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Title: -Buddhism- -Confucianism- -Taoism-


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-Buddhism--Confucianism--Taoism-
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Buddhism
The father of Buddhism
  • Siddhartha Gautama
  • Lived 563 B.C. E. 483 B.C.E
  • In southern Nepal
  • He is the Enlightened One

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Buddhism
  • At 29yrs old Siddhartha Gautama
  • While sitting under the bo tree, he experienced
  • The Great Awakening
  • Wandered India searching for religious truth
  • He spent years meditating,
  • studying, and preaching

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Buddhism
  • The Buddha shared his ideas with anyone who would
    listen.
  • He was teaching a religion that was devoid of
  • Authority
  • Ritual
  • Tradition

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Buddhism
  • It was
  • Empirical
  • Scientific
  • Pragmatic
  • Therapeutic
  • Egalitarian
  • Directed at individuals

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Buddhism
  • Buddhas key discovery is known as the Four Noble
    Truths.
  • The first truth is Dukka. Which refers to life's
    suffering. All of life is suffering and pain
  • Buddha believed that the pains we feel in life
    could be cured through Buddhism.

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Buddhism
  • Buddhas key discovery is known as the Four Noble
    Truths.
  • The second truth is Tanha.
  • Pain is caused by the desire for wealth and
    power.

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Buddhism
  • Buddhas key discovery is known as the Four Noble
    Truths.
  • The third truth is the solution for Tanha the
    knowledge and understanding that there is a way
    to end suffering and overcome desire.

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Buddhism
  • Buddhas key discovery is known as the Four Noble
    Truths.
  • The fourth truth is the real solution for Tanah
    nirvana. It comes in the form of the Eight Fold
    Path.
  • Achieve nirvana with excellent conduct and
    kindness to all

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Buddhism
  • The Eight Fold Path You must have all of the
    following qualities to cure Tanha.
  • The Right Knowledge
  • You must have the knowledge of the Four Noble
    Truths.
  • The Right Aspiration
  • You have to want to reach true enlightenment for
    the Eight Fold Path to work.

As in Confucianism
As in Taoism
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Buddhism
  • The Eight Fold Path You must have all of the
    following qualities to cure Tanha.
  • The Right Speech
  • You need to take notice of how often you feel the
    need to deviate from the truth.
  • The Right Behavior
  • Do not kill, steal, lie, be unchaste, or take
    drugs or intoxicants.

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Buddhism
  • The Eight Fold Path You must have all of the
    following qualities to cure Tanha.
  • The Right Livelihood
  • Your occupation can not go against the teachings
    of the Buddha.
  • The Right Effort
  • You have to be dedicated and always try to follow
    the way of the Buddhist.

Unlike Taoism
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Buddhism
  • The Eight Fold Path You must have all of the
    following qualities to cure Tanha.
  • The Right Mindfulness
  • You have to be aware of every part of yourself.
    Your thought and your feelings.
  • The Right Absorption
  • If you lose delusion, craving and hostility, the
    three poisons. You will see things how they
    should be.

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Buddhism
  • If you follow the Four Noble truths you could
    reach Nirvana, which is the ultimate goal for
    every Buddhist.
  • Nirvana is permanent, stable, ageless, and
    deathless it is power, bliss and happiness, the
    secure refuge, and the shelter.
  • incomprehensible peace

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Buddhism
  • Buddha believed in reincarnation.
  • He saw it as a wave.
  • He said that nothing will be identical to this
    life in the next, Pari Passu.

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Buddhism
  • There are three groups of Buddhist today.
  • Hinayana The Little Way
  • Mahayana The Great Way
  • Vajrayana The Diamond Way

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Buddhism
  • Hinayana The Little Way
  • They prefer to call their Buddhism
    Theravada
  • The way of the Elders.
  • They follow the Pali Canon records.
  • Believed that Progress lies with the individual.
  • Believe that there is no God to help you get
    through life.

As in Confucianism
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Buddhism
  • Hinayana The Little Way
  • The prime attribute is wisdom Bodhi.
  • Sangha Monasteries filled with spiritual dynamos
    where Theravada thrived.
  • They believe that their religion was for these
    high priest to teach and pass on.
  • They would only use meditation and invocations to
    strengthen their faith.

