Religion - The Five Major World Religions
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Founder of Judaism
Abraham
founder of christianity
Jesus
founder of hinduism
allegedly the rishis
founder of buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama, also known as the Buddha.
founder of Islam
Muhammad
the symbol of christianity
the cross
the symbol of islam
the crescent moon and star
the symbol of Judaism
the Star of David
the symbol of hinduism
the Om symbol
the symbol of buddhism
the eight spoked wheel
Hinduism began in
2500 BCE, in the Indus Valley.
Christianity began in
30 CE, in Israel-palestine.
Judaism began in
1850 BCE, in israel-palestine
Islam began in
622 CE, in saudi arabia
Buddhism began in
560 BCE, in north-east india
The hindu Trimurti
Brahman (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver), Shiva (the destroyer)
The hindu ‘Brahman’
One universal god
the hindu ‘reincarnation’
the belief that when someone dies, they are reborn into a new life in this world.
the hindu ‘dharma’
sacred duty
the hindu ‘karma’
from good comes good, from bad comes bad
the hindu ‘moksha’
breaking the cycle of birth, death and rebirth and achive union back with god.
Hindu sacred writings
Vedas
What was the covenant Abraham was believed to have made with god by Jews
that they would worship one god and in return God would take care of them
the patriarchs of Judaism
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
the tanakh
the torah (law), the nevi’im (prophets), the ketuvim (writings like proverbs and psalms)
there are ____ jewish commandments
613
the jewish ‘mitzvah’ is hebrew for
good deeds or commandments
the buddhist ‘4 noble truths’ are
the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, the truth of the path to the end of suffering
Siddhartha Gautama’s name, Buddha, means
‘the enlightened one’
the buddhist ‘nirvana’
enlightenment
asceticism
self discipline and the denial of any pleasure as a way of devoting yourself to God or religion.
the eightfold path
a buddhist belief followed to overcome suffering and to reach a state of enlightenment.
the 5 buddhist presepts
don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t misuse your senses, don’t practice wrong speech, don’t use intoxitants
the buddhist sacred writings
the pali canon
messiah means
god’s chosen one
the word bible means
books
the trinity is
the three manifestations of the christian god: the father, the son and the holy spirit
to be ressurected means
raised from the dead
the islam Hijrah’
the journey from mecca to medina
the islamic sacred texts
Quran
the arabic word for god
Allah
the five pillars of islam
Hajj - make the the journey to mecca in your lifetime, Shahadah - the statement of faith, salat - pray five times a day, zakat - give to charity, sawm - fast during ramadan,
The islamic ‘Kaaba’
the house of god in mecca and the direction in which to pray
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