Religions Of East Asia
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SHINTOISM
- Founder: None
- Certain deeds create a kind of ritual impurity that one should want cleansed for own peace of mind
- Purification rites are a vital part of Shinto. Done on daily, weekly, seasonal, lunar, and annual basis.
- The promise of addition to the pantheon of kami after death.
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BUDDHISM
- Founder: Siddharta Gautama ("the Buddha")
- Reincarnation; people are reborn after dying.
- The principle of equality: that all living entities are equal.
- Concentration, meditation, mental development.
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TAOISM
- Founder: Laozi "ancient child"
- Death is a transformation from being to non-being; from yang to yin.
- The focus of most religious Taoism is attaining immortality.
- 8 Immortals; youth, age, poverty, wealth, high rank, common people, feminine and masculine
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CONFUCIANISM
- Founder: Master Kong (Confucius)
- 6th-5th century BC
- Does not prescribe any specific rituals or practices.
- The Lun-yü are the most revered sacred scripture in the tradition.
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BUDDHISM VS. TAOISM
- 1. Neither believe or accept angels.
- 2. Neither spend much time worrying about the details of earthly existence.
- 1. Nepal, India vs. China
- 2. Clothes: No prohibitions vs. Taoist robes
