Reflection 4 Budhist meditation

Today i tried to meditate for twenty minutes. I sat doown on the floor of my bedroom, closed the door and turned off any electronic device that would distract my thoughts. I started really focused and my and i wasable to think but after that I started worrying about the homework dew next class and and of other things. But then i could focus a bit more and i felt like if i was actually meditating. my breaths were slow and time went by very slow, in my thoughts i thought of what happens in my life and how i could be more gracefull towards the people who have helped me, i think i should start appreciating other more and to help others
 Meditating has been an interesting experience for me and its very relaxing.

Reflection of Gandhi

Reflection of Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu. But as we can see in the movie he says he is also a jew,  a christian and a muslim, but what was very important is the way he used  the religion to change India and the rest of the world. Gandhi was born from Hindu parents in the town of Porbrandar, India on October 2nd, 1869.  Gandhi said in the movie that when he was a child in the temple he went to the holy man would read from the Qur'an and the Bhagavad Gita.  This influenced  his belief that Hinduism encompasses all religions.  This belief led Gandhi to fight for the independence form Great Britain and the unification of India and Pakistan, because he believed that  Hindus and Muslims could live peacefully in the same country. So as a result of the making of Pakistan, Gandhi thought of it as one of his failures. Gandhi also strongly believed, as a result of his belief , that non-violent cooperation was the best and only option that India had to defeat the British rule.  He told  his followers to fight against the British without using  violence.  In the end, his plan worked, and India was granted Independence on August 15th, 1947.  After independence, fighting started to rise out between the Muslims and the Hindus.  Gandhi threatened to fast to the death unless the fighting completely ceased.  This nonviolent technique was extremely effective, some don’t agree with that outright violence is more ethical than the "moral blackmail" technique that Gandhi often used to obtain what he thought was best for the Indian nation. And I think that because of the way Gandhi tacked his problems down was what made him so remarkable.

The quote, "A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act." is a great example of Ghandi because he sacrificed himself by fasting. He offers himself for peace. It was a  act that led many people to move forward, but later on into a unfortunate civil war.

Assignment #3- Sacred Poetry

A noble steed from the gods
we thank the gods for this creature
it helps us survive by moving  to places
it can run  until it reaches the gods
even when sick it is a blessing
we eat but with respect this noble steed
this is the way the gods save if from death
this is why we respect the gods
this is why we  treat this animal as our family member


                                                                                    
                                                                                     (a horse carve painting found in Spain)