Nov. 1-4

Monday - No school

Tuesday - Buddhism

Eight Fold Path - Doing the right thing, thinking the right things, speaking right

  1. Right View - View the world right
  2. Right Intentions
  3. Right speech
  4. Right Action
  5. Right Livelihood
  6. Right Effort
  7. Right Concentration
  8. Right Mindfulness

Reincarnation - One must stop the cycle of rebirth as a suffering 

Worship 

  • Meditation
  • Importance of the lotus flower
    • believer can blossom while rooted in the impurity of the world

Dalai Llama - spiritual leader of Buddhism

Islam -

Middle East, North Africa, Indonesia

Crescent and star is the international symbol for Islam

Islam is means "submission (to Allah)" in Arabic

"Allah" is an Arabic word which means "the only true God

Muslims believe that the Qur'an is God's word as revealed to the prophet Muhammad (570-632 AD) through the angel Gabriel

Muslims do not believe that Jesus was the Messiah, although they do believe he was a prophet

Islam is very family oriented

The primary means of transmitting the religion are through the family

Muslims are people that practice Islam

Muslims are sort of an ethnic group coming from the Middle East

There are two main sects of Islam: Sunni and Shiite

One of their main differences is in their beliefs about who were the leaders following the death of Prophet Muhammad

Sunni means tradition - everywhere else is  mostly Sunni

Shiite means faction - mostly in Iran

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