Critical Study of Moral Teachings of Islam and Buddhism for Promotion of Global Peace

All ancient and contemporary religions of the world like Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Jainism and Islam emphasizes and attempts to uphold the highest moral and ethical values in human society in order to produce discipline and good will. Some of the religions strictly command for proper observance and submission to the laws and cannons", whereas the other religions do not stipulate strict allegiance to its principals, yet they nourish and treat human emotions and direct them for the general good of the society. On the whole, all religions aim at moral and ethical uplift of human beings, to install positivity in them and imbues the spirit of sacrifice, equality, affection, brotherhood and justice in mankind. Thus, these all facts testify that all religions, with some differences of pattern, propagate the message of love, Peace, equality, brotherhood, justice, Harmony and equity in the material age and greed-ridden epoch where individual profits and benefit overwhelm collective cause and general welfare of mankind. What we have done here in this paper is not to establish that one religion is better than the other but to demonstrate that almost all world religions stand for love, peace and harmony. There is no doubt, that all religions preach and advocate positive harmony among human beings but the message of Holy Prophet (SAW) is the only example who gave practical aspect of these theories. However, this paper elaborates this reality by a detailed comparison of Islam and Buddhism.

Mza Lab [Modish Zealous Abode]: A Framework to Attune Smart Technology for Home Automation in Pakistani Enivironment

Ubiquitous computing technologies automatically identify and respond to the context of user actions in new, undisruptive, user-friendly ways.An active application area of the ubiquitous computing research is the "Smart Home" technology and HCI researchers are increasingly getting interested in developing ubiquitous yet smart home environments. Today, the ubiquitous smart home technology is at a phase just next to early adoption phase and still much far from the mass-market adoption stage.Pakistan is a boomer country when it comes to adoption of new technologies and the latest proof is spread of mobile and internet communication.In order to gain customers'' trust, researchers need to prove that the technology is ''really'' useful and that the smart homes are ''ubiquitously'' calm ''enough'' both in terms of use and maintenance.Same is the motive of this research. This research proposes a framework which will serve as a guide to how we, in Pakistan, may attune smart home automation technology to our environment.MZALAB framework proposes a method to connect heterogeneous smart devices into a wireless sensor network in an almost plug and play style using open source resources.Same is being researched at facilities worldwide but very few take on an Asian perspective and none so far has tried it in Pakistan.MZALab houses a heterogeneous network of sensors and actuators, Wi-Fi switches, GSM modem, IP cameras and interactive user interface screens.This smart space is managed through software from within the home as well as from outside via trusted smartphone application.As a proof of concept, a "Live-In-Lab" strategy is deployed for testing whether it will work for an average home in Pakistan''s backdrop.MZALAB is a ''live-in'' studio-apartment-scale research laboratory, first of its kind in Pakistan.This lab naturalistically imitates a typical Pakistani home environment, to research about how well or otherwise we can adapt ubiquitous smart computing and networking capabilities, into a Pakistani human abode.This setup has successfully lent an insight into how well or otherwise the smart home automation technology may work in Pakistan.