Meditacion

Meditacion
Buddhist meditation is fundamentally concerned with two themes: transforming the mind and using it to explore itself and other phenomena. According to Theravada Buddhism the Buddhataught two types of meditation, samatha meditation and vipassanā meditation. In Chinese Buddhism, these exist, but Chán meditation is more popular. According to Peter Harvey, whenever Buddhism has beenhealthy, not only monks, nuns, and married lamas, but also more committed lay people have practiced meditation. According to Routledge's Encyclopedia of Buddhism, in contrast, throughout most of Buddhisthistory before modern times, serious meditation by lay people has been unusual. The evidence of the early texts suggests that at the time of the Buddha, many male and female lay practitioners didpractice meditation, some even to the point of proficiency in all eight jhānas .
SImbolo
The Dharmacakra is a symbol that has represented dharma, the Buddha's teaching of the path to enlightenment,since the early period of Indian Buddhism. A similar symbol is also in use in Jainism.It is one of the Ashtamangala symbols. The Dharmachakra is one of the oldest known Buddhist symbols found in Indianart, appearing with the first surviving post-Harappan Indian iconography in the time of the Buddhist king Aśoka. It has been used by Buddhist nations as a symbol ever since. In its simplest form, theDharmachakra is recognized globally as a symbol for Buddhism
Numero de creyentes
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Mayas:
La religión maya es unareligión precolombina que estaba firmemente unida a la ideología reinante , de manera que dedicara ésta a la veneración de los dioses, la religión se preocupaba de entender el por qué de las cosas,lo que nos lleva a definirla como una especie de filosofía precursora de la ciencia moderna. Así pues, no se pueden concebir por separado los descubrimientos científicos mayas, la ideología, y la...