world religion

• Concepts and Philosophy of Buddhism

  • Patience
  • Forgiveness
  • Self Control
  • Non-Stealing
  • Sanctity
  • Control of Senses
  • Reason
  • Knowledge and Learning
  • Truthfulness
  • Absence of Anger
• Patience


  Staying serene in your own inner peace
• Forgiveness


  Letting go of things that don't necessarily serve you
• Self Control


  Knowing that the best things come to those that wait
• Non-Stealing


  Don't take that which does not belong to you
• Sanctity


  Cleanliness in mind, body, and soul
• Control of Senses


  Including meditation and life force control
• Reason


  Guiding your life with calm reason leads to great success
• Knowledge and Learning


  Gaining skills that significantly add to your ability to offer
• Truthfulness


  Realizing that truthfulness brings about success
• Absence of Anger


  Anger poisons our ability to lead our lives in a positive and powerful way
• Hinduism


  The third largest religion
• Aryan


  Originally referred to the people of the Indus River Valley in the 19th century
• Arya


  The "Aryan way"
• Hinduism


  • Animistic
  • Polytheistic
• Vedas


  • Rig Veda (hymns of praise)
  • Sama Veda (chants and melodies)
  • Yajur Veda (sacrificial formulas)
  • Atharva Veda (magic formulas)
• Upanishads


  Brahma knowledge, whereby ignorance is totally removed
• Trimurti


  • Brahma (creator)
  • Vishnu (preserver)
  • Shiva (destroyer)
• Hinduism offers its followers many paths to salvation
• Dharma


  Came from the word "dhri" meaning to support and hold
• Ramayana


  An epic poem written by Valmiki, consisting of 24,000 verses in seven books and 500 cantos
• Mahabharata


  An epic poem of around 100,000 verses, telling of a great struggle among the descendants of a king called Bharata
• Bhagavad Gita


  A celebrated episode within the Mahabharata, translated as "the Lord's song"
• YUJ


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• 14 Paths of Yoga

  • Karma Yoga (Path of Action)
  • Jnana Yoga (Path of Knowledge)
  • Bhakti Yoga (Path of Devotion)
  • Raja Yoga (Path of Discipline)
• Karma Yoga


  Yoga of selfless service to others
• Jnana Yoga


  Yoga to union with supreme through intellect
• Bhakti Yoga


  Yoga of love to all beings
• Raja Yoga


  Yoga to energize the body and mind
• Samsara


  Cycle of birth and rebirth, governed by how Karma is created and balanced
• Moksha


  Freedom from the eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth. The ultimate goal of those who practice Hinduism.
• Soul (Atman)


  The true self, distinct from the physical body and mind