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... Verbal Indirect Communication: The South Korean communication pattern is generally indirect and quite verbose. They tend to rely less on words and are attentive to a speaker’s posture, expression and tone of voice to draw meaning. Speech can be ambiguous a ...

... New Zealand is a secular nation, meaning there is a formal separation between the state and religious entities.1 There is a high degree of religious freedom and diversity throughout the country. While state and religious groups remain separate, religious i ...

... Sexuality, Marriage and Divorce Sexuality There are no strict sexual ethical guidelines presented in Buddhism for lay Buddhists (apart from the fourth moral precept of refraining from sexual misconduct). Rather, sexual and reproductive ethics are based o ...

... Branches of Mahāyāna Buddhism The phrase ‘Mahāyāna Buddhism’ is often used as an umbrella term referring to numerous schools of Buddhism that generally accept the same doctrinal innovations. These include concepts such as the bodhisattva ...

... Brazil’s religious landscape is as diverse as its ethnic and geographic diversity. According to 2023 estimates,1 most Brazilians in the country identify as Roman Catholic (52.8%), thus reflecting its historical relationship with Portugal and the Catholic C ...

... Taiwanese families are typically large and multigenerational, with each member playing an important function within the household. While the extended family has traditionally lived with the nuclear family, increasing urbanisation and economic independence ...

... Bhagavad Gītā One section of the Mahābhārata that is particularly influential is the Bhagavad Gītā (‘Song of the Blessed’). In this section, the skilled warrior and Pāndava brother Arjuna throws his cherished weapon on the ground and refuses to fight in t ...

... General Beliefs Ultimate Soul (Brahman) and Individual Soul (Ātman) One concept that underpins the philosophies and doctrines of contemporary Hinduism is the concept of ‘brahman’ (‘ultimate soul’). Some consider brahman to be the ultimate principle of real ...

... Sexuality, Marriage and Divorce Sexuality Sexual and reproductive ethics for lay Buddhists are based on general ethical concepts such as moral precepts, temperance and detachment, as well as the doctrine of kamma. Alongside religious consi ...

... Use a person’s formal title (i.e. Mr, Ms, Doctor) when addressing them for the first time, and continue to do so until they signal otherwise. The most common way to greet people in South Korea is with a bow. The casual bow is a dip of the head with eyes cl ...