Anais, Alonso
Module #3
PHI2010
1 Compare and contrast various views of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religions. It predates written records and its origins are lost in the past. The term Hinduism refers to the collection of faiths that are believed to have originated in India, but other scholars believe that was brought to India a long ago by nomadic people. It is a polytheistic system with various gods and goddesses as well as lesser deities. Moreover, Buddhism, a philosophical tradition, founded by Gautama Siddhartha Buddha in the fifth-century BCE. It is related to Hinduism, but although it shares similar ideas with Hinduism, they have their differences. The fundamental difference is that Buddhism do not worship the large Parthenon of deities found in Hinduism. Buddhism attempts to help the individual conquer the suffering and mutability of human existence through the elimination of desire and ego and attainment of the state of nirvana. In addition, Taoism is ineffable and beyond our ability to alter or change. Lao Tzu, the founder, emphasized the importance of the effortless non-striving and living in …show more content…
The Tao itself can be divided into two principles that oppose one another in their actions, yin and yang. The yin and yang represent all the opposite principles one find in the universe. Under yang are the principles of maleness, the sun, creation, heat, light, heaven, dominance, and so on. Under yin are the principles of femaleness, the moon, completion, cold, darkness, material forms, submission, and so on. Each of these principles produce the other. The yin and yang accomplish changes in the universe through the five material agents (wood, fire, metal, water, and earth). Also all changes in the universe can be explain by the workings of yin and yang and the progress of the five material agents. They all explain all events within the
Module #3
PHI2010
1 Compare and contrast various views of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religions. It predates written records and its origins are lost in the past. The term Hinduism refers to the collection of faiths that are believed to have originated in India, but other scholars believe that was brought to India a long ago by nomadic people. It is a polytheistic system with various gods and goddesses as well as lesser deities. Moreover, Buddhism, a philosophical tradition, founded by Gautama Siddhartha Buddha in the fifth-century BCE. It is related to Hinduism, but although it shares similar ideas with Hinduism, they have their differences. The fundamental difference is that Buddhism do not worship the large Parthenon of deities found in Hinduism. Buddhism attempts to help the individual conquer the suffering and mutability of human existence through the elimination of desire and ego and attainment of the state of nirvana. In addition, Taoism is ineffable and beyond our ability to alter or change. Lao Tzu, the founder, emphasized the importance of the effortless non-striving and living in …show more content…
The Tao itself can be divided into two principles that oppose one another in their actions, yin and yang. The yin and yang represent all the opposite principles one find in the universe. Under yang are the principles of maleness, the sun, creation, heat, light, heaven, dominance, and so on. Under yin are the principles of femaleness, the moon, completion, cold, darkness, material forms, submission, and so on. Each of these principles produce the other. The yin and yang accomplish changes in the universe through the five material agents (wood, fire, metal, water, and earth). Also all changes in the universe can be explain by the workings of yin and yang and the progress of the five material agents. They all explain all events within the