is now Nepal and northeastern India. He came to be called “the...

0

Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu

Bodhidharma There is a famous quatrain attributed to Bodhidharma in his meeting with Emperor Wu. The emperor asked Bodhidharma, the toothless old monk with big wide open eyes: “Since I ascended the throne, I...

0

Allah (God) in Islam

The most fundamental belief that a Muslim has is that “There is only One God,” the Creator, the Sustainer — known in the Arabic languageand by Muslims as Allah.Allah is not a foreign god,...