RELIGION HINDUISM BUDDHISM DAOISM/TAOISM CONFUCIANISM CHRISTIANITY ISLAM JUDAISM PROTESTANTISM

Followers Hindu Buddhist Daoist Confucian Christian Muslim Jew (various names)
Leaders Pujari/ Archaka Dalai Lama Pope, Priest Shiek Rabbi (various leaders)
Crescent Moon and
Dharmachakra Taijitu (Yin-Yang),
Symbol Om / Aum Latin Cross 5-pointed Star, Star of David, Menorah (various symbols)
8 fold path wheel) Bagua
color green
Jehovah (from
Polytheistic Holy Trinity
Deity/ies, God/s, YHWH (Yahweh)/, Yahweh), other names
(many gods and Absolute Nothingness Partake with Nature Sociopolitical Structure (Father, Son, Holy Allah
End Goal of Life AOAI (Adonai), Elohim used in Christianity and
goddesses) Spirit)
Judaism
Kong Qui Jesus Christ/
Muhammad/ Abram
Notable Figure/s Gautama Buddha Lao Tzu Kong Fu Zi/ Jesus of Nazarene Martin Luther
Mohammad/ Mahomet (Abraham)
(Confucius) King of the Jews
Bodhi Tree in Bodh
(many places scattered Gaya, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Kaaba in Masjid al-
Sacred Place/s Taishan Mountains Confucian Temple Temple Mount (various places)
in India) Lumbini (Buddha’s Vatican City Haram
Birthplace)
Vedas and
Upanishads, Tripitaka (Vinaya, Tao Te Ching
Sacred Text/s Holy Bible Qur’an, Sunnah Torah from the Tanakh Holy Bible, others
Ramayana and Sutta, Abhidhamma) (Dao De Jing)
Mahabhrata (Epics)
Atman, 4 noble truths:
5 virtues: Golden Rule,
Nishkam karma, (Dukkha, Dukkha 5 Principles/Pillars
Paradoxical Reality: Ren (altruism), Good Samaritan,
Some Key Teachings/ 4 ends of life Samudaya, Dukkha (Shahada, Salah,
Yin (negative) and Yi (honesty), Forgiveness of Sin,
Practices/ Rituals/ (Artha, Kama, Nirodha, Dukkha Zakat, Shawm, Hajj)
Yang (positive), Li (behavior), Sign of the Cross,
Ideas/ Dharma, Mokshah), Nirodha gamini Halal and Haram,
De (virtue) Zhi (knowledge), Holy Water, Baptism,
7 Chakras, pratipat) Jihad, Wudu
Xin (faithfulness) Benetier, Temptation
Kamadhenu Path to Nirvana
Ilm Al-Akhlaq (science
Samsara
Human Disposition/ Dukkha Dao Tian-Di-Ren Original Sin/ of the human soul):
(cycle of
Predicaments in Life (suffering) (absolute way/path) (heaven-earth-man) Fall of Man Khalq – material
transmigration)
Akhlaq - spiritual
Dukkha
Nirodha gamini pratipat
(8-fold path: Zhong and Shu Agape Taqwa
Dharma Wu-Wei
Core Ethical Virtue view, thought, speech, (principle of measuring (love of God and of (consciousness of
(end-duty nature) (non-action)
action, livelihood, square/ golden rule) neighbor as oneself) Allah)
effort, concentration,
mindfulness)
PILOSOPAUL 2018