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Religions
BUDDHISM,
CONFUCIANISM,
TAOISM, AND
SHINTOISM
BUDDHISM CONFUCIANISM TAOISM SHINTOISM SIMILARITIES
Dominant in:
Japan, Vietnam
DOMINANT IN: DOMINANT IN: DOMINANT IN:
Southern Asia Korea South Korea,
(Theravada Taiwan
Buddhism) BUDDHISM,
CONFUCIANISM AND
TAOISM
SACRED TEXTS SACRED TEXTS SACRED TEXTS SACRED TEXTS Dominant in: China
Tripitaka Four Books Tao Te Ching Kojiki
(Theravada Book of Chuang Nihongi BUDDHISM,
Buddshism) a. Analects Tze CONFUCIANISM,
b. Mencius TAOISM, AND
a. Vinaya Ptaka c. The Higher SHINTOISM
b. Sutra Pitaka Education
c. Adhidharma d. Doctrine of the God: Non-theistic
Pitaka Mean Objective:
Answering the
Sutras (Mahayana Confucian Classics purpose of life
Buddhism)
a. Book of
a. Lotus Sutra Changes
b. Heart Sutra b. Book of Poetry
c. Land of Bliss c. Book of History
Sutra d. Book of Rites
e. Spring and
Autumn Annals
DOCTRINES/BELIEFS DOCTRINES/BELIEFS DOCTRINES/BELIEFS DOCTRINES/BELIEFS CONFUCIANISM AND
SHINTOISM
Four Noble Truths Filial Piety Wu-wei (Non- Belief in Kami
Noble Eightfold Five Cardinal action) (spirits) Ancestral worship
Path Virtues Law of Reversion Animism
Six Paramitas Five Relationships and Yin and Yang Matsuri
Nirvana Tian Following Nature
Reincarnation and the Ziran
Karma Feng shui
Tao
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE
Be one with the
Learn the origins Build strong and Tao Seek union with
of suffering and respectful Dwell in nature the Kami (spirits)
how to end it relationships
Get rid of desires Develop an
Attain individual’s
enlightenment and character
reach Nirvana Concerned with
order, structure,
society