World Religions Side-by-Side

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	Hinduism	Buddhism	Jainism	Judaism	Christianity	Islam	Baha'i
Name Meaning	"Large body of water" referring to the people by the Indus River	Followers of the Buddha, called the awakened one	"Triumphant" or "to conquer"	The people of Judah	Followers of Jesus, called the Christ	Submission to the will of God Followers of peace	Follower of the glory of God
Location of Origin	Indus valley, Pakistan	India	Iran	Irael	Israel	Saudi Arabia	Persia/Iran
Approx. Date of Origin	20-17th cent. BCE	5th cent. BCE	7-5th cent. BCE	Rabbinical: 6th cent. BCE	0	610 CE	1844 CE
God	Yes Brahman	No	No	Yes YHWH	Yes God the Father	Yes Allah	Yes Allah
Other Deities	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Savior Figure	Krishna (One of the expressions of God in the trimurti)	No	No	Coming	Jesus (One of the expressions of God in the trinity)	Jesus A Prophet	Jesus A Prophet
Central Teacher	None	Siddhārtha Gautama, called "Buddha", the awakened one	Mahavira	Abraham, Moses, Jacob, David	Jesus	Muhammed	Baha’u’llah
Other Prophets Accepted	No	No	No	No	All from Hebrew Scriptures	Abraham, Moses, Jesus	Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad
Central Text	Vedas Upanishads	Tripitaka, Mahayana Sutras, Tibetan Book of the Dead	Agamas	Tanakh	Gospel (New Testament)	Qur'an	Kitab al-aqdas Tablets
Other Texts Accepted	Mahabharata Bhagavad Gita Ramayana Dharmasastras	Nidānakathā, Lalitavistara, Abhiniṣkramaṇa Sūtra, Buddhacarita	No	Talmud (commentary)	Tanakh (Old Testament)	Parts of Tanakh, Gospel Hadith (commentary) Sunnah	Tanakh Gospel Qur'an
Central Tenents	Samsara, the endless cycle of rebirth Karma, the law of cause and effect Dharma, fulfilling responsibilities Salvation and liberation from samsara through reuniting individual soul with atman, the ultimate	Samsara, the endless cycle of rebirth Karma, the law of cause and effect Liberation from samsara through meditation	Ahimsa (non-harming) Anekāntavāda (many- sided) Aparigraha (non-attachment) Liberation from samsara through elimination of bad karma	Chosen people of God Obedience to God's commandments Offerings to God	Salvation and rebirth through following Jesus, the Christ Baptism by water	Salvation through acceptance of and submission to God Prayer Almsgiving Fasting Pilgrimage	Harmony of all religion and science Oneness of humanity Independent search for truth

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