Religion is found to be experienced as a organised belief and practice, within a community or group. For many people religion provides a sense of ‘peace and purpose. With in all religions including Judaism, Buddhism and Shinto there is phenomena. This is the basic practice of their beliefs, experiences, texts, rituals, ethics, stories and symbols.
All three religions gain their beliefs from sacred texts and stories, that consist of how life is created and the rules they have to abide by. Buddhism and Shinto both have two to three main texts, one consisting of creation and the other about religious law. Whereas Judaism follows Hebrew scripture in the Old Testament and the Torah which consist of five books. The Buddhism texts refer to ‘’the …show more content…
Buddhism and Shintoism all consist of meditation, prayers and chanting, which bring them at one with the spiritual side of life. Judaism is seen as a more tradition setting in a church, with seating and candles. Buddhism encompassed a range of meditation methods that aim to improve mindful, tranquility and concentration. Shintoism corresponds with Buddhism as their experiences and meditation methods are almost the exactly same
Judaism is more structural and strongly abiding to the religious laws. As it is compulsory for Jewish men to conduct (tefillah) prayer three times a day.
Shinto and Buddhism share more obvious similarities, however all three religions show a unique kind of experience.
The beliefs of religions all revolve around the same concept, which is the belief in an extreme being who is the creator of the earth. Judaism believe in one God, where as Shintoism and Buddhism believe in many gods. Buddhism and Shintoism are two religions that co-exist in the same culture. Therefore they both are expressed similarly to each other. Buddhism follows the eightfold path, which lead them to spiritual enlightenment and suffering. Jewish people beliefs are stated within the 13 principles of faith. …show more content…
Each religion demonstrates different core beliefs in their own style and culture.
Within Judaism, Buddhism and Shinto the followers comply with a social hierarchy as shown in the figure 1.1. Judaism is not specifically based on a hierarchy, however there are several different jobs and services that are designated. A Jewish scholar or teacher (Rabbi) is considered being on the top of the ladder. In contrast, Buddhism and Shintoism are more structurally based on hierarchies. Buddhism clearly indicates the five levels of hierarchy, with Buddhist pilgrims standing on the bottom and Buddhist monasteries on the top. Shinto hierarchy structure is the most explicit with eight levels.
All three religions represent their own unique hierarchy.
Judaism, Buddhism and Shinto each have there own set of ethics. Jewish bible does not state any clear concept of and ethic. This is because it is an Ethical monotheism, which refers to God guiding the ethical principles. Therefore the ethics are taken from the bible. In comparison, Shinto and Buddhism have clear ethics. Buddhism and Shinto share similar ethical code for peace and meditation. Each religion follows different ethics, however it is evident that they share several
All three religions gain their beliefs from sacred texts and stories, that consist of how life is created and the rules they have to abide by. Buddhism and Shinto both have two to three main texts, one consisting of creation and the other about religious law. Whereas Judaism follows Hebrew scripture in the Old Testament and the Torah which consist of five books. The Buddhism texts refer to ‘’the …show more content…
Buddhism and Shintoism all consist of meditation, prayers and chanting, which bring them at one with the spiritual side of life. Judaism is seen as a more tradition setting in a church, with seating and candles. Buddhism encompassed a range of meditation methods that aim to improve mindful, tranquility and concentration. Shintoism corresponds with Buddhism as their experiences and meditation methods are almost the exactly same
Judaism is more structural and strongly abiding to the religious laws. As it is compulsory for Jewish men to conduct (tefillah) prayer three times a day.
Shinto and Buddhism share more obvious similarities, however all three religions show a unique kind of experience.
The beliefs of religions all revolve around the same concept, which is the belief in an extreme being who is the creator of the earth. Judaism believe in one God, where as Shintoism and Buddhism believe in many gods. Buddhism and Shintoism are two religions that co-exist in the same culture. Therefore they both are expressed similarly to each other. Buddhism follows the eightfold path, which lead them to spiritual enlightenment and suffering. Jewish people beliefs are stated within the 13 principles of faith. …show more content…
Each religion demonstrates different core beliefs in their own style and culture.
Within Judaism, Buddhism and Shinto the followers comply with a social hierarchy as shown in the figure 1.1. Judaism is not specifically based on a hierarchy, however there are several different jobs and services that are designated. A Jewish scholar or teacher (Rabbi) is considered being on the top of the ladder. In contrast, Buddhism and Shintoism are more structurally based on hierarchies. Buddhism clearly indicates the five levels of hierarchy, with Buddhist pilgrims standing on the bottom and Buddhist monasteries on the top. Shinto hierarchy structure is the most explicit with eight levels.
All three religions represent their own unique hierarchy.
Judaism, Buddhism and Shinto each have there own set of ethics. Jewish bible does not state any clear concept of and ethic. This is because it is an Ethical monotheism, which refers to God guiding the ethical principles. Therefore the ethics are taken from the bible. In comparison, Shinto and Buddhism have clear ethics. Buddhism and Shinto share similar ethical code for peace and meditation. Each religion follows different ethics, however it is evident that they share several