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MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS
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5 Categories of Religions
 ______________ - belief in 1 god
 Polytheism - belief in _____________ than 1 god
 Non-theistic - does not _____________ any god
 Atheism - belief there is no _______________
 Animism - worship of ______________ of _________________
 _______________ Americans
 Proselytize - try to _____________ someone to your religion
Religion
 A set of __________shared by a people group & the ______________ used to express those beliefs
 _______________ through migration, missionary work, trade, & war
Hinduism
 Hindu is the world’s _____________ religion
 It is the major religion of ___________
 Hindus worship _____________ gods, which represent different forms of ____________
 the most _________________ in the religion
 Hinduism stresses that a person has true enlightenment when the ______ themselves from earthly desires
 True Enlightenment is achieved through _____________ and ____________ acts
 A holy site is the_____________ River in India
 People go to bathe in the water because it will ____________them
 _____________ (Spiritual leaders) spread much of the Hindu religion
 Gurus are believed to have had the gods’ words ______________ to them
 They also ____________ to villages and _____________ the religion to those who cannot read
 Book they follow is the ____________
 Hindus each spring celebrate the festival of ______, which is a tribute to Shiva, one of the leading Hindu
gods
 Shiva _____________ the world so he can ___________ it
Ganesha
 Lord of ___________ (Hindus) & ____________ of evils & _____________
 He represents the perfect _______________ between force and kindness and between power and beauty
 Believe the _______________ contains many heavens & hells
 People are ________________ or _______________
 the form that a person takes when they are reborn is _____________ of how they lived their life
 The Ganges River is believed to be the holy river that can ______________ people
Confucianism
 It is more of a _____________ than a ______________
 It is based on the ___________ of a Chinese scholar names Confucius which were grounded in _________
or good, ___________behavior
 It stresses ____________ and ____________ responsibility
 Confucius was a teacher so in this culture teachers are regarded ____________
 ____________ celebrates Confucius’ birthday on __________________, known as Teachers’ Day
 The religious practice of is ______________ ancestors
 Some build shrines and temples for ________________
 others offer prayers, and some eat a meal believing ______________ can taste it
 Confucius says (__________)
 Before you seek revenge, dig _______ graves
 When __________ rises, think of consequences
 Wheresoever you go, go with all your ____________
 Have no friends not equal to _____________
 It does not matter how ____________ you go so as long as you do not ___________
 ___________ the past if you would define the future
 What you do not want done to ____________, do not do to ___________
Buddhism
 Buddhism is mainly is ___________ and East ____________
 It is the teachings of ______________, known as the _____________
 Siddhartha ____________, called Buddha, created the religion
 Book they follow is the _____________
 Mahaboghi temple inBodhgava India, where Gautama Buddha attained ____________ under the Bodhi Tree
 Buddha preached that the key to _____________ was to free yourself from all __________ possessions
 Buddhists monks and nuns are expected to lead a life of ______________
 Monks carry begging bowls so they can learn _____________ and beg for money & food
 Many believe in ___________ (everything comes back to life)
 Want to end _____________ in the world by approaching ____________
 Believe that you must understand the four ___________ truths & _______________ path
 Life as we know it ultimately is or leads to suffering/uneasiness (dukkha) in one way or another
 Suffering is caused by _____________
 ______________ ends when craving ends (achieved by eliminating delusion) & reaching a liberated
state of Enlightenment
 Reaching this liberated state is achieved by following the ____________ laid out by the Buddha
Prajna - __________ that purifies the mind, allowing it to attain spiritual insight into the true nature of all things
 dṛṣṭi (ditthi): viewing ____________ as it is, not just as it appears to be
 saṃkalpa (sankappa): intention of renunciation, freedom and harmlessness
Sila - the ethics or morality, or abstention from _______________ deeds
 vāc (vāca): speaking in a ______________ & non-hurtful way
 karman (kammanta): _____________ in a non-harmful way
 ājīvana (ājīva): a non-harmful ________________
Samadhi - the _____________ discipline required to develop mastery over one's own mind. Done through the
practice of various contemplative & _________________ practices
 vyāyāma (vāyāma): making an effort to ________________
 smṛti (sati): awareness to ________________ things for what they are with clear consciousness,
being aware of the present reality within oneself, without any craving or aversion
 samādhi (samādhi): correct meditation or concentration, explained as the first four jhanas
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The practice of the __________________ is understood in two ways
 as requiring either simultaneous development (all eight items practiced in _____________)
