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Religions

This document summarizes the key differences and similarities between four major Asian religions: Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shintoism. It outlines their founders, dominant regions, sacred texts, doctrines/beliefs, and objectives. The religions share some similarities, such as non-theistic views of God and influences in countries like China, Japan, and Korea. However, they also have distinct founders, texts, and beliefs, such as Buddhism's focus on enlightenment/Nirvana, Confucianism's emphasis on social relationships, and Taoism's principles of wu-wei and yin-yang.

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Religions

This document summarizes the key differences and similarities between four major Asian religions: Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shintoism. It outlines their founders, dominant regions, sacred texts, doctrines/beliefs, and objectives. The religions share some similarities, such as non-theistic views of God and influences in countries like China, Japan, and Korea. However, they also have distinct founders, texts, and beliefs, such as Buddhism's focus on enlightenment/Nirvana, Confucianism's emphasis on social relationships, and Taoism's principles of wu-wei and yin-yang.

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DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES OF

BUDDHISM,
CONFUCIANISM,
TAOISM, AND
SHINTOISM
BUDDHISM CONFUCIANISM TAOISM SHINTOISM SIMILARITIES

FOUNDER FOUNDER FOUNDER FOUNDER MAHAYANA


 Siddhartha  ‘Kung-Fu-Tzu  Lao Tzu  Prehistoric BUDDHISM, TAOISM,
Gautama (Buddha) (Confucius) Animists AND SHINTOISM

 Dominant in:
Japan, Vietnam
DOMINANT IN: DOMINANT IN: DOMINANT IN:
 Southern Asia  Korea  South Korea,
(Theravada Taiwan
Buddhism) BUDDHISM,
CONFUCIANISM AND
TAOISM

SACRED TEXTS SACRED TEXTS SACRED TEXTS SACRED TEXTS  Dominant in: China
 Tripitaka  Four Books  Tao Te Ching  Kojiki
(Theravada  Book of Chuang  Nihongi BUDDHISM,
Buddshism) a. Analects Tze CONFUCIANISM,
b. Mencius TAOISM, AND
a. Vinaya Ptaka c. The Higher SHINTOISM
b. Sutra Pitaka Education
c. Adhidharma d. Doctrine of the  God: Non-theistic
Pitaka Mean  Objective:
Answering the
 Sutras (Mahayana  Confucian Classics purpose of life
Buddhism)
a. Book of
a. Lotus Sutra Changes
b. Heart Sutra b. Book of Poetry
c. Land of Bliss c. Book of History
Sutra d. Book of Rites
e. Spring and
Autumn Annals
DOCTRINES/BELIEFS DOCTRINES/BELIEFS DOCTRINES/BELIEFS DOCTRINES/BELIEFS CONFUCIANISM AND
SHINTOISM
 Four Noble Truths  Filial Piety  Wu-wei (Non-  Belief in Kami
 Noble Eightfold  Five Cardinal action) (spirits)  Ancestral worship
Path Virtues  Law of Reversion  Animism
 Six Paramitas  Five Relationships and Yin and Yang  Matsuri
 Nirvana  Tian  Following Nature
 Reincarnation and the Ziran
 Karma  Feng shui
 Tao

OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE
 Be one with the
 Learn the origins  Build strong and Tao  Seek union with
of suffering and respectful  Dwell in nature the Kami (spirits)
how to end it relationships
 Get rid of desires  Develop an
 Attain individual’s
enlightenment and character
reach Nirvana  Concerned with
order, structure,
society

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