World View Chart Assignments

Due Weeks 2 through 10 and worth 35 points each week,

A world view is a fundamental or basic orientation of thinking – like a mindset – which guides a culture and / or a person’s life. Like a point of view, it can be built of concepts, ideas, values, emotions, and ethics. Weltanschauung is the German word for this idea. Your goal for this course is to understand the world views of these various religions. In order to prepare you for your final assignment, you will outline the world views of various religions in the chart below, adding to it each week.

For this assignment, students will complete the weekly area of the chart, filling in the aspects of each religion as it is presented in the readings and resources. This chart, when complete, will be the starting point for the written assignment, due in Week 10.

For each weekly submission:

1. Review the weekly lectures and supplemental materials provided, then complete the chart by elaborating on each section related to the weekly content.
2. Identify key details and examples from the weekly resources to serve as a basis for the content being recorded in your chart.
3. Write clearly and coherently using correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and mechanics.

I. Please define or describe the following terms or ideas in a few sentences.

1. dukkha

2. The four noble truth

3. The five aggregates

4. Nirvana

5. Eight-fold path

6. Dhamma Cakka Pavattana

7. Dependent arising

8. The four signs(seen by the Buddha)

9. The Mahayana movement

10. Nondualism/emptiness

II.Choose one from the following two questions to answer. Write an organized and clear essay. Your essay should have an introductory paragraph, in which you state your main points (your basic answer to the question). Your essay should have at least two“body“paragraphs, in which you explain your main ideas as fully as possible. You need to present evidence that supports your ideas/points (examples from the readings or other texts), and you need to explain how or why that particular evidence supports your main ideas/points. Your essay should have a concluding paragraph that again summarizes your main points. It’s a good idea to prepare in advance by writing an outline for the question, and by thinking very carefully about what you want to include.

1. Both life stories of the Buddha and Milarepa are considered as archetypal stories of the Buddhist path. How are the two narratives similar? And how are they different against the two distinct social historical and religious contexts?

2.”Matter itself is voidness Voidness itself is matter.( Form is emptiness; emptiness is form”This statement is found in both Vimalakirti’s teaching and the Heart Sutra. Is this a”blatant”form of nihilism? What’s the correct understanding of it? Could you quote specific examples from both texts to illustrate the meaning of this equation?

Review the following based on an article in acfe.com and research the anti-aging product scam against seniors and write back your findings, how the routine activities theory perpetuates the fraud and creates the rationalization angle of the fraud triangle. Keep up the good work.

Anti-aging products — With society putting so much emphasis on physical appearance, many individuals feel the need to find treatments or products that claim to help them conceal their age. Scammers advertise anti-aging products that are either worthless or harmful. Some products might contain materials that can be harmful, yet touted by scammers as being as effective as a brand name product, such as Botox. Scammers might also advertise products as being effective and natural, but in reality the product has no anti-aging effects.

Use sources/citations to support statements, no .com sources.