Yes, in Han China, merchants and traders were placed in a lower social class than farmers and artisans Confucian scholars believed that the only proper ways of life were scholarship and government service or administration for the upper classes and agriculture for the poor Merchants did not farm and merchants did not study merchants moved goods and – sold good merchants sold the goods others made merchants had low status – – Similarities Hinduism and Buddhism – Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of Buddhism he had been raised a Hindu – prince and came to the conclusion that life was suffering suffering caused by – desire but suffering could end – As Buddhism emerged from Hinduism, there are many beliefs that are shared by both belief systems Both Hindus and Buddhists believe in reincarnation or samsara that the soul is – born, lives, and then is reborn at the physical death of the body Yes, both religions accept that souls reach spiritual perfection through a cycle of life, death, and reincarnation Moksha is union with Brahman and the end of samsara (reincarnation) for Hindus and nirvana is the end of suffering and end of samsara for Buddhists Judaism Judaism is the world’s oldest lasting monotheistic religion Judaism influenced Christianity and Islam and all three religions are known as – the Abrahamic religions as Abraham came to believe in one God or monotheism – Judaism is an ethical and moral religion in that according to Judaism, God gave – his Commandments or ethical rules to people God’s The Jewish people believe that they have a covenant or agreement with God that – they must obey and then God will bless them God’s Commandments In the Jewish faith, the Torah or first five books of the Bible are very important as these books convey rules for his people God’s In the Jewish faith, there is a belief that a Messiah would appear and free the Jewish people from oppression In Judaism, the Tanakh refers to the Jewish Scriptures comprising the books of law, the prophets, and collected writings Tanakh is an acronym of the first Hebrew – letter of Torah (First Five Books of Bible), Nevi'im (Prophets) and Ketuvim (Writings) Of course, Judaism is a monotheistic or one God faith However, the Eightfold Path is NOT related to the Jewish faith the Eightfold Path – is related to Buddhism Daoism Daoism is a Chinese philosophy that developed during the Zhou Dynasty Daoism encourages people to live naturally and to live in nature away from cities – and civilization
Yes, in Han China, merchants and traders were placed in a lower social class than farmers and artisans Confucian scholars believed that the only proper ways of life were scholarship and government service or administration for the upper classes and agriculture for the poor Merchants did not farm and merchants did not study – merchants moved goods and sold good – merchants sold the goods others made – merchants had low status Similarities – Hinduism and Buddhism Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of Buddhism – he had been raised a Hindu prince and came to the conclusion that life was suffering – suffering caused by desire – but suffering could end As Buddhism emerged from Hinduism, there are many beliefs that are shared by both belief systems Both Hindus and Buddhists believe in reincarnation or samsara – that the soul is born, lives, and then is reborn at the physical death of the body Yes, both religions accept that souls reach spiritual perfection through a cycle of life, death, and reincarnation Moksha is union with Brahman and the end of samsara (reincarnation) for Hindus and nirvana is the end of suffering and end of samsara for Buddhists Judaism Judaism is the world’s oldest lasting monotheistic religion Judaism influenced Christianity and Islam – and all three religions are known as the Abrahamic religions – as Abraham came to believe in one God or monotheism Judaism is an ethical and moral religion – in that according to Judaism, God gave his Commandments or ethical rules to God’s people The Jewish people believe that they have a covenant or agreement with God – that they must obey God’s Commandments and then God will bless them In the Jewish faith, the Torah or first five books of the Bible are very important as these books convey God’s rules for his people In the Jewish faith, there is a belief that a Messiah would appear and free the Jewish people from oppression In Judaism, the Tanakh refers to the Jewish Scriptures comprising the books of law, the prophets, and collected writings – Tanakh is an acronym of the first Hebrew letter of Torah (First Five Books of Bible), Nevi'im (Prophets) and Ketuvim (Writings) Of course, Judaism is a monotheistic or one God faith However, the Eightfold Path is NOT related to the Jewish faith – the Eightfold Path is related to Buddhism Daoism Daoism is a Chinese philosophy that developed during the Zhou Dynasty Daoism encourages people to live naturally and to live in nature – away from cities and civilization
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