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1. The Most important Religions
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2. Buddhism: history
 Buddhism developed from the teachings disseminated by its
founder Siddhartha Gautama, about V century. C. in northeast
India.
 Began a rapid expansion to become the predominant religion
in India in the third century. C. In this century, the Indian
emperor Asoka makes it official religion of his vast empire.
 Buddhism is not organized in a vertical hierarchy. Religious
authority is based on sacred texts: the Sutras (literally
'discourses').

3. Buddhists in the world
 Unlike other religions Buddhism does not know the
notion of holy war, forced conversion, nor considers the
notion of heresy as something always punishable.
 The statistics on the number of Buddhists in the world
vary significantly according to different sources
available among the 1.691 million (which would make it
the third largest religion in the world after Christianity
and Islam) and 230 million. (Which would keep as the
fourth largest religion in the
 Buddhist population. Red: countries
where a high percentage of the population is Buddhist. Purple:
 significant population.
 world after Hinduism)

4. Buddhist Principals: the Four
Noble Truth.
 According to Buddhism the Four Noble
Truths are:
1. Life includes ‘’duhkha ‘’(suffering,
dissatisfaction or discontent) despair.
2. The origin of suffering is ‘’trsna’’ (longing,
desire , Literally thirst).
3. Suffering can be extinguished when the
cause ceases.
4. The noble path is the way to extinguish
suffering: Buddhism prescribes a method,
or path, with which you try to avoid
extremes of satisfaction on the one hand,
and an unnecessary mortification on the
other. This path requires wisdom, ethical
conduct and training of the 'hearts and
minds' through meditation, mindfulness
and attention to this continuously.

5. Christianity: history
 Is a monotheistic
Abrahamic religion based
on the life and teachings of
Jesus of Nazareth as
presented in biblical canon
New Testament scriptures.
His followers believe that
Jesus is the Son of God and
the Messiah (or Christ)
prophesied in the Old
Testament, who died for
the redemption of the sins
of mankind, and rose again
three days after his death.

6. Practices
 With in Orthodox and Catholic practices, especially seven
sacraments include:
1.Baptism: sign initiatory introduction to Christianity.
 2.Confirmation:a sign that confirms faith in Jesus Christ;
3.Eucharist:liturgical sign of the Catholic Church. (Last Supper).
4.Penance: a sign of forgiveness, repentance of sins.
5. Orders: which are initiated by the priests. (Washing of feet).
 6.Marriage, celebration of the union of a man and a woman
before God and the community.
 7. Anointing of the Sick: a sign of patient care.

7. The doctrine of Islam
 The Islamic doctrine has five pillars of their
faith as part of the inner workings of the
Muslims. The pillars are:
 1. The profession of faith, that is, accept
the basic principle that there is only one
God and Mohammed is the last and most
important of his prophets.
 2. The prayer.
 3.The zekat or azaque (sometimes
translated as charity), is, sharing resources
with the needy.
 4. Fasting in the month of Ramadan but
you can eat something when the sun goes
down.
 5.The pilgrimage to Mecca (for those who
can) at least once in life or pay an hydraulic
building for everybody.

8. The History of Islam
 Mahoma was born in Meca on
570 a.C.
 Many people began to follow,
but his uncle was against her, all
defending Allah, the followers of
his uncle wanted to kill the
worth, but Muhammad took
refuge in the desert for several
months, he returned back to the
Quran and said that gave the
Archangel Gabriel, but it was not
until his death spread his word
throughout the peninsula
Arabica. After families were
passing by the power and
continued to expand Islam
almost all African and Hispania.

9. Curiositis of Islam
It is forbidden to represent the face of Mohammed and Allah in a picture.
There is a pillar is not obliged that the great Jihad, that person to achieve
the level of excellence according to the Koran.
If you meet with the pillar go to Mecca but not with others you do not
recognize any of the pillars, even to go to Mecca.
In places of prayer, the walls no drawing is a place where only you will say a
prayer, not to show something good of your religion.

10. Judaism
 It is the oldest of the
three monotheistic
religions most widely
used (along with
Christianity and Islam),
also known as "religions
of the book" or
"Abrahamic" and the
least of which the
number of faithful.
Judaism is broken down,
historically, the other
two.

11. Books’
1.The Tanakh, equivalent to that
part of the Bible.
2.The Torah, literally "Doctrine.
3.The Nevi'im, or Book of the
Prophets, The Ketuvim (literally
"The Writings").
4.The Mishnah, collection of oral
traditions and exegesis of the
Torah.
5.The Talmud or Gemara.
6.The Shulchan Aruch.
7.The Mishneh Torah of
Maimonides.