San Diego State University Life Love and Karma by Kirk Sandvig, PhD Essay Please discuss the following prompt: There is a story of a Buddhist monk who was on a ship with a maniac who was killing everyone on board. The monk eventually decided to kill the man in order to prevent further harm of others on board. Do you think this conforms with the principles set out in Buddhism? Why or why not? How do you think karma and compassion come into play in this story?
you will be responsible for completing short essays of approximately 500 words (about 2 pages double spaced). For each essay, you will be given a fairly general prompt for you to base essay, with the intention that you will find a more specific thread tailored to your own interests to fit within the theme of the prompt.
in your essays, I would like you to use at least two different peer reviewed sources to help substantiate your points. One of the sources should come from one of the assigned readings, and I would like at least one other source to come from outside our course texts. There are some great resources out there to help you find appropriate peer reviewed source material. One place to find some good journal articles is JSTOR (www.jstor.org). You should have free access to these articles through your SDSU account. Of course, there is also the SDSU library, which contains plenty of books, journal, etc. to help you with this task as well. I’d like you to avoid using websites, as often these are not the most reliable and lack peer reviewed status. When providing these sources, you must use the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS or Chicago Style).
Your essays will be graded on the following criteria: a)evidence that the factual material called for in the question is presented and documented; b)coherence of the essay in organization and structure; c)ability to engage critically and analytically with the topic d)evidence of creative thinking; e)correct annotation of sources and presentation of bibliography; f)correct spelling, punctuation and grammar.
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KARMA
Kirk Sandvig, Ph.D.
Karma and Rebirth
• “It is will [cetana], O
monks, that I call karma;
for having willed, one acts
through body, speech or
mind” (Anguttara-nikaya,
III, 415).
• Accidental actions do not
result in karma.
• Intentional actions
condition life in the future
and ultimately rebirth.
Good and Bad Actions
• Wholesome acts
(kusala)
• Unwholesome acts
(akusala)
• Root causes
• Greed
• Hate
• Delusion
The Realms of Samsara
• Rebirth takes place in:
• Realm of sense desire
(kama-loka)
• Realm of form (rupaloka)
• Formless Realm (arupaloka)
Five Realms of Sense Desire
• Hell Realms
• Realms of Hungry Ghosts
• Realms of Animals
• Realms of Humans
• Realms of Lower Gods (deva)
The Hell Realms
• Everything is repulsive
• Constant state of
mental and physical
pain
Realms Hungry Ghosts
• Attached to earthly
conditions
• “Subtle Matter”
• Tormented by their
unsatisfied
attachments
Animal Realms
• Undergo sufferings
associated with animal
conditions.
• Servitude
• Stupidity
• Ignorance
Human Realms
• Where moral virtue
and wisdom can be
cultivated
Realm of Lower Gods
• Six levels of existence
• Gandharvas
• Yaksas
• Raksasas
• Nagas
• Garudas
• Tusita
Realms of Form
• Inhabited by higher
gods (Brahma deities)
• 16 celestial levels of
progressive calmness
and purity
• Four Meditations
• Attune the consciousness
to be reborn in higher realm
Formless Realms
• No desire, shape, or
form, only pure mental
existence
• Four Formless Realms
correspond to Four
Formless Meditations
• Four Virtues
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Kindness
Compassion
Sympathetic joy
Equanimity
The Wheel of Life
The Three Root Evils
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