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... Religion . There have been , in the main , two types of religious program : devotional and information - discussion . The former comprises prayer , religious services , or hymn singing , either mounted in a studio or as outside ...
... Religion . There have been , in the main , two types of religious program : devotional and information - discussion . The former comprises prayer , religious services , or hymn singing , either mounted in a studio or as outside ...
Page 270
... religious message and founded a distinctive religious community . Some of the members of that community were , like the Buddha himself , wandering ascetics . Others were laypersons who venerated the Buddha , followed those aspects of ...
... religious message and founded a distinctive religious community . Some of the members of that community were , like the Buddha himself , wandering ascetics . Others were laypersons who venerated the Buddha , followed those aspects of ...
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... religious images with a large figure of the main deity in their midst ; the other consists of a mandala , the Hindu and Buddhist symbol of the universe - a circle enclosing a square with the deities disposed within . Narrative panels or ...
... religious images with a large figure of the main deity in their midst ; the other consists of a mandala , the Hindu and Buddhist symbol of the universe - a circle enclosing a square with the deities disposed within . Narrative panels or ...
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