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| |Hinduism |Buddhism |Confucianism |Daoism |
|Countries of origin |India |India |China, founded by Confucius |China |
|Historical figures and |Adi Shankara |BUDDHA IS THE HISTORICAL FIGURE IN |1200 C.E. JAPAN ADOPTED CH’AN |PHILOSOPHERS, YANG ZHU, LAOZI, ZHUANGZI, |
|events |MODERN HINDUISM GREW OUT OF THE VEDAS. |THERAVADA AND MAHAYANA. |(MEDITATION). CONFUCIANISM STRONGLY |AND LIEZI. |
| |EPIC POEMS RAMAYANA AND MAHABHARATA WERE | |INFLUENCED CHINESE, POLITICAL, SOCIAL, | |
| |WRITTEN IN 500-100BC. PHILOSOPHERS | |INTELLECTUAL, BEHAVIORS IN CHINA, KOREA, | |
| |BROUGHT IN THE CONCEPT OF YOGA AND | |TAIWAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF SOUTHEAST | |
| |VENDANTA. | |ASIA. | |
|CENTRAL BELIEFS |AN EXTREMELY DIVERSE RELIGION, STRONG |THE 4 NOBLE TRUTHS AND THE EIGHT FOLD |RECOGNIZES REVERENCE TOWARDS HEAVEN AND |BASED ON DAO AN ANCIENT CHINESE CONCEPT, |
| |BELIEFS IN RAJA YOGA, JNANA YOGA AND |PATH. |THE WORSHIP OF ANCESTORS. INDIVIDUAL |CONSIDER THE DAO AN ORIGINAL ONENESS IN |
| |KARMA YOGA. | |MEDITATION FOR PERSONAL ENHANCEMENT, |THINGS. THE BELIEF IN THE OPPOSING FORCES|
| | | |SELF-DISCIPLINE, PERSONALITY, ETC. |OF YIN AND YANG. |
|NATURE OF GOD |THEY DO RECOGNIZE A SINGLE DEITY BUT ALSO|THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN ANY ABSOLUTE GOD. |DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF A |DOES NOT BELIEVE IN A PERSONAL GOD BUT A |
| |VIEW OTHER GODS ALL AS AN ASPECT OF THE |BUDDHA DID NOT DENY THE EXISTENCE OF GOD |DEITY BUT RECOGNIZES SYNCHRONIZATION WITH|FORCE THAT EXISTS OVER US ALL. |
| |ONE SUPREME GOD. |BUT TOLD FOLLOWERS TO SEEK ENLIGHTENMENT-|TIEN(HEAVEN, ULTIMATE, TAO) | |
| | |BELIEFS ALL EXISTS IN THE PHYSICAL | | |
| | |UNIVERSE WITHOUT A BEGINNING OR AN END. | | |
|TEXTS |THE MAIN TEXT IS THE VEDA; OTHER |TRIPITAKA (THE THREE BASKET), SUTRA |SI SHU ( LUN YU, CHUNG YUNG, TA HSEUH, |DAODE- POETIC |
| |IMPORTANT TEXTS ARE THE RIG, SAMA, YAJUR |(DEPICTS A SERMON BY THE BUDDHA TO THE |MENG TZU.) WU JING CLASSICS(SU CHING, |ZHUANGZI-FUNNY AND ELUSIVE FILLED WITH |
| |AND ATHARVA. |BODHISATTVAS. |SHIH CHING, I CHING, CH’UN CH’IU, AND LI |FANTASY DIALOGS. |
| | | |CHING) | |
|RITUAL AND PRACTICE |DEVOTION TAKES THE FORM OF RITUALS WITH |MEDITATION IS THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF |4 LIFE PASSAGES, CONFUCIANISM, BIRTH, | |
|(SACRED ELEMENTS & THEIR |SCULPTURES AND IMAGES OF GODS SEEN IN |ZENBUDDISM AND THE ONLY WAY TO |REACHING MATURITY, MARRIAGE, DEATH. | |
|MEANING) |HOMES AND SHRINES. SOME RITUALS INCLUDE |LIBERATION. OTHER PRACTICES INCLUDE | | |
| |PUJA, JAPA, OM’S; PRACTICES ARE |MANTRAS, MUDRAS, AND PRAYER WHEELS. | | |
| |MEDITATION AND THE THREE PARTS TO | | | |
| |LIBERATION, BHAKTIMARGA, JNANAMARGA, AND | | | |
| |KARMAMARGA. | | | |
|ETHICS AND MORALITY |REINCARNATION, DHARMA IS CONSIDERED THE |THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE IS “THE MIDDLE WAY”|LI- RITUAL, PROPRIETY | |
| |WAY OF HIGHER TRUTH. KARMA IS A VERY |AND IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS THE PRACTICE OF|HSIA- LOVE WITHIN FAMILY | |
| |IMPORTANT PART OF REINCARNATION. |NON-EXTREMISM. |YI- RIGHTEOUSNESS | |
| | | |XIN- HONESTY, TRUSTWORTHINESS | |
| | | |JEN-BENEVOLENCE, HUMANNESS TOWARDS | |
| | | |OTHERS. | |
| | | |CHUNG-LOYALTY TO THE STATE. | |

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