Associate Level Material
Appendix G

Eastern Religion Elements Matrix

| |Hinduism |Buddhism |Confucianism |Daoism |
|Countries of origin |India |Hindu Vedanta |China |China |
|Historical figures and |Vedas was that start of it. 800-300BCE |Began with Siddhartha Gautama, whom was |Started by a man named Confucius. |STARTED BY LAO-TZE. |
|events |The 11 major Upanishads are written, |an Indian Prince also known as Buddha. |QIN DYNASTY – THE WESTERN STATE OF QIN |EMPEROR GAOZU BUILDS A GREAT TEMPLE AT |
| |which include the ideas of reincarnation |Buddhism established in Cambodia 100 C.E |EVENTUALLY DEFEATS AND OCCUPIES ALL OTHER|THE BIRTHPLACE OF LAO-TZE. 618 |
| |and karma. |and in Vietnam 150 C.E. |STATES AND KING ZHENG SUCCEEDS IN |13 DEC 618 |
| | | |UNIFYING THE TERRITORY AND PROCLAIMS | |
| | | |HIMSELF SHIHUANGDI, OF ‘FIRST EMPEROR.’ | |
|CENTRAL BELIEFS |HINDUISM IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF |BUDDHISTS BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO SENSE |THE TEACHINGS SUPPOSE THAT ALL HUMANS ARE|COMPASSION FOR OTHER LIFE, LIVING IN |
| |REINCARNATION, IN WHICH ALL LIVING |OF SELF OR SOUL WHEN IN THIS WORLD. |ESSENTIALLY GOOD AND THIS GOODNESS MUST |MODERATION AND HAVING HUMILITY MAY LEAD |
| |BEINGS, FROM PLANTS TO GODS, LIVE IN A | |BE PRACTICED TOWARD FELLOW HUMANS. |YOU TOWARD THE DAO. FREEING ONESELF FROM |
| |CYCLE OF LIVING AND DYING. | | |DESIRES AND BELIEVING IN THE EQUALITY OF |
| | | | |MAN AND NATURE MAY HELP ONE LEAD A |
| | | | |PEACEFUL AND HAPPY LIFE. |
|NATURE OF GOD |GOD IS CONSIDERED TO BE OMNIPOTENT AND |ACCORDING TO BUDDHISM (GENERAL), THE |THERE REALLY IS NO INFLUENCE OF GOD IN |DAOISM OR TAOISM IS PRIMARILY A PHILOSPHY|
| |OMNIPRESENT BY HINDUS. |DIVINE IS A LOVING/BENIGN BEING. |CONFUCIANISM INSTEAD IT IS MAINLY ABOUT |THUS THEY DON'T HAVE A PERSONAL GOD. |
| | | |HOW YOU SHOULD LIVE LIFE AND USE CORRECT |THEIR GOD MAYBE CLASSIFIED UNDER |
| | | |BEHAVIOR. |PANTHEISM |
|TEXTS |VEDIC WORSHIP WITH FIRE IS STILL |FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS: |WESTERNERS CALL HIM CONFUCIUS AND HIS |DAOISM IS AS FULL OF PARADOXES AS THE |
| |SIGNIFICANT IN CONTEMPORARY RITUALS. FIRE|1 LIFE INEVITABLY INVOLVES SUFFERING, IS |TEACHING CONFUCIANISM. HIS FAMILY NAME