Religions

Therearemanydifferentreligionsandculturesintheworld.Manyhavevery
similarbeliefsandvalues,butmanyhaveverydifferentbeliefsandvalues.Religions
suchasIslam,Buddhism,andHinduismarereligionsthathaveafewsimilarbeliefsand
afewverydifferentbeliefs.

TheIslamreligionisoneofthelargestreligionsintheworld.Islammeaning
surrenderorsubmissionwhichmeanspeacewasfoundedbyMuhammad(Chief
Prophet)in7thcenturyAD.TheMuslimcultureisverypopularinPakistan,Iran,India
andIndonesia.Muslimisapersonwhofollowstheverysimpleandpracticalreligionof
Islam.AMuslimisanyfemaleormalepersonwhobelievesinAllahandthat
MuhammadisAllahsmessenger.OpposedtoanArabwhocanchoosetobeany
religionorbeliefsystem.MuslimsbelieveinonegodAllah,makingthemmonotheists
likeChristiansandJews.Monotheistsmeaningabeliefinasingleallpowerfulgod
opposedtoreligionsthathavebeliefsinmanygods.AccordingtoDeltak.comIslam
believethatTheProphetMuhammadisthemessengerofAllah.TheProphet
MuhammadreceivedthewordofAllahthroughArchangelGabriel(HolySpirit)which
broughtthereligionofIslam.TheFivePillarsofIslamarefiveimportantactsinIslam.
1.Shadahah:Testimonyoffaith
2.Salat:Prayer
3.Zakat:Supportingtheneedy
4.Sawm:FastingthemonthofRamadan
5.Hajj:PrivilegetoMakkah
Islamvaluespeace,justice,mercy,tolerance.equality,love,truth,patience,forgiveness
morality,sincerityandrighteousness.

BuddhismcomesfromthewordBuddha.ThefounderofBuddhism,Siddhartha
GautamaorBuddha,inbothSanskritandPalilanguagemeansenlightenedone
BuddhismismostcommonlypracticedinSoutheastAsiaandJapan.Buddhistwayof
lifeispeace,love,kindness,andwisdom.SometimesBuddhismispracticedindividually
buttemplesandmonasteriesexist.AccordingtoCNN.comBuddhistsbelievein
reincarnationandthatonemuststopthecycleofrebirth,suffering,selfishindividual,
andmustattractNirvanawhichisthehighestpointandtheendofself.Thisideahas
beenrecordedastheFourNobleTruths.
TheNobleTruths:
1.
Lifeisfullofpainandsuffering.

2.
Humandesirecausesthissuffering.
3.
Byputtinganendtodesirehumancanendsuffering.
4.
HumanscanenddesirebyfollowingtheEightfoldPath.
TheEightfoldPathisoneofthemostsignificantsymbolsofBuddhismitrepresentsthe
endlesscyclesoflifethroughreincarnation.BeliefsareveryimportanttoBuddhist.
RightbeliefsofBuddhismmainlyconcernhumannatureandreality.Thosetwo
conceptsarethehighestpriorityofBuddhism.

Hinduismistheworld'soldestreligionwithbillionsoffollowers,makingitthethird
largestreligionintheworld.HinduismwasoriginatedinIndianSubcontinent,foundedin
2,000B.C.EandismainlypracticedinIndia.Unlikemanyreligionsthatcanbetracedto
afounderorcertainindividualwhointroducedanreligion,Hinduismcannotbetracedto
anyoneindividual.Hinduismisawayoflife,Ithasitsownrituals,beliefs,traditions.
HinduismisaboutunderstandingAtman.HindusbeliefthatGodiseverythingand
everythingisgod.Theyhavemanybeliefsinmanygodsbutrealizetheyallcomefrom
Atman.AccordingtoLaSalleAcademy.comHindusbelievethattheuniverse
undergoesendlesscyclesofcreation,preservation,anddissolution.

Islam,BuddhismandHinduismallhavebeliefsthatarealikeanddifferentin
theirownways,Hinduism,IslamandBuddhismallbelieveinreincarnationandthat
eventuallyalllivingspiritswillachieveenlightenmentandliberation.Buttheyallexcept
oneanothersbeliefs.