East and Southeast Asia Religion Comparison Chart
East and Southeast Asia Religion/Philosophy Comparison Chart
| |Buddhism |Confucianism |Taoism |
|Religion or Philosophy |Religion |Philosophy (moral well-being) |Philosophy (nature and the world outside |
| | | |ourselves) |
|Important Person/Prophet |Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) |Confucius |Lao Tsu |
| |Dalai Lama | | |
|Symbol |Dharmachakra(Wheel of Life) |Yin-Yang |Yin-Yang |
| |Lotus Flower | | |
|Beliefs |Dalai Lama is the closest link to the spiritual realm |Leadership should come through example not force |Everything has a life force |
| |Karma |People achieve peace by doing good deeds (being |Want to align oneself with the spiritual and |
| |Reincarnation |kind to one another) |cosmic forces |
| |Meditations | |Body ties to the 5 earthly elements: fire, |
| |Ultimate goal is to reach enlightenment(nirvana) | |earth, water, wood, metal |
| |Polytheism | |Balance of life forces |
|Rules to follow/ important |Darma (rules) |Moral guidelines to restore harmony |Happiness going with “the flow” |
|teachings |Truth is found along the Middle Path | |Doing by not doing |
| |Four Noble Truths: Metta | |Humans are part of nature, not the masters of |
| |Karuna | |it |
| |Mudita | |Tao Te Ching |
| |Upekkha | | |
| |Noble Eightfold Path: views, aspirations, speech, | | |
| |conduct, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, meditation | | |
|Importance in Society |Defines both the religious and political climate of |Chinese base their ethical and philosophical system|Best government was one that did the least |
| |Tibet. | |Offered directions to people about how to live|
| | |Might be considered a state religion because of the| |
| | |government promotion of Confucian ideas | |
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