 a ______________ series of stages through which the practitioner moves, the culmination of one
leading to the ____________ of another
Islam
 Believe that they must live their lives by the ________________
 5 Pillars are group ___________, praying ____________ times a day, ___________ during Ramadan,
____________, & pilgrimage to ___________ (Hajj)
 Leader is “______________” which refers to the one God
 Follow the teachings of the ________________
 ______________ - which is the basic creed of Islam that must be _______________ under oath with
the specific statement: "I testify that there is none worthy of worship except God and I testify that
Muhammad is the Messenger of God"
 Salah, or ritual prayer, which must be performed ___________ times a day
 Sawm - fasting during the month of _______________
 Muslims must not _________ or __________ from ____________ to __________ during this
month, and must be mindful of other sins
 Zakat - or alms-giving, which is giving a fixed ___________ of accumulated _____________ by those
who can afford it to help the poor or needy, and also to assist the spread of Islam
 The Hajj - which is the _____________ during the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah in the city of Mecca
 Every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it must make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least
________________ in his or her lifetime
 Believe God came to speak to ______________ in Mecca
 Muhammad ______________ that people should turn away from sin and worship the one true God
 His followers believe that he is a prophet or ________________
 Islamic Law “________________”
 literally "the path leading to the watering place" is Islamic law formed by traditional Islamic
scholarship, which most Muslim groups ______________- to
 In Islam, Sharia is the expression of the divine _____________, and "constitutes a system of
_______________that are incumbent upon a Muslim by virtue of his religious belief
 ____________ - religious ____________ of Muslims (often considered the 6th pillar)
 Muslims use the word in a religious context to refer to _______________ types of struggles
 an internal struggle to maintain ______________, the struggle to improve the Muslim society, or
the struggle in a _____________-war
 It can simply mean striving to live a ____________ and virtuous life, spreading and defending Islam as
well as fighting injustice and _______________
Judaism
 Religious _____________ of the Jewish people
 Follow the _______________ (Hebrew Bible)
 Believe in God, but do not believe that Jesus was the ___________ sent to save the people from their sins
 They are still ______________ for the prophet to come and save all people
 According to Jewish thought, God established a covenant with the Jewish people, then known as the
Israelites, & revealed his laws and commandments to them in the form of the ______________
 Jewish practice is devoted to the ___________ and _____________ of these laws & commandments, as
they are interpreted according to various ancient & modern authorities (___________ Principles of Faith)
 God _______________
 God is one and unique
 God is incorporeal
 God is ____________
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_____________ is to be directed to God alone & to no other
The words of the prophets are true
Moses' ______________ are true, and Moses was the greatest of the prophets
The Written ______________ (first 5 books of the Bible) & Oral Torah were given to Moses
There will be no other Torah (Bible)
God knows the ____________ and ______________ of men
God will reward the good & punish the wicked
The _____________ will come
The dead will be _______________
Sikhism
 Believe in one God and do not ___________________ based on class, color, or gender
 "Realisation of Truth is higher than all else. Higher still is truthful living“
 See God in ________________ Follow the teachings of ____________ from the scriptures of the ________________
 Guru Nanak founded & formalised the _____________ pillars of Sikhism
 ____________ on God through reciting, chanting, singing & constant remembrance followed by
deep study & comprehension of God’s Name & virtues
 Live a life founded on decency immersed in _________________
 One must be part of a community that is living the flawless objective ____________ set out by
the Sikh Gurus
 Guru Nanak’s main contributions were
 Equality of ___________
 Equality of _____________
 ______________ message for all people
Christianity
 Christianity (from the Ancient Greek word Χριστός, Khristos) "Christ", is a ________________ religion
based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in canonical gospels
 Christianity teaches Jesus is the Son of God, God having become human and the ___________ of humanity
 Believe that Jesus was the Son of God & he was sent to __________ all people from their ___________
 Believe that if you ____________ in Jesus & accept him as your Savior you will live _______________
 ________________ based on times in Christ’s life
 Most ___________ religion in the world
 Catholic
 Protestant (sometimes referred to as Baptist)
 Eastern Orthodox (Europe & Russia)
 St. Peter's Basilica - a late _________________ church located within the ______________ City
 St. Peter's Basilica has the largest _____________of any Christian church in the world, holding
________________ people
 Regarded as one of the _____________Catholic sites
 It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world" & as "the
_________________ of all churches of Christendom"