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World Religions (Judaism (the original covenant made between Abraham and…
World Religions
Judaism
the original covenant made between Abraham and God, in 1900 BCE.
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Moses led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt and led them to the Holy Land that God had promised them.
The Torah is the five books of Moses in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
The Talmud is a central text of Rabbinic Judaism
The Ten Commandments are laws that tell people how to live.
Jews believe that there is a single God who not only created the universe, that Jews can have an individual and personal relationship. They believe that God continues to work in the world, affecting everything that people do.
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Sabbath - a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, kept by Jews from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and by most Christians on Sunday.
Passover is when Jews celebrate commemoration of their liberation by God from slavery in ancient Egypt and their freedom as a nation under the leadership of Moses.
A rabbi is a Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law.
The holy site in Jerusalem is, The Temple Mount
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Hinduism
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Deities. Within Hinduism a large number of personal gods Ishvaras are worshipped as murtis. These beings are either aspects of the supreme Brahman, Avatars of the supreme being, or significantly powerful entities known as devas.
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Diwali - Festival of Lights is a major holiday that is also celebrated by Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs. It extends over 5 days and celebrates the victory of good over evil.
Truth is eternal
Brahman is Truth and Reality
The Vedas are the ultimate authority
Everyone should strive to achieve dharma
Individual souls are immortal
The goal of the individual soul is moksha
The four goals in Hinduism are kama, artha, dharma and moksha, with each goal being more important than those before it. In Western terms, kama can be remembered as the pursuit of pleasure. It encompasses the human desires for passion and emotion.
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Hindu practices include rituals such as puja (worship) and recitations, meditation, family-oriented rites of passage, annual festivals, and occasional pilgrimages. Some Hindus leave their social world and material possessions, then engage in lifelong Sannyasa to achieve Moksha.
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Daoism
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Polytheistic, meaning that there is many gods.
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Holidays: Chinese new year, Ghost festival, Ching Ming Festival, and Confucius' birthday.
Major Concepts: To get close to nature, and to achieve complete unity with the universe.
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Some of the practices: Meditation, Purity, and Martial Arts.
Lao Tzu Quote: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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Buddhism
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Buddha, Siddhartha Ghutama
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Among the earliest and most common symbols of Buddhism are the stupa, the Dharmachakra or Dharma wheel, the Bodhi Tree and the lotus flower.
This is a list of holidays celebrated within the Buddhist tradition. Vesak: Buddha's Birthday is known as Vesak and is one of the major festivals of the year. It is celebrated on the first full moon day in May, or the fourth lunar month which usually occurs in May or during a lunar leap year, June.
Major beliefs: There is life after death, follow the path to Nirvana, follow the eightfold path and the four noble truths.
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The Tripitaka (Pali Canon), Mahayana Sutras and the Tibetan Book of the Dead are three major Buddhist texts. The Pali Canon, which means “the word of Buddha,” includes some of the Buddha's discourse, but it also incorporates the teachings of his pupils.
Meditation, prayer, chanting.
"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." - Siddhartha Gautama
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Confucianism
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There is no God there is only the creator, Confucius.
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There are four main symbols that represent the beliefs and views of Confucianism. They are "Confucius", the Chinese character for water, the Chinese character for scholar, and Yin Yang.
Holidays and rituals are, The Chinese new year, The ghost festival, The Ching Ming festival, and Confucius' birthday.
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The holy books of confucianism are the Book of Odes, Book of Documents, Book of Changes, Book of Rites, and the Spring and Autumn Annals.
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." - Confucius
6,111,056 people practice confucianism
To worship God, and only him, and to not sin and to follow the 10 commandments and to be a good person?
Discipel: A personal follower of Jesus
gospel:Gospel is the “good news” that Jesus Christ died to pay the penalty for our sins.
Messiah: Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah who delivered mankind from original sin.
the second part of the Christian Bible, written originally in Greek and recording the life and teachings of Jesus and his earliest followers.
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Constantine the Great, also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, in the Orthodox Church as Saint Constantine the Great, Equal-to-the-Apostles, was a Roman Emperor of Illyrian and Greek
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Shintoism
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A Shintoist symbol would be a Torii Gate. The Torii gate reliligous symbol, mark the entrance to sacred space. Representing the transition between the finite world and the infinite world of the gods.
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