ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION ESSAY ON RELIGION Name : Reg. No. : Course Submitted to : RELIGION: Religion is a set of beliefs‚ cultural system and worldviews that establish symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and to moral values. It defines who you are‚ what you are and your views about the world. It gives its followers guidelines which frames their actions‚ attitudes‚ cultures and belief. TYPES OF RELIGIONS: There are more than four thousand religions in this world‚ however‚ most
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“It is possible to provide security against other ills‚ but as far as death is concerned‚ we men live in a city without walls.” There is no controlling it; death will come when it will. A wise statement by Epicurus but nonetheless‚ not entirely true in the present climate. Western civilization is unceasing in its desire to master that which nature has designed to be unconquerable‚ as evidenced by the rapid advancements that technology and medicine have made. If one values human life‚ after all‚
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significant teachings is that everyone is different‚ and hence each individual ’s path to enlightenment is unique. For this reason‚ Buddhists acknowledge that they must take inspiration from a variety of sources to complete their individual journey to Nirvana. Belief in the concept of enlightenment is therefore important within Buddhism with different branches and schools giving varying emphasis to the many teachings of Buddha and his close followers‚ while some believe in Bodhisattvas‚ from whom they
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RELIGIONS IN CHINA AND INDIA There are many different religions in both China and India. The most popular religions in China are ancient Confucianism and Taoism‚ Buddhism‚ Islam‚ Protestant‚ Catholic‚ and a new form of religion Falun Gong. India has many religions that are different or the same as the Chinese. Indian religions include: Hinduism‚ Islam‚ Christianity‚ Sikhism‚ Buddhism‚ and Jainism. There are also many people from China that do not follow a religion because of its communist
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No need to be born again in another human body * Hindus believe that the human soul journeys through one life and then dies and is born again into a new body through "reincarnation" or "transmigration" * Samsara: Cycle of Rebirth * Dharma: Ethical duties of a person * Karma: Law of receiving what one deserves * Hindus believe that the soul is reborn into a higher stage of existence if the person has lived a good life * Moksha: The liberation from the Hindus endless cycles of
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new ideas and concepts to Hinduism‚ including samsara‚ or the world (p. 318). Humans are too fooled by illusion to recognize the real world around them‚ and thus‚ they suffer from life’s grievances (p. 318). Souls are reincarnated into samsara until they realize that they are a part of Brahman‚ or the reality of the world‚ in which they are released (p. 318). This release from reincarnation is referred to as moksha‚ and is determined by a soul’s karma (p. 318).
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Brahman and Atman. By realizing this unity the Atman becomes aware of maya‚ the illusion of separation‚ and the cycle of death and rebirth known as samsara is ended. Buddhism’s approach of sacred reality is very similar to that of Hinduism‚ this is due to the fact Buddhism was formed in response to Hinduism. The sacred reality of Buddhism is known as Nirvana. In Buddhism the Four Noble Truths provide the basis that life is suffering (dukkah); suffering is caused by attachment (tanha); suffering can
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The act of being born‚ growing‚ dying and being reborn again for Hindus is called ’samsara’. The resolution of every Hindu is freedom from this cycle in order to be in the existence of God‚ or become one with God. Hindus believe they must live in good karma to be reincarnated in a better form of afterlife. This tells the theory of karma and samsara‚ since your faith determines your afterlife. For example good karma can eventually earn a person a higher place in their future life or vice versa. “The
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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 concept of samsara‚ the worldly cycle of birth death and rebirth. There are different levels you can be born into based on your karma. The highest of these levels is the level of brahma‚ also known as the supreme reality. Karma‚ which is defined as the concept of our actions and their effects on this life and our lives to come‚ is one of the key concepts of Hinduism
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