religions. Among all religions Christianity is 31.5% of entire population‚ Islam 23.2% and Hinduism 15%. For comparison and contrast‚ Islam and Hinduism has been selected. Both religion have many dissimilarities with respect to idol worshipping‚ history and many other aspects as well. If we compare similarities of Islam with Hinduism or Christianity than Christianity will be closer to Islam as compared to that of Hinduism. It is because of this difference that led to separation of Sub Indo Continent into
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In Shambhala Buddhism‚ “ There is a natural source of radiance and brilliance in the world‚ which is the innate wakefulness of human beings.” It is in the Shambhala view that every single human has the foundational characteristics of good‚ warmth and intelligence. The Shambhala way of life applies to any faith and not just people of the Buddhist religion. Basically put‚ Shambhala is a global movement devoted to bringing kindness‚ insight‚ meditation and an idea of sacredness into society. Historically
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Trimurti literally means‚ “having three forms”‚ and refers to the gods Brahma‚ Vishnu‚ and Shiva. In Hinduism‚ the Trimurti reveals concepts of birth‚ life‚ and death and represents the Supreme Being. The Trimurti is portrayed as a three-headed figure with the faces and qualities of the three gods. This three-headed figure represents creation‚ preservation‚ and destruction‚ which are unified together to symbolize one Supreme Being. These three gods are equally essential for all aspects of life because
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The Teachings of Confucius versus the Tao Te Ching The teachings of Confucius and the Tao Te Ching are two important schools of thought in China. In Confucius’s Analects‚ he talks mostly of political and social issues and also speaks about how people must govern by following rules and displaying virtuous qualities such as honesty and integrity. Lao Zi on the other hand talks of how the world has a propensity towards balancing itself and that people should govern by “going with the flow” while the
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trait. In this paper we will research and discuss the role and impact of women in two of the most important and extended religions in the world‚ Buddhism and Hinduism. Women in Hinduism Women ’s position in Hinduism has always been unclear. Women were traditionally expected to serve their husbands and to have no autonomous interests. Because Hinduism comes from many different sources and traditions‚ Hindu sacred writings have many philosophical contradictions. On the one hand‚ some Hindu sacred
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From its development in sixth century B.C.E‚ Buddhism has spread across the world and influenced many different cultures through its ideas of reality and enlightenment while also having a profound impact on the human condition and on a new way of thinking as a religious philosophy. Buddhism emerged in India as a religious philosophy to gain understanding of the human condition through meditation and personal reflection. Buddhism’s ancient teachings‚ as described by Dr. Jay Stevenson‚ were developed
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The Concept in Hinduism of ‘Just War’ Hinduism is based on a concept known as dharma. The essence of dharma is the distinction between good‚ supporting the cosmic order‚ and evil‚ which poses a threat to this order. Accordingly‚ the preservation of good at the cost of a war was justified in ancient Vedic society. However‚ unlike the Christian concept of ‘crusade’ or ‘bellum justissimum’ and its counterpart ‘Jihad’ in Islam‚ there is no justification in Hinduism for any war against foreigners or
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Comparisons and Contrast… 1 Comparisons and Contrast of Jainism and Daoism World Religions REL 212 Professor Elizabeth Jarnagin Comparisons and Contrast… 2 Both Jainism and Daoism (Taoism) have ancient roots going back a few thousand years. Statues and yogic seals found in the Indus Valley show that Jainism was practiced by civilizations as far back as around 2500 BCE‚ while Daoism appears to have originated around 2000 years ago. Although Jainism is older by about
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other religions both Christianity and Confucianism teach and promote peace. Both Christianity and Confucianism teach about Heaven as where you go in the afterlife. Both religions also have a golden rule. This rule in Christianity is to treat others as you wish to be treated and in Confucianism it is what you do not wish for yourself do not do to others. Both of these translations mean treat others the way you want to be treated. Christianity and Confucianism preach to respect your parents as one
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1) Hinduism‚ a religion dominating the subcontinent of India‚ is based on philosophical points of view rather than an organized set of beliefs such as the Abrahamic religions that we are commonly familiar with. Different people have different interpretations of the religion and no one is necessarily wrong‚ their views just vary. There are certain things that they do agree on that determine what life is and how it all works. The atman is known as the individual soul that is recycled through the
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