BUDDHISM

ORIGINS

FOUNDERS

• Siddhartha Gautama was an Indian prince
• Gautama left his city and wandered through the land
• He experienced pain,suffering,grief,and sickness
• This revelation, along with developing the means to eliminating desire
• This became the basis of Buddhism

PRINCIPLES

• The core of Buddhism is based on four noble truths
• Buddhism does teach reincarnation it's not always seen as rebirth
• Buddhism doesn't hold to believe in deity
• So deity may hold that its not a religion but a philosophy

DIFFUSION

• It spread to Southeast Asia and to east Asia
• Especially during the Maurya Empire
• Under Ashoka,and the Gupta Empire it became prominent

CONFUCIANISM

ORIGINS

FOUNDERS

PRINCIPLES

• It is not a religion but rather an ethical code
• The goals are order,harmony,peace,and happiness
• Important principles deal with the ideal standard of conduct
• This is seen in five relationships

PRINCIPLES

• Parent-child
• Husband-wife
• Elder siblings-younger sibilings
• Elder friend-younger friend
• Ruler-subject

DIFFUSION

• Spread by his followers after the death of Confucius
• Spread to Korea and Japan

TAOISM

ORIGINS

• Grew from ancient Chinese philosophies
• Some ways it grew from a reaction,the spread of -
• Confucianism and Buddhism

FOUNDERS

PRINCIPLES

• Tao is a series of philosophical teachings
• Taoism places are great emphasis on nature -
• -as an example of balance and demonstrates
• Balance is the idea of "effortless doing" (as seen)
• The symbol most people use is the Yin/Yang

DIFFUSION

CITING