ancient Hebrew God

a path of practice and spiritual development that started in India. It strives for a deep insight leading to the nature of reality

stories or ideas that define our personal sense oF reality, and through which we make sense of the world.

a monotheistic faith based on the life, works, and teachings of Jesus Christ.

a Chinese philosopher whose teachings are the basis of Confucianism

both an ancient religion and philosophy of China; it originated as a philosophical system founded on the teachings of Confucius.

a system of vital ideas that contains, energizes, and directs virtually every aspect of social life and a from which values, attitudes, motivations, and skills emerge. person’s relationship with the world, and the matrix

Buddha’s teaching and the inner realizations that are attained in dependence upon practicing them.

a major monotheistic religion which originated in the Arabian Peninsula in the 7th century CE.

- a religion considered a product of spiritual, religious, and social practices of the people from a large portion of South Asia, including the countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal.

a branch of Buddhism which is widely practiced in Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, and China: known as a “Greater Vehicle”, it has given rise to various offshoots of Buddhism in other countries.

a Persian religion founded in the sixth century B.C. by the prophet Zoroaster, characterized by worship of a supreme god, Ahura Mazda who requires good deeds for help in his cosmic struggle against the evil spirit Ahriman.

Time of Abraham, the patriarch of Israel

Time of the Buddha, founder of Buddhism

Played a major role in the establishment of the three monotheistic religions: namely, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, which account for more than half of the world’s total population.

s one of the oldest surviving civilizations, with its history dating back to at least 6500 BCE. The many conquerors that came to India were gradually absorbed into the native Indian religions.

It has no specific founder, no one sacred book, and with innumerable gods and goddesses that any Hindu can venerate.

It centers its attention on the figure of the Buddha, who was not a god but a human being who came to discover how to terminate sufferings in order to escape the painful and continuous cycle of rebirth.

An ideal human society it the utmost concern for the Confucian followers.

Japanese people believed that their emperors literally descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu.

Mysteries abound the birth and life of Laozi (Lao-tzu) who may have written Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching or The Book of the Way and its Power.

Traditional landing place of Noah’s Ark as narrated in the book of Genesis

Known as the city of David and Temple Mount

Israelites lived here en route the Promised Land (spiritual cleansing

World religions can be regarded along the lines of their exclusivity or non exclusivity.

The five basic social relationships are:(3)

divinities are closely linked to nature and natural forces