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Born around the sam time as Confucius (6th century BC), he wrote the Daodejing |
Lao-Tse |
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Over 6000 pgs of the teaching and opinions of rabbis about ethics, philosophy, customs and history |
The Talmud |
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The knowledge and wisdom books in the last part of the Vedas |
The Upanishads |
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Both centuries after these writings were made, Christians believe him to be this Messiah, Jews do not |
Jesus |
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While on this 40 year journey back, Moses wrote down the oral history of the Hebrews into 5 books |
The Torah |
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Indian prince 5th century BC who went on a quest for enlightenment and taught his followers what he learned. They called him the Buddha "enlightened one". |
Siddhartha Gautama |
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In 2000BC he led his family after being called by God to leave Mesopotamia and its polytheism for Canaan (modern day Israel), a land promised to him and his descendants |
Abraham |
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The chinese aristocratic thinker and teacher who wanted to solve China's problem of disorder, teaching that the best way to govern is to kead people by virtue and rules for propriety |
Confucius |
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A Hebrew adopted by an Egyptian princess who led the Hebrews held in salvery in Egypt back to their "promised land" of Israel in the 1200s BC . This journey gets named the Exodus |
Moses |
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Sets od sacred texts of poems, hymns, prayers, and rituals complied by the Brahmins |
The Vedas |
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The collected saying of Confucius, written down by his students |
The Analects |
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The torah, plus the writings of the prohets, and the letters and histories of the early Christians |
The bible |
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Everything but Brahman is an illusion, so the ultimate goal is to shed this illusion and reunite with |
Diaspora |
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Law, duty, living right, following your destined path, virtue, justice, morality, ethics, the path of righteousness |
Dharma |
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When a population of and original scatters, as happened to the Jews when Babylon conquered them and destroyed their Temple |
Diaspora |
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The Hebrew name for God, forbidden to be spoken, so Adonai (Lord) is usually in its place |
Yahweh |
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The Hindu Indians in the top priestly caste, responsible for the caste system |
Brahmins |
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Hindu god who keeps the earth going and protects it from it from being destroyed - blue skin and four arms |
Vishnu |
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Unquestioning obdience and for parents and other senior members |
Filial piety |
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The changeless World Soul, the source of the universe, with no form, no beginning or end, and no human attributes |
Brahman |
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Hindu god known as the destroyer god because he removes all evil from the world - 3rd eye in his forhead |
Siva |
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Taught that the harmony that naturally existed between heaven and earth from the very beginning could be found by anyone at any time |
Daoism |
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Chinese culture was influenced by Daoism in the fields of |
All answers |
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Three persons making one God: the formless omniscient, omnipresent God; Jesus (God in a human body) ; and the Holy Spirit ( the spirit of God that moves among and in people ). |
Trinity |
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The teaching that all life is suffering due to desire and craving. Free yourself from desire and you'll be free from suffering and reach Nirvana |
Buddhism |
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Sect claiming the Budda as a teacher, not a divinity. People are on their own in their search for enlightenment. |
Theravada |
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Sect claiming Buddha was a god who, like the other gods, might help you on your journey, along with you practicing good karma |
Mahayana |