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Ricci Krizzane A. Benemerito

Krismas C. Tabili

Mark Emil Martiniano Chico A. Daligcon

History

religion of the Vedas.

Some scholars hold that this religion

was brought to India by nomadic,

horse-riding warriors, a group known

as the Aryans, from the steppes of

central Asia. This has, in recent

years, become a matter of some

dispute in India. Regardless of where

they came from, the Aryans

practiced a sacrif ice-based religion that was centered around the

purifying and transformative

qualities of f ire, and that was

oriented toward influencing a vast

array of powerf ul gods, called devas.

Many of these gods were

personif ications of natural elements-

wind, f ire, water-while others werewarrior-like f igures.The Vedas, a vast

corpus of mythological and ritual

texts, describe this divine pantheon,

as well as prescribe, sometimes in

great detail, the rituals to be

performed to keep these gods

"happy," and thus insure that they

benignly interact with the human

realm.

The religious realm of the Vedas is

centered on the proper performance

of ritual sacrif ice, which, essentially,

involves the offering something of

value-an animal, food-in order to

c. 150 BC: The Buddhism Canon

is reduced to writing

100BC-AD 100: Rise of

Mahayana Buddhism

Buddhism in China and Japan

AD 25: Buddhism introduced to

China: Later Han Dynasty

399-414: Fa-hsien travels to

India

476-542: T'an-luan is f irstmaster of the Pure Land School

538-597: Chih-i organizes the T-

ien-t'ai School

574-622: Prince Shotuku, the

"founder" of Buddhism in Japan

c. 675: Development of Ch'an

(Zen) Buddhism

868: The oldest printed book in

the world: a Chinese translation of the Diamond-Cutter Sutra

1200: Zen Buddhism (Ch'an)

introduced to Japan.Japan

Chronology

At f irst, only men followed the Buddha as

monks. Later, women were also allowed

to become nuns, but with many

restrictions reflecting the social customs of the time. According to Buddhist texts,

the Buddha objected to this at f irst, but

was persuaded by his disciple Ananda to

admit women. Some of the early texts

also suggested that women could not

become enlightened, but must f irst be




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receive the favor of the gods; there

are Vedic rituals intended to gain

wealth, sons, protection, and

abundant crops.

reborn as men. Feminist scholars of

Buddhism believe that these stories are

later additions to the texts that reflect

attitudes toward women in those times.

Some early Buddhist texts mention both

men and women who, like the Buddha,

became enlightened. The earliest

disciples, called arhat, also attained

enlightenment and were sent by the

Buddha to wander and teach on their

own. Soon there were many newconverts and the new religion rapidly

gained large numbers of followers.

Founder/s h Hinduism is formed of diverse

traditions and has no single founder.

Among its roots is the historical

Vedic religion of Iron Age India, and

as such Hinduism is often called the

"oldest living religion" or the "oldest

living major religion".

h Hinduism does not have a founder or

date of origin. Rather, it has been

traditionally viewed as a timeless

tradition that has been and

continues to be revealed to humans

at the start of each world cycle.

h Hinduism has neither a specif icmoment of origin nor a specif ic

founder.Rather, the tradition

understands itself to be timeless,

having always existed.Indeed, its

collection of sacred texts is known,

as a whole, as Sanatana Dharma,

"The Eternal Teaching." At the

h Gautama Buddha/ Siddhartha

Gautama

h Hajrat Muhammad Paigambar h Jesus Christ




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beginning of each new cosmic age,

or yuga, the core of these teachings

is revealed to human beings by the

gods.

Main God Saiva Gods (Siva, His consort, His

sons, His other forms), Vaishnava

Gods (Vishnu, His consort, His

various avatharams)& Sakthi or

Saktha (Forms of Goddess Sakthi).

It's a trinity: Shiva, Visnhu and

Brahma. But it's like the Christian

trinity in that all three are really just

different names and personalities of

the same god. In fact, all the

hundreds of Hindu gods are justdifferent names and looks of the one

god.

There is no god in Buddhism. A

person's own actions lead to

enlightenment or continuance in the

cycle of re-birth and death. Some

venerate the Buddha, but this does

not make him a god.

Allah God the Fa

the Holy Spi

Destination of Soul

REINCARNATION. All Hindus believe

they will be reborn into a f uture that

is based primarily on their past

thoughts and actions. Most of the

Hindus believe in the cycle of birth,

death and rebirth, which is called

'Samsara'.'Samsara' or the doctrine

of rebirth is also known as the

theory of reincarnation or of

transmigration of the soul. This

doctrine is considered to be a basic

tenet of Hinduism. According to

doctrine of rebirth, differences

Mainstream buddhism says there is

no soul, because buddhists sees a

"soul" made up of components like

feelings, consiousness and so on. A

"soul" generally is made up of many

components. Just like scientist def ine

our body as not a body but made up

of muscles,bones, skin etc.

Sinners will be condemned, but

genuine repentance results in Allah's

forgiveness and entrance into

Paradise upon death.

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explanation for the suffering and evil

in the world. According to Hinduism,

the suffering anyone experiences,

whether it is sickness or starvation

or a disaster, is due that person

because of their own evil actions,

usually from a previous lifetime.

Only the soul matters which will one

day be free of the cycle of rebirths

and be at rest.

true of most major religions:

disciplines, values and directives that

a person may want to live by.

to Allah.

Though a Muslim honors several

prophets, Muhammad is considered

the last prophet and his words and

lifestyle are that person's authority.

To be a Muslim, one has to follow

f ive religious duties: 1. Repeat a

creed about Allah and Muhammad;

2. Recite certain prayers in Arabic

f ive times a day; 3. Give to the

needy; 4. One month each year, fast

from food, drink, sex and smoking

from sunrise to sunset; 5. Pilgrimage

once in one's lifetime to worship at a

shrine in Mecca. At death -- based on

one's faithf ulness to these duties -- a

Muslim hopes to enter Paradise. If

not, they will be eternally punished

in hell.

For many people, Islam matches

their expectations about religion and

deity. Islam teaches that there is one

supreme God, who is worshiped

through good deeds and disciplined

religious rituals. After death a person

is rewarded or punished according to

their religious devotion.

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Reincarnation

This is one of the most attractive

feature of the Hinduism for that it

might threatened the Hindu

people to just act goodly such that

they will advance or be at higher

Buddhism, with its many diverse

forms, has teachings and techniques

that are custom built to

accommodate the needs of any

individual. Some may be attracted

to a form of Buddhism that is

Polygamy (MEN)

Islam has allowed a man to marry

more than one wife. This has been

done for the purpose of solving

many social and domestic problems,

which a family is confronted with

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God/Deity. Their features

(exaggerating the normal features

of a man) make it attractive.

women, by twos, threes and fours;

but if you apprehend that you shall

not be able to deal justly with them,

then marry one only." (Q ur'an, 4:3)

Refer to this site for f urther guidelines:

http://islamology.org/Overview/Women/

Polygamy%20in%20Islam.htm

Emphasis on simplicity (In the words

of the Holy Prophet Islamic law is

liberal and simple. There is a hadith

in al-Kaf i, vol. V, according to which

the Prophet said that Allah had not

given him the instruction to escape

from worldly involvement. He had

sent him with an upright, easy and

liberal law. Islam has not prescribed

any hard and tedious duties. "In the

matter of religion Allah has not puton you any undue constraint". As the

religious law is characterized by

liberality, any rule found to be

causing undue hardship, would be

regarded as null and void.), no

hierarchy, equality (Equality and

non-discrimination are the principal

articles of Islamic ideology. From the

point of view of Islam all men areessentially equal. They have not

been created in two or more than

two strata. Blood, race or nationality

is not the criterion of superiority. A

Q urayshi sayyid and a negro are

equal to each other. In Islam




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Each of these ways to salvation in

Hinduism requires that a person do

certain things. Salvation is through

what a Hindu does. It is through

human works.

your own effort develop good

conduct and a clean mind.

7. Right Contemplation: make your self

aware of your deeds, words and

thoughts so that you can be free of

desire and sorrow.

8. Right Meditation: train your mind to

focus on a single object without

wavering so as to develop a calm

mind capable of concentration.

Following the Noble Eightfold Path

requires that a person do the above

eight things. Salvation is through

what a Buddhist does. It is through

human works.

goes to hell and that, after some

period of time, Allah will deliver

those who have done suff icient good

deeds from hell, leaving behind

those who have not done enough

good deeds.

Salvation is through what a Muslim does.

It is through human works.

Purpose of Lif e The purpose of life is to follow the

law (dharma) of God and achievesalvation (moksha) or freedom from

his false self (ahamkara) by leading a

balanced life in which material

comforts and human passions have

their own place and legitimacy.

The purpose of life is not to take

human life, not to lie, not to steal,not to use intoxicants, not to engage

in illicit sexual behavior

The purpose of life is to live in a way

that is pleasing to Allah so that onemay gain Paradise. It is believed that

at puberty, an account of each

person's deeds is opened, and this

will be used at the Day of Judgment

to determine his eternal fate. The

Q ur'an also suggests a doctrine of

divine predestination

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