5. Hinduism
It a religious culture around 1500-2000 B.C
Their literature is Vedas, the bodies of knowledge.
Hold the universe to be all one, Brahman.
Everything has same soul in all living being.
The purpose of life is to find enlightenment
The cycle of birth and death goes on
Desire is the root of all evil.
Karma - chain of causes
All of our actions will eventually have
consequences
6. Buddhism
Nirvana - permanent liberation from life, become one
with the universe.
Buddhism attempts to
conquer the suffering
through the elimination of desire and ego
and attainment of the state of nirvana.
Four Noble Truths :
(1) suffering
(2) causes
(3) elimination
(4) enlightened living
A philosophical tradition, founded by
Gautama Siddhartha Buddha in the 5th century B.C
7. Taoism
Lao Tzu was the founder of Taoism,
Something and Nothing produce each other
Contractive and expansive forces in the universe
Two principles which oppose one another in their
actions, yin and yang. All the opposites one
perceives in the universe can be reduced to one of
the opposite forces.
Passivity, calm, humility ,develop intuition and build
up personal power
Taoism is based on the idea that
all the change in the world lies one fundamental,
Universal Principle:
The Way or Tao
8. Confucianism
It is concerned with morality ,social ethics.
His teaching treat other as you would like to be treated.
What you don’t desire for yourself, don’t do to others.
Deal with the great while it is yet small.
Family is metaphor for society to develop.
Ethics concerned with humanness .
No need for physical punishment and law
Build the character of individual.
All human beings are alike at birth.
Confucius was a founder of
this Chinese thought
9. Mysticism
Becoming one with absolute pure
Secret experience of something spiritual.
Intuitive understanding of reality
All sort of esoteric traditions and practice unite.
Purification of heart turning it away all except God.
Divine love is the essence of mysticism.
Attainment f ultimate universal one truth.
(Self) transformation by practices and actions.
Represents a mystical,
theosophical, and ascetic