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5 Major World Religions

Buddhism

Major Beliefs

*In Buddhism, the purpose of life is to end suffering

*Reincarnation and afterlife.

Symbols

Lotus

Founder: Siddahrata Gautama

Date Found: 520 BCE

Name of God: Have no God

Name of Holy books:Tipitaka

Languages:Prakrits,Sanskrit.

Current followers: 360 million

Name of early followers:

Buddhism is a atheist religion.

Christianity

Tibetan Wheel of Life

Buddha Eyes (Wisdom Eyes)

Judaism

Major Beliefs

Major Beliefs

*Jewish belief about human beings is that they are created in the image of God.

Founder: Jesus Christ

Date founded : 33 AD

*Devil and Demons

*The holy spirit

*Exorcism

*Believe there is only One God.

*Hell

*Angels

*Afterlife

Symbol

Candlesticks

Menorah

Symbols

RAJAGAHA:

Dalai Lama:Leader of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism

Nhat Hanh, Thich:

Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist.

Sakyamuni :

Another name for the historical Buddha.

Famous People :

Famous Building :

Anchor

Founder:Abraham

Date found:2,500 BC

Magen David

Fish

Islam

God or Holy person:

God the Father ,God the

Son, God the Holy Spirit

Dove

SARNATH:

RAJAGAHA:

The Buddha stayed in this place for many years and preached some of the most important sermons there

Famous People

*Philo of Alexandria :Hellenistic Jewish philosopher

Major Beliefs

Famous People:

SARNATH:

The site where the Buddha gave his first sermon to his first five disciples

Holy Cities and Significant Locations

*Martin Buber:Austrian Jewish philosopher and author of I and Thou

*Franz Rosenzweig: Influential German Jewish philosopher

Holy book: Holy Bible

Languages :Latin and Greek

Paul

Muslims believe that one must adhere to the six articles to be considered a Muslim.

God or Holy person:Tetragrammaton

Holy Book:Torah

Languages:Hebrew

Current followers:14 million

Name of early Follower:

Judaism is a monotheism religion

first major missionary to preach the Christian gospel to non-Jewish people.

Bodh Gaya:

-place of Enlightenment

Peter

Famous Buildings

Believe that there is only one God . (Allah)

Believe there will be a day of judgment when all humans will be divided between the eternal paradise and hell.

Peter became the leader of the apostles,after Jesus ascension.

The Temple was a permanent place of worship, and the place where people could atone for their sins. There was only one Temple, and that was in Jerusalem.

Founder:Muhammad

Date Found:622 CE

Current followers: 2 billion

Famous Building:

Symbols

The Maha Bodhi Temple:

place at which the Enlightenment took place

Germany is known as the home of Martin Luther and and the world's tallest cathedral.

Name of early followers:Paul

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion

Holy Cities and Significant locations

Jerusalem :capital city of Israel. Considered a holy city to Jews, Muslims, and Christians

St-Peters-Vatican

"Allah" in Arabic

Star and Crescent

Notre Dame Cathedral Entrance

Country with largest population:

China

Holy Cities and Significant Locations

Jerusalem: Where the early church was started

Famous People

Bethlehem :Birthplace of the lord and savior.

Nazareth: Where Jesus lived and began ministry

Muhammad :Messenger and prophet from God

Abu Jafar Muhammad :Muslim astronomer and Mathematician from Persia.

Country with largest population:

Israel

God / Holy person:Allah

Holy Book:Quran

Languages :Arabic

Current Followers:1.3 billion

Name of early follower:Abu Bakr

Islam is a monotheistic religion

Country with largest population : Nicaragua

Famous Buildings

The Taj Mahal - it's the most famous building in the world

Hindu

Founder:none

Date Founded:1500 BC

Major beliefs

Holy Cities and Significant locations

*Karma

* There four purpose of human life, but four: Dharma - fulfilling one's purpose; Artha - prosperity; Kama - desire, sexuality, enjoyment; and Moksha - enlightenment.

*Mecca: place where they pray five times a day in the direction of the Kaaba

*Medina: Second holiest site in Islam, the "City of the Prophet.

*Karbala: one of Iraq's wealthiest cities and split into two districts, "Old Karbala", the religious centre, and "New Karbala"the residential district.

Country with largest population:

Indonesia

Symbols

Om

Lotus

Shrine of Husain, Karbala

Bindi

Mecca

Famous People:

Ramanuja

:

founder of the Vishishtadvaita school.

God or Holy person:Brahman, Vishnu, Shiva, Kali.

Holy Book:Vedas

Languages:Sanskrit

Current Followers:900 million

Name of early follower

Hindu is a polytheistic religion

Famous Buildings :

Sacred site in Tibetan attracting thousands of pilgrims each year.

Jokhang :

Haeinsa Temple :

Most important temples in South Korea.

Work Cited

Holy Cities and Significant locations

Kashi: city of lights and is on the banks of Ganga.

Kanchipuram is the Golden city of Temples. It is believed that Brahma worshipped Vishnu here.

Haridwar:gateway to Hari or Lord Vishnu.

Ayodhya: birth place of Lord Ram

Ujjain : place where Lord Shiva killed Demon Tripura.

Country with largest population : India

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/12/18/our-christian-earth-the-astounding-reach-of-the-worlds-largest-religion-in-charts-and-maps/

http://www.religionfacts.com

http://www.adherents.com/misc/adh_holy.html

http://www.buddhanet.net/ans66.htm

http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten/world-top-ten-countries-with-largest-muslim-populations-map.html

Valerie Pavon