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41Buddhist vegetarianism — In Buddhism, the views on vegetarianism vary from school to school. In the schools of the Theravada and Vajrayana, the act of eating meat is not always prohibited (see Jivaka Sutta, below); the Mahayana schools generally recommend a vegetarian… …
42Music of Australia — Arts in Australia Culture of Australia Architecture Art Cinema Comic books Cuisine Dance …
43American literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States. Like other national literatures, American literature was shaped by the history of the country that produced it. For almost a century and a… …
44Korea — /keuh ree euh, kaw , koh /, n. 1. a former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910 45; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South… …
45List of Charmed characters — The triquetra symbol used frequently on Charmed to represent the Power of Three The following is a list of characters from the Charmed universe, including the Warner Bros. television series Charmed and its spin off material. The characters were… …
46Buddhist temples in Japan — The hondō, or main hall , of Higashi Hongan ji in Kyoto. Along with Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples are the most numerous, famous, and important religious buildings in Japan.[note 1] The Japanese word for a Buddhist temple is tera …
47Wild Force Power Rangers — The Wild Force Rangers are fictional characters and heroes in the Power Rangers universe, starring as the primary protagonists in the television series Power Rangers Wild Force. The Wild Force Rangers are granted mystical powers and charged to… …
48Five Mountain System — The nihongo|Five Mountains and Ten Monasteries System|五山十刹制度|Chinese: Wushan Shicha , Japanese: Gozan Jissetsu Seido system, more commonly called simply Five Mountain System, was a network of state sponsored Zen Buddhist temples created in China… …
49UNITED STATES LITERATURE — The Influence of the Bible and Hebrew Culture The Jewish influence on American literary expression predated the actual arrival of Jews in the United States in 1654, for the Puritan culture of New England was marked from the outset by a deep… …
50Culture of Asia — The culture of Asia is human civilization in [Asia]. It features different kinds of cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies, and ethnic groups in the region, traditionally called a continen from a Western centric perspective, of Asia.… …
