Reflective Paper -Religions
I had an incredible time while taking this course, it helped me reflect and understand over things that I would probably never do it in my entire life, sometimes we don’t see the need however it is extremely important that we learn new things and what the world has to offer, share different opinions and beliefs. Buddhism The founder of Buddhism is Gautama which was an Indian Prince born around 500 BC, Gautama’s teachings were based in four noble truth; Suffering, the origin of suffering, the end of suffering and the path to the end of suffering.Buddhism is more of practice over belief.
The way Buddhism works is that they are concentrated on the correction of human nature and how it should be in reality. Buddha was a man in his later years when India was afire and people worshiped him as if he was Jesus (Smith). Buddha at one point was called to be an “Enlightened One”.
His teachings about elimination of suffering started when we began to practice the understanding of the truth of nature’s world.Buddhists final purpose in life is to finish their suffering and Buddha tried to make them realize that the reason for the suffering was because human focused on getting attached or looking for things that were not going to provide them long lasting happiness. Confucianism Confucius- Kung-fu-Tzu or Kung fu the Master was the name of the reverent Chinese first teacher. The reason for that was because he stands in first rank according to Smith Huston.Taoism is a philosophical religion; their traditions have influenced Eastern Asia for more than two millennia and have had a notable influence on the western world particularly since the 19th century. Confucian was born around 551 BC, In Confucianism; human beings are teachable, improvable and perfectible through personal and communal endeavor especially including self-cultivation and self-creation.A main idea of Confucianism is the cultivation of virtue and the development of moral perfection.
Confucianism has many wisdom quotes and they are based on their beliefs: Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star (Confucius) Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC – 479 BC). Each quote of wisdom is based on mistakes and ignorance and these were part of Confucius teachings.