HINDUISM• Founder of Hinduism– Vedic Priests who lived more than 3500 years ago

in Northern India.• Variations of Hinduism– Hundreds maybe thousands.

Beliefs of Hinduism• Brahman (Kind of like Christian

Trinity.)–Brahma Creator–Vishnu Preserver–Shiva Destroyer

• Do your Dharma (Duty) Then You Have Good Karma.• Good Karma results in moving up.

Hinduism• Reincarnation or Afterlife?– REINCARNATION

• Eastern Religion or Western Religion?– Eastern Religion

Judaism• Moses founded the religion of Judaism

approximately 3600 years ago.

• The father of the Jewish people is Abraham.

Variations of Jews•Hassidic•Orthodox•Reformed

RELIGIOUS TEXT OF JUDAISM• Torah–Genesis, Exodus,

Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.

Beliefs of Judaism•FOLLOW GOD’S

COMMANDMENTS–TEN COMMANDMENTS:

1. You shall have no other gods before Me.2. You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven

above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.5. Honor your father and your mother.6. You shall not murder.7. You shall not commit adultery. 8. You shall not steal. 9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.10. You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male

servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.

Judaism• Polytheistic or Monotheistic?– Jews are strictly Monotheistic

• Reincarnation or Afterlife?– Afterlife

• Eastern Religion or Western Religion?– Western Religion

“You shall have no other

gods before Me.”

FOUNDER OR BUDDHISM• Siddhartha Guatama a prince at 30 saw four things

that changed his life.– He saw a horribly ill man. He saw an old man with all of the

maladies we see the elderly having. And he saw a corpse. This frightened him and he set out to try and decide how to avoid these sufferings, and eventually created Buddhism.

• He began his search and eventually found enlightenment and became known as Buddha – The Enlightened One.

Buddhism• Variations of Buddhism:– Theravedan, Maharandan, Zen

and Dozens of others. • Afterlife of Reincarnation?– Reincarnation until you reach

Nirvanna.• Eastern or Western Religion?– Eastern Religion

• Polytheistic or Monotheistic– Depends on the Buddhist you ask

Beliefs of Buddhism• Follow the Middle Path = Be selfless not

selfish.• Follow the Eightfold Path:

– Right Understanding – Right Thoughts – Right Speech – Right Action – Right Livelihood – Right Effort – Right Mindfulness – Right Concentration

Variations of Christians•Catholic •Orthodox•Protestant

Christianity• Polytheistic or Monotheistic– Monotheistic

• Reincarnation or Afterlife?

–Afterlife• Eastern Religion or Western

Religion?

–Western Religion

ISLAM• Founder:– Muhammad a former

caravan spice/silk trader.• Variations of Muslims:

1. Wahabi • Strict form of Sunni• From Saudi Arabia

2. Sunni

3. Shia

Beliefs of Islam• “There is one God and his name is

Allah.”• Five Pillars of Faith–Confession of Faith–Prayer–Fasting–Giving Alms or Charity–Pilgrimage to Mecca

Islam• Monotheistic or Polytheistic– Muslims are strict

Monotheists• Reincarnation or Afterlife?

–Afterlife• Eastern Religion or Western

Religion?

–Western Religion

Beliefs of Sikhism

•One God.•Do your dharma (duty) and you reach union with God which is salvation.