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Buddhism
  • Mahayana The Great Way
  • Claim that they represent the true line of
    succession, from the Buddha.
  • That Buddha reached Nirvana and returned to teach
    others how to reach it as well.
  • They believe that there are Buddhas and
    Bodhisattvas to help them through life.
  • Bodhisattvas A person that has attained
    enlightenment, but postpones Nirvana in order to
    enlighten others.

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Buddhism
  • Mahayana The Great Way
  • The prime attribute is compassion Karuna.
  • Believe that the religion is primarily for the
    average person.
  • They added supplications, petition, and calling
    out Buddhas name for strength.

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Buddhism
  • Vajrayana The Diamond Way
  • The way to realize Buddhas wisdom and
    compassion.
  • Vajrayana started in Tibet.
  • The essence of Vajrayana Buddhism is Tantra.
  • It teachings gives the advantage of reaching
    Nirvana in a single life time by using, and
    focusing all the energies in the body.

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Buddhism
  • Vajrayana The Diamond Way
  • Mantras Fashion sounds into holy formulas
  • Mudras Turn hand gestures into scared dances
  • Mandalas Use icons whos holy beauty empowers

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Buddhism
  • Vajrayana The Diamond Way
  • The Dali Lama is the Vajrayanas version of a
    Bodhisattva.
  • The Dali Lama has reincarnated himself 13 times,
    so he can continue to lead the Tibetan people.

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Buddhism
  • Hinayana, Mahayana, Vajrayana The Rafts
  • They all have a single founder.
  • They all deal with the metaphor, using a raft to
    cross lifes river.
  • Once you cross the river the realm of God is no
    distant place. It is where you now stand.
  • They all have very lavish temples and shrines.

Unlike Taoism
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Buddhism
  • Hinayana, Mahayana, Vajrayana The Rafts
  • They all believe in the kindness to all
    creatures, the non-killing of animals, the
    elimination of caste barriers in religion and
    their reduction in social matters.
  • Buddhism thrives in every Asian land, except the
    one that gave birth to it India

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Confucianism
The father of Confucianism
  • Confucius
  • Was born around 551 B.C.
  • in Lu in the Shantung
  • Province
  • Father was upper class
  • Born out of wedlock
  • He never knew his father
  • He and his mother lived in
  • poverty

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Confucianism
  • Confucius was one of the worlds best teachers
  • He founded the philosophical school called Ru
  • He died at the age of 74
  • He never thought of himself as a sage
  • His teachings were recorded by his students in
    the Analects

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Confucianism
  • With his death began his glorification
  • His teachings have touched almost every Chinese
    student for the past two thousand years.
  • Confucius believed that tradition was the key to
    peace.
  • He believed that tradition would show them the
    way back to a happy, stable China.

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Confucianism
  • Confucius had Five Ideals that guided his
    thoughts
  • Jen Is the ideal way for one to carry oneself
    through life. Measure the feeling of others by
    ones own.
  • Chu Tzu If Jen is how a person should be, then
    Chu Tzu is how a person should act.

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Confucianism
  • Confucius had Five Ideals that guided his
    thoughts
  • Li The way things should be done. It is the way
    you should act in what ever role you play in
    life.
  • A father should be a father, and a ruler should
    be a ruler.

Unlike Taoism
  • Te Translates to Power. How the people with
    power, use it. For a person to be a great leader
    his followers must choose to follow him.

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Confucianism
  • Confucius had Five Ideals that guided his
    thoughts
  • Wen Victory goes to the state with the highest
    culture. Art has the power to ennoble the human
    spirit.

China placed the scholar-bureaucrat at the top of
its social scale, and its soldiers at the bottom.
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Confucianism
  • Confucius believed that without human
    relationships, there would be no self.
  • There are Five Constant relationships
  • in life
  • Parent and Child
  • Husband and Wife
  • Elder Sibling and Junior Sibling
  • Elder Friend and Junior Friend

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Confucianism
  • People have to warrant the respect and power that
    comes with their positions in life. Power and
    respect are not a given, they must be earned.
  • He believed that if everyone followed the five
    ideals, the effect would be wide-spread through
    family, community, and the world.

As in Buddhism
Unlike Taoism
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Confucianism
  • Confucius shifted Chinas focus from heaven to
    earth. Though he did not remove heaven from the
    picture.
  • He saw that his country could not serve its
    people, so how was it going to serve its
    ancestors.
  • He believed that somewhere in the universe there
    is a power that is on the side of right.

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Confucianism
  • You should be able to work out your problems with
    out involving the courts.
  • Confucianism has the power to change entire
    civilizations for the better. It affects every
    aspect of life and makes it better.

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Confucianism
  • Confucius repeatedly calls for self-examination
  • Confucius focused on the individuals, the people,
    more than anything else.

Unlike Taoism
Unlike Taoism
As in Buddhism
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Taoism
The father of Taoism
  • Lao Tzu
  • Was born around 640 B.C.
  • No one is really sure about
  • any dates or places.

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Taoism
  • Lao Tzu was not pleased with his people, so he
    left and went on a journey.
  • On his journey, an official asked him
  • to leave a record of his beliefs.
  • He wrote a 5,000 character
  • book called Tao Te Ching
  • The book became the
  • foundation of Taoism

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Taoism
  • The Tao Te Ching is in effect the Taoist bible.
  • It centers around the concept of Tao the way
    or the path
  • Strong emphasis is placed on non-action that is,
    the absence of aggressive action

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Taoism
  • There are three meanings of Tao
  • Tao- The way to ultimate reality. This Tao is
    way to vast for a person to comprehend or fathom.
  • Tao- The way of the universe. The norm, the
    rhythm, and the driving power in all of nature.
    Deals more with the spiritual side then the
    Physical side of things.

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Taoism
  • There are three meanings of Tao
  • Tao- The way of human life. It refers to the way
    that we mesh with the Tao of the universe.

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Taoism
  • Just like the three meanings of Tao. All three
    were designed to facilitate the power of Tao
    through te
  • There are three types of Taoism
  • Philosophical Taoism
  • Religious or Popular Taoism
  • Vitalizing Taoism

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Taoism
  • Philosophical Taoism
  • Is a reflective look at life
  • Relatively unorganized
  • Teaches what you should understand
  • You work on improving yourself
  • Seeks power through knowledge
  • Sought to conserve te and not to expend is on
    friction and conflict.

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Taoism
  • Philosophical Taoism
  • Wu Wei- The perfect way to live life, and reduce
    conflict and friction
  • Combines supreme activity and supreme relaxation
  • The conscious mind has to get out of the way of
    its own light.
  • For one to perfect the wu wei lifestyle.
  • A lifestyle above excess and tension.

As in Buddhism
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Taoism
  • Religious Taoism
  • Became a full fledge church
  • Its programs are active
  • The Taoist priesthood made cosmic life-power
    available for ordinary villagers.
  • Their power was with magic, the harnessed higher
    powers for human ends.
  • Want to help transmit Chi to people that can
    not get it on their own.

As in Buddhism
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Taoism
  • Vitalizing Taoism
  • The programs are active
  • Relatively unorganized
  • Teaches what you should do.
  • Is a self help program
  • You work on improving yourself
  • Want to increase the amounts of Tao or te in
    their life
  • They do this through chi

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Taoism
  • Philosophical, Religious and Vitalizing Taoism
  • All center on how to maximize their Tao.
  • They honor hunchbacks, cripples because the
    tallest tree gets the axe first.
  • Their temples blend in with the landscape. They
    do not stand out.

Unlike Buddhism and Confucianism
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Taoism
  • Philosophical, Religious and Vitalizing Taoism
  • They all teach that people will be at their best
    when they are living in harmony with their
    surroundings.
  • They consider ceremonies pompous and downright
    silly.
  • They feel there is nothing to gain from social
    correctness and the meticulous observance of
    propriety.

Unlike Confucianism
Unlike Buddhism
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Taoism
  • The Taoist believe in opposites, and that things
    in nature have a way of working themselves out.

Unlike Confucianism
Unlike Confucianism
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