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  • Main Vows For The Monks And Nuns
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    The Religion of Jainism Jainism is an Indian religion. This religion has its historical origins in the same region of northern India as Buddhism. Jina or Victor who is the leader of the movement was a "contemporary of the Buddha" (Smart 277). The teachings of Jainism were transmitted orally. The Jain religion split into two sects one being the Digambaras and the other being the Svetambaras. The Digambaras sect is also known as the 'Sky Clad' the monks in this sect practice nudity as a sign of co...
  • Chaucer's Opinion On The Monk
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    Geoffrey Chaucer's, The Canterbury Tales was written in the late fourteenth century. It is a compilation of short stories, set in the Medieval Period England, told by travelers who are going on a pilgrimage to the Cathedral at Canterbury. Among the traveling band, a Monk of likely Franciscan ties was a pilgrim of high rank and nobility. The Monk in The Canterbury Tales, ranks among the highest compared to the other pilgrims. The Monk belonged to the ecclesiastical estate, which was one relating ...
  • Monks As A Way Of Life
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    Monasticism and the Code of Chivalry In the Middle Ages, there were many factors contributing to the building of monasticism. One of the most important components of the fourth century came when the Christians believed that Jesus would return very soon. So they did not care what the world did to itself. Instead they waited for Jesus to fix things, but it did not happen. This caused the world to become a violent place to live. Christians were persecuted for their beliefs by the Roman Government. ...
  • Reassurance For The Monks Of Benedict's Community
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    Monte Cassino proved to be a most difficult location for Benedict's new monastic community as many obstacles and impediments were cast in his path along the way to success. But Benedict was able to overcome each obstacle found in his path and became a better man because of his troubles and eventual triumph. The first of Benedict's plights on the way to the founding of Monte Cassino proved to be a slight obstacle, but a foreshadow of what was to come. Benedict's monks had been hard at work buildi...
  • Death Of Rasputin Nicholas
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    The Last Czar Have you ever heard of Gregory Efimovich Rasputin, the holy man, the mad monk The first time I heard of the mad monk and his involvement within the Alexandra Palace in Tsarskoe, Selo I was really moved by the turn of events; that lead to the overthrow of the Russian imperial system, the dethronement of the House of Romanov and the assassination of the Imperial Family. The mad monk was in the highest circles of St. Petersburg society, and captured the attention of the higher clergym...
  • Personality Trait In The Monk
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    Today, when we hear the word monk, it often brings up the image of an old man wearing a brown robe with a shaved head. While this image is based on some level of fact, it is certainly not what the Monk in Chaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales is like. Instead, Chaucer presents a monk who goes against all stereotypes, ignoring traditions, engaging in hunting, and even indulging in materialistic goods. This portrayal leads many readers to conclude that the Monk is a man of bad character, beca...
  • Very Hypocritical Person
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    In "The Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses satire to make a statement about the nature of humanity. "The Prologue" shows the importance of a historical meaning as it describes the social classes of the 1300's. However, most modern readers can relate to the hypocrisy being displayed by the first three major characters. Chaucer begins his examination early with three religious characters-first being the monk. Monks were supposed to live their lives in poverty, chastity, and obedience-...
  • Monasteries For Spiritual Guidance
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    Lecture Notes History 361: Witchcraft and Heresy in Europe Lecture 3: "The Evolution of Christianity in Western Europe through the 11th Century" 1. During the era 850-1100, Christianity as it was practiced in Europe was dominated by monks and monasteries. The world was wicked and filled with pollution. Those concerned with their salvation had to flee the world and then seek to cleanse themselves from its pollutions. Monasteries were understood to be places separate from the world where individua...
  • More Community And Learning Aspect
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    Self and Society In Medieval France: The Memoirs of Abbot Guibert of Nogent When thinking about a medieval monastery the first thing that comes to mind is the origin of the word monastery which comes from the Greek monos, meaning alone. Monasticism in itself is a way of life that is devoted to God in seclusion. A large part of monasticism is isolation, not only from the neighbors but from family. When taking the vows to be a monk one not only completely devotes ones life to God but all friends, ...
  • Of Monk's Greatest Recordings
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    Thelonious Monk was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on October 10, 1917. He began playing piano when he was the age of five, in New York City, where he grew up. He started as the pianist for the Cootie Williams Orchestra, where he gained fame for his tune "Round Midnight", in 1944. Thelonious Monk was part of that small but select group of jazz musicians who were responsible for the birth of a new kind of jazz - bebop. In his teens he met Mary Lou Williams, a fine jazz pianist who became a l...
  • Old Inscriptions
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    Archaeologists in the media are more often then not portrayed as young fairly good-looking men dressed for an adventure where ultimately they will be the heroes. They will deliver the treasure and rescue the young beautiful damsel in distress, which is not the case in the film The Fifth Element. The movie opens with an older man who has a scruffy white beard and white hair with a thick European accent on an excavation. He is in what seems to be either an old Egyptian cave or pyramid deciphering ...
  • Religious Order
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    Religious and intellectual institutions underwent significant changes throughout the middle ages. In some cases, advances were made, and in others, there was a major decline. Through all of these times, the people of the middle ages learned what didn't work, what did, and how to progress once they found what did work. The true form of monasticism in the western Christian church was founded by Saint Benedict of Nurs ia. He wrote the famous 'Benedict's Rule' between 520-530. The fundamentals of th...
  • Coon With Monk
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    Way Back in the Ozarks Book Report Part One Title - Way Back in the Ozarks Author - Howard Hefley# Of Pages - 262 Publisher - Copyright Date - November 1992 Part Two This novel is about a young boy's life (the author). It starts of f him describing his hometown and how life was back then. The name of his town is Judy. Then it goes start into his life story. He ask his dad if can go hunting with him one early morning in the summer. He is bout 8 years of age now and is almost old enough to handle ...
  • Innocent Brother Lawrence
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    The Jealous Monk Robert Browning's, "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" involves a jealous monk with much hatred of, Brother Lawrence, the "perfect" monk. Irony, diction, and syntax are clearly evident in this dramatic monologue. Throughout the poem the nameless monk is constantly expressing his anger and sarcasm through the use of syntactical irony. This particular monk is angered at a fellow monk, as evidenced by 'If hate killed men, Brother Lawrence, God's blood, would not mine kill you!' whi...
  • Mendicant Orders In The 13th Century
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    There is little doubt that the monastic ideal exercised a powerful influence on the communities in which monasteries were found. It has been estimated that there were around 340 religious houses and about 15,000 men and women in religious orders in the last quarter of the twelfth century in England and Wales. Rievaulx and the other surviving Yorkshire abbeys are testimony to the major building work then under way in that part of the European community. Abbots such as Aired became influential 52 ...
  • Monasteries
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    During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the monasteries served as one of the great civilizing forces by being the centers of education, preservers of learning, and hubs of economic development. Western monasticism was shaped by Saint Benedict of Nurs ia, who in 529, established a monastery in southern Italy. He created a workable model for running a monastery that was used by most western monastic orders of the Early Middle Ages. To the three vows of obedience, poverty, and chastity, which ...
  • Friars And Monks
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    When thinking of the figures in the church, they are thought to be loyal, respectful, giving, and dedicated. Sadly to say this, but not all figures follow that description. In "The Canterbury Tales", Chaucer shows the corruption of the church in the medieval period through some of his characters, particularly through the Nun, the Monk, and the Friar. Yet, Chaucer does show one character, the Parson, as goodness and holiness in the church. Nuns are member of a religious order for women, living in...
  • Bulletproof Monk
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    A super powered martial artist battles an army of evil neo-Nazis searching for an ancient scroll which he has sworn to protect in the high-flying but flawed chopsocky action er "Bulletproof Monk" (MGM). While director Paul Hunter has certainly earned his black belt for the film's ultra stylized, gravity-defying acrobatics, the script at times is so hackneyed that better writing can been found in fortune cookies. Based on the highly popular comic book, the film stars Chow Yun-Fat as the nameless ...
  • Early Benedictine And Irish Catholic Monks
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    The early Benedictine and Irish Catholic monks literally saved Western Civilization. With the rule of the Barbarians in the Middle ages literacy was of little importance to these conquerors. This resulted in the scarce supply of books and few libraries that had been established up to and under the Roman and Byzantine Empires left un-preserved or destroyed. Thanks entirely to the Monastic Movement, which began to strengthen in the early middle ages, education and civilized culture were not lost. ...

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