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    Rise of New Religions

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    Different societies held widely varying beliefs and values‚ but their cultural and religious traditions offered guidance on moral‚ religious‚ political‚ and social issues. Jainism and Manichaeism involved becoming spiritually in tune with one-self and nature while Confucianism involved preparing individuals for an idealistic future in government. Persia and India shared similar beliefs when it came to sacrifices and values with ancient Aryans. Philosophical and religious beliefs were similar in that

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    University of Phoenix Material Four Yogic Paths and Jainism Worksheet Complete the table by comparing the forms of Hinduism and contrasting them with Jainism. | |Jnana Yoga |Karma Yoga |Bhakti Yoga |Raja Yoga |Jainism | | |(Knowledge yoga. |(Action Yoga) |(Devotional Yoga) |(Royal Yoga) |Part of non-violence.| | | |

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    gods‚ powerful religious officials and specialized practices. Later‚ this religion adapted to meet the concerns of mass conversions to Buddhism and Jainism. After 700 B.C.E. various forms of reaction against Brahmin power and privilege emerged. People objected to rigid hierarchy or community’s demands on the individual. Buddhism and Jainism emerged as cultural response. The Vedic religion responded with changes to please the people in disagreement. The Brahmin religion adjusted due to the

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    WORLD VIEW of GOOD and EVIL in VARIOUS RELIGIONS Eddie Lundy Paula Hayes World Religions June 8‚ 2015 Various religions define good and evil in various ways. However‚ one thing is certain. Since our society has existed‚ good and evil have also been in existence and many religions see them as two sides of the same coin. Some religions see them as counterparts‚ one of which focuses on promotion of happiness and the other on everything evil or all that is contrary to happiness. Every religion

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    2/28/12 Jainism & Sikhism Jainism is generally a religion that surfaced from India. This religion follows the idea of peace and non-violence towards not only humans but‚ all the living creatures of the world. It is also known as Shraman‚ Dharma‚ or Nirgantha because it teaches self reliance. According to this religion‚ a person or soul has to conquer his inner enemies in order to get to the state of Jina. This is essentially a “superior human being”. Also‚ they have a comparative smaller number

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    Religious Life on Earth

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    Religion is a particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred‚ as shaped by the institutionalized traditions. Religion is a complex and an indescribable subject that many have studied. Many scholars have posed questions of where religion has come from‚ why people believe in religion‚ why it is so important‚ and how can we understand it better. There might not be concrete answers to these questions. It is extremely difficult to describe what religion looks like‚ but in many cultures‚ religion

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    Lalremtluanga II semester Sec: B Roll no:243 History EFFECT OF THE TEACHING IN JAINISM AND BUDDHISM IN THE ANCIENT INDIAN Of all the religious preachers of the 6th centuries BC‚ Gautama Buddha is the best known; His religion had a more popular social base. gautama also known as Siddhartha‚ was born in 586 BC in the khashtria tribe of the Shakyas headed by his father Suddhodhana‚ his father was Mahamaya‚ Gautama recieve the usual khashtria training in the art of warfare.

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    Jainism Worksheet

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    University of Phoenix Material Four Yogic Paths and Jainism Worksheet Complete the table by comparing the forms of Hinduism and contrasting them with Jainism. | |Jnana Yoga |Karma Yoga |Bhakti Yoga |Raja Yoga |Jainism | | |Jnana yoga‚ as |Karma Yoga is |Bhakti Yoga or |Raja Yoga or “Royal | | | |defined by Molly and |described by Molloy

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    religion. These helped the patriarchal society flourish in the 300 years. In the classical Indian society‚ many changes took place‚ religion being one of the main few. New religions changed the social norms from only Hinduism to Hinduism‚ Jainism‚ and Buddhism. Jainism was a new religion promoted by Vardhamana Mahavira. Jainists practiced ahimsa‚ or total nonviolence‚ because they thought that everything had a soul. Buddhism is religion made popular by Siddhartha Guatama. It instructed its followers

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    A COMPARISON OF JAINISM AND BUDDHISM 3 A Comparison of Jainism and Buddhism and an Explanation of their Spiritual Beliefs and Spiritual Practices During my research of these two very interesting religions that derived from Hinduism‚ I examined the Encyclopedia Britannica whose contributors were many. For Jainism‚ Dundas (2013)‚Shah (2013)‚ and Strohl (2013). Their information was very helpful when I write about its origination

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