WORLD RELIGIONS – REL 212 World Religions
HINDUISM & JAINISM
WEEK 2
Cosmogony Origin of the
Universe
Hinduism and Jainism cosmogony origin of the universe is that there isn’t no specific origin or
founder.
Nature of God/Creator
The Gods are in male and female form and represent many different things.
View of Human Nature
Hinduism and Jainism: Karma is what comes around goes around.
View of Good & Evil
Hinduism and Jainism: Good actions have a good effect and bad actions have a bad effect. “Karma”.
View of Salvation
Hinduism and Jainism salvation is called Moksha. It’s when an enlightened human being is freed from ...view middle of the document...
The Jainism
also had Paryushan Mahaparva festival.
View of After Life
Practices and Rituals
Celebrations & Festivals
Week 2 Sources
BUDDHISM
WEEK 3
Cosmogony Origin of the
Universe
Nature of God/Creator
View of Human Nature
View of Good & Evil
www.hinduwebsite.com
www.patheos.com
www.directionjournal.org
www.reasonandmeaning.com
Buddhism believe in cycles of time are prominent in the major eastern religions of
Hinduism and Buddhism. They recognize the cycling of energies associated to
encompassing divine powers. They see life on earth as “empty” of any real substance. Life
is the Sanskrit Maya an illusion with pain and suffering, completing exercise of divine
power and then life is Lila, the play of consciousness. Buddhism believes in existence in
itself, is empty, Buddha consciousness (enlightenment) exists. The
beginning of thisorld
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and of life
is inconceivable
since they have
neither beginning
nor end
.
Buddhism system of religion doesn’t believe in the concept of a personal God and another
reason why they don’t believe in god is because there isn’t any evidence to support the
idea. Also
Enlightened being,hich vows to save
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all sentient beings
from their sufferings.
The Buddha view of human nature is composite of
five aggregates handas):hysical
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forms
(rupa),eelings or
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sensations
(vedana),
Ideations (sanna), ental
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formations or
dispositions
(sankhara) and consciousness (vinnana).
Good and Evil inuddhism is that good and evil are innate and inseparable aspects of life
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and every human being is capable of acts of the most noble good or evil. The good and
evil: an act is understood in terms of its actual impact on our own lives and the lives of
others not on abstract rules of conduct.
The
good or evil are seen not as
absolute but
relative or
"relational." Evil actions are those
which are based on a narrow selfishness, the delusion that our lives are fundamentally
disconnected forms those of others and that we can benefit at their expense. Good is
identified with the fundamental nature of enlightenment or absolute freedom and
happiness resulting from profound selfknowledge.
View of Salvation
View of After Life
Practices and Rituals
Buddhism view of salvation is reaching Nirvana who is a transcendental, blissful, spiritual state of
nothingness, when a person becomes a Buddha. To reach Nirvana the person must follow the Noble
Eightfold Path is the right understanding, the right resolve, the right speech, the right action, the right
occupation, the right contemplation, the right effort, and the right meditation. The Noble Eightfold Path
requires that a person do the above eight things. Salvation is through what a Buddhist does and it is
through human works. ...
