South Asia Religions
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SOUTH ASIA RELIGIONS
BY: CHEYENNE MINNISS
BUDDHISM
- India has a Buddhist population of 0.8% and has been growing rapidly in recent years
- Buddhism is also the most important minority religion in Nepal
- The earliest members of the Indus Valley Civilization sometime between 3000 and 1800 B.C.
- Buddhism is a religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama
- Buddhism is the teaching of how to view the world and other things in different ways.
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HINDUISM
- Hindus believe in a one, all-pervasive Supreme Being
- Hindus believe in karma, that you are effected by your thoughts and actions
- Hindus believe that the soul reincarnate going through many births until all karmas have been fixed
- Young Hindus are taught to participate in Hindu festivals and holy days in the home and temple
- Young Hindus are taught daily worship in the family shrine room
ISLAM
- They believe that there is only one God, the name of their God is Allah
- They believe that Muhammad is his Prophet
- They believe in a continued existence of the soul and an existence after death
- All that is required is to believe and recite the Shahada (oath)
- They mostly believe that one must follow the six articles to be considered a Muslim
SIKHISM
- The central teaching in Sikhism is the belief that there is only one God
- Sikhism considers spiritual life and secular life to be intertwined.
- They listen and follow the teachings of many gurus (11)
- Regardless of the gender its soul is considered to have a feminine aspect
- The Sikh holy scripture is a guide to ridding the self of ego through the practice of meditation
CHRISTIANITY
- Christians believe that Jesus died for our sins, was buried and was resurrected
- They believe salvation is achieved when you receive Jesus in faith
- They believe that the Bible is the Word of God and that its teaching is the final authority
- They believe that man was created specifically to have a relationship with God
- They believe that sin separates all men from God
WORSHIP TEMPLE FOR THE BUDDHISM RELIGION
SIKH TRADITIONAL CLOTHING
ISLAMIC PLACE OF WORSHIP
A HINDU TEMPLE
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