RELIGIONS

BUDDHISM

• Origin: southern Nepal
• Teaching/moral law: 4 Noble Truths, Noble Eighthfold path, 5 precepts
• Holy books: Mahayana, Sutras, Tibetan Book of the Dead
• Final goal: enlightenment
• Leader: Buddha

HINDUISM

• Origin: the north of India
• Teaching/ moral law: reincarnation,path of righteousness
• Holy books: Shastras, Shruti
• Leaders: Brahman, Vishnu, Shiva, Ganesha, Krishna, Hanuman
• Final goal: reincarnation

JUDAISM

• Origin: Israel and Palestine
• Teaching/moral law: one God,love God, love other people
• Holy book: Torah
• Leader: Abraham, Jesus
• Final goal: to be godly in life

CHRISTIANITY

• Origin: Palestine
• Teaching/moral law: 10 commandments, forgive all sins
• Holy book: the Holy Bible
• Leaders: God( the father, the son, the Holy Spirit), Jesus
• Final goal: to get to heaven after life

ISLAM

• Origin: Jerusalem
• Teaching/ moral law: 5 pillars of faith, Ramadan
• Holy book: Q'uran (Koran)
• Leader: prophet Muhammad
• Final goal: to pilgrimage to Mecca

CONFUCIANISM

• Origin: China
• Teaching/moral law: Li, Hsiao, Yi, Xin, Jen, Chung, 5 bonds
• Holy books: Si Shu, Wu jing
• Leader: Confucius
• Final goal: life passage, to teach Chinese people to behave well