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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Smartphones in America
The development of smartphones has been rapidly increasing and changing the way we respond to society. Today, smartphones have an application or “app” for almost everything. With the rise of smartphones also came the improvement of networks and wireless internet … Continue reading
RCL
My paper was based on smartphones, which I feel is a topic that most students in the classroom can relate since most of the young population has a smartphone. The main theory I spoke about in my paper is the … Continue reading
“Go green”
Buddhists have been known to be very ecofriendly and one with nature. Over the past few years there has been an intense hype with arguments based on global warming. Whether it is real or not, protecting our environment for future … Continue reading
I still have been working on researching more ideas for my paradigm-shift papers and looking for some good resources though it appears (atleast from the psu library resources) that not that many people have written much about smartphones since its … Continue reading
Negative results due to attachment
I realized after last week that I’ve been breaking one of the major laws in the Buddhist philosophy. I’ve attached myself to a materialistic object and I believed that I would attain happiness and “end all suffering” if I attained this physical object. The … Continue reading
Second presidential debate
I was not able to watch the presidential debate Tuesday night but I was able to read some editorials online. Besides from reading articles online the next day, the night of the debate I noticed that my Mitt Romney supporter … Continue reading
VP debate
This is the first time I see a vice presidential debate, and actually the first time I really paid attention to what vice president nominees have to say. I never really cared to focus on what the vice presidents … Continue reading
Smart phones
For my Paradigm-shift paper I was thinking of writing about the rise of smart phones and how it has affected our society. For our generation, cell phones have practically always been there, I got my first cell phone in 5th … Continue reading
What goes around comes around
The concept of Karma originated in the Hinduism religion. Though Buddha himself adopted the concept of karma into his teachings as well and to this day karma has become a widespread idea all over the world. You don’t have to … Continue reading
Rhetorical essay rough draft
I’m sure everyone has heard of the “Flower Power” movement that occurred in the late 1960s. The term was coined by poet Allen Ginsberg when he described in one of his essays the ways to protest without violence. His essay … Continue reading