REL212 Weekly World View Chart AMParker
Religion
Origin of All Things
Nature of God
View of Human Nature
View of Good and Evil
View of “Salvation”
View of After Life
Practices and Rituals
Celebrations and Festivals
Week 2
Hinduism and Jainism
Hinduism- South Asia, the Indus.
Jainism- India and East Africa
Hindus- the supreme spirit, called Brahman. Jainism- does not believe in God as a creator, survivor, and destroyer of the universe.
Hinduism- Hinduism articulates several different, overlapping paths, or margas for humans to follow.
Vedas- the path of action.
Upanishads- the path of knowledge.
Bhagavadgita- the path of devotion.
Jainism- one's soul is eternal with infinite power and knowledge. The followers of Jainism do not acknowledge a god, but instead they acknowledge the existence of higher beings called arhats in heaven who have a higher degree of knowledge.
Hindu scripture good or divinity is represented by purity (sattva), light, balance, immorality, order, virtue, and selfishness. Evil is represented by impurity (tamas), darkness, imbalance or extremity, chaos, sinful conduct, and selfishness.
Jainism view of god enables Jainism to explain the evil and suffering that exist in the world unlike Christianity which has the problem of explaining the existence of both good and evil. This is because if there was truly a god, they believe that there should be no evil.
Hinduism states salvation is for all. Nobody is denied salvation. Even if one does not believe in God, the atheist and agnostic can attain salvation.
Jainism- The main Jain prayer (Namokar Mantra) therefore salutes the five special categories of souls that have attained divine consciousness or are on their way to achieving it, to emulate and follow it.
Hinduism-
Life and death are both part of what Hindus call maya, a grand illusion; Hindus believe that when a soul dies, it gets born into a new body.
Jainism -Depending on one's karma and level of spiritual development, death may mean being reborn in another physical appearance
Origin of All Things
Nature of God
View of Human Nature
View of Good and Evil
View of “Salvation”
View of After Life
Practices and Rituals
Celebrations and Festivals
Week 2
Hinduism and Jainism
Hinduism- South Asia, the Indus.
Jainism- India and East Africa
Hindus- the supreme spirit, called Brahman. Jainism- does not believe in God as a creator, survivor, and destroyer of the universe.
Hinduism- Hinduism articulates several different, overlapping paths, or margas for humans to follow.
Vedas- the path of action.
Upanishads- the path of knowledge.
Bhagavadgita- the path of devotion.
Jainism- one's soul is eternal with infinite power and knowledge. The followers of Jainism do not acknowledge a god, but instead they acknowledge the existence of higher beings called arhats in heaven who have a higher degree of knowledge.
Hindu scripture good or divinity is represented by purity (sattva), light, balance, immorality, order, virtue, and selfishness. Evil is represented by impurity (tamas), darkness, imbalance or extremity, chaos, sinful conduct, and selfishness.
Jainism view of god enables Jainism to explain the evil and suffering that exist in the world unlike Christianity which has the problem of explaining the existence of both good and evil. This is because if there was truly a god, they believe that there should be no evil.
Hinduism states salvation is for all. Nobody is denied salvation. Even if one does not believe in God, the atheist and agnostic can attain salvation.
Jainism- The main Jain prayer (Namokar Mantra) therefore salutes the five special categories of souls that have attained divine consciousness or are on their way to achieving it, to emulate and follow it.
Hinduism-
Life and death are both part of what Hindus call maya, a grand illusion; Hindus believe that when a soul dies, it gets born into a new body.
Jainism -Depending on one's karma and level of spiritual development, death may mean being reborn in another physical appearance