Monday- No school
Tuesday-
Continue Buddhism
- Located in Mongolia
The 8 Fold Path
- Basically meaning the right way to live
- Right mindfulness
- Right concentration
- Right Effort
- Right livelihood
- Right action
- Right speech
- Right Intentions
- Right view
- Buddhist believe in reincarnation
- One must stop the cycle of rebirth as a suffering, selfish individual
Buddism/Hinduism
Similarities-
- Reincarnation
- Karma
- Dharma
Differences-
- Caste system
- Hindu Gods
- Hindu priesthood
Worship practices-
- Meditation
- Deep thought and reflection
- Importance of the lotus flower
- Believer can blossom while rooted in the impurity of the world
Islam
- Located in Indonesia, North Africa, Middle East
- Islamic crescent and star is the international symbol for Islam
- Islam means "submission(to Allah)" in Arabic
- "Allah" means "One true god"
- Muslims believe that the Quran is God's word as revealed to the prophet Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel
- Muslims don't 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
- .6% of US adults follow Islam
2 Major Sects groups-
- Sunni and Shiite
- One of their main differences is in their beliefs about who were the leaders following the death of Prophet Muhammad
- Sunni accepted the succession of Muhammad's elected successors
- The majority of Muslims in the world today are Sunnis
- Shiite believe that leaders must be descendants of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima and her husband Ali
- They rule Iran and also have a sizable presence in Iraq and Syria
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