up to the health care professional to respect and understand the ideals that affect our patients and their family members. In this paper we will compare the philosophies of three diverse faiths. The faiths chosen are Islam, Christian Science and Buddhism, and how they compare to Christianity. We will learn about basic beliefs, spiritual perspectives on healing, and the components of healing such as meditation, prayer and other rituals they follow. Furthermore, addressing the importance and perceptive
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Hinduism, the world’s third largest religion with almost a billion followers, is considered by many to be more a way of life and less of a religion. Unlike other religions, Hinduism supports different beliefs as opposed to one. “Hinduism embraces a great diversity of beliefs, a fact that can be initially confusing to westerners accustomed to creeds, confessions, and carefully-worded belief statements. One can believe a wide variety of things about God, the universe and the path to liberation and
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our sins for salvation. I learned that we are all born sinners and we must control ourselves and if we believe we are saved. Also that when we die because of our actions and sins, we will either go to heaven or to hell. Eastern religions like Buddhism and Hinduism believe in Deities. Where there can be more than one that they call upon or worship. Western religions like Christianity and Judaism worship just one God. They believe that God created the world and it will someday end. Eastern religions
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Indian life exists without the presence and influence of religion. Over ninety percent of the Indian population state that religion plays an extremely important role in their lives. India is the founding place of four major religions; which are Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Hinduism, and the country has remained religious even during and following modernization. The religions practiced may have shifted a bit, nevertheless, the country remains deeply religious. Among all aspects of Indian life
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Vietnam has a population of 2,000,000 the population is made up of mainly Vietnamese and Ethnic Chinese. Other minorities include Khmer and Cham descendants that lived in central and southern Vietnam before it was conquered by the Vietnamese. There are a few Tribal groups in Vietnam that make up 7 percent of the population. Their ancestors came from other Asian countries and have settled in in Vietnam. The different ethnic groups get along for the most part, but the Vietnamese have hostility towards
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followers of Buddha. Buddhism is founded on helping others and by being selfless. These practices have been passed down to others by those who teach others that there should be real concern for others and to teach them that we are the cause for our own problems. Buddhist teaches people that they should not bring harm to themselves or harm to others. They believe that meditation can bring you peace and help you center your feelings so that you can bring peace to others. Buddhism does not believe in
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Week Three Checkpoint: Hindu Terms Map HUