HINDUISM,
BUDDHISM, AND
CONFUCIANISM
Copyright 2007
By Mason Emerson
The aum symbol is used in a Hindu chant; courtesy of wikipedia.org
Hinduism began in India where it still dominates. It is the
third largest major religion in the world, and it is very old as it
began before Buddhism, Christianity, Islam etc.
It teaches that when a person dies, because of wrongs done
(bad Karma), the person’s soul experiences reincarnation
(samsara) meaning goes to live again in some other form such
as an insect or flower.
This repeats until by right living the person is liberated from
activity in this universe (moksa) realizing that s/he is united
with God since everything here is God, and the idea of separate
existence is an illusion. Yoga and meditation are techniques
used to empty the mind so as to approach God.
Hindus believe there is only one God, Brahman, but Hindus
are also free to focus worship on any of His different forms
such as Shiva the god of light and destruction. Images are not
idols in the sense of being recipients of worship, but are handy
focus points for the various forms of Brahman, all worship
given before them passing on to Brahman. Shiva’s wife Kali is
goddess of power, sickness and death. Hindus seek truth, light
and immortality.
Confucius – wikipedia.org
Confucianism began in ancient China. Some say it is really
more a code of moral or behavorial beliefs than a religion, but
it is very influential, especially among Chinese including the
many now in all nations earthwide.
Confucianism offers ways for followers to behave in harmony
with others such as parents, members of government and
national rulers. It has a lot of rituals, not actual formal
worship or meditation.
The Chinese founder Confucius, born about 550 years before
Christ, sometimes spoke of supernatural beings in ways that
sound agnostic. A Confucianist can, for example, also be a
Taoist, Christian, Muslim, Shintoist or Buddhist.
It may include, but need not include features and beliefs that
go back before it to before its founder Confucius. For example
some Confucianists believe in ancestor worship, sacrifice to
ancestral spirits and an abstract God in heaven, and there is
deification of ancient kings and Confucius himself.
It teaches people to be humane, and it puts a strong positive
emphasis on education and learning.
Statue of Buddha; courtesy of wikipedia.org
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings
of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. It spread from India to
Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Southeast and East Asian
nations such as China, Korea, and Japan. There are about 360
million followers.
It tries to end the suffering of cyclic existence or samsara by
guiding followers to liberation from this material universe.
Followers must purify and train their minds then obey laws of
karma which say for example that if we act badly then we will
have a negative consequence if not now then after death when
transformed into another being such as an insect.
Buddhism says to not harm others and to do things
moderately. It does not deny supernatural beings exist and
many are noted in Buddhist scriptures, but it also does not
teach that they were sources of creation, can save us from
death, or judge us. Buddhists do believe they can affect world
events, and some Buddhists use rituals to associate with the
supernatural.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Four_Heavenly_Messengers.jpg
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moksa, illusion, yoga and meditation, Brahman, Shiva, wife Kali,
immortality, Confucianism, code of moral beliefs, Confucius,
supernatural, agnostic, Taoist, Muslim, Shintoist, Siddhartha Gautama,
Sri Lanka, Korea, Japan
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HINDUISM-BUDDHISM-CONFUSCISM
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Copyright 2007.
By Mason Emerson
Hinduism, Buddhism, Karma, reincarnation, samsara, liberated,
moksa, illusion, yoga and meditation, Brahman, Shiva, wife Kali,
immortality, Confucianism, code of moral beliefs, Confucius,
supernatural, agnostic, Taoist, Muslim, Shintoist, Siddhartha Gautama,
Sri Lanka, Korea, Japan
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/confucius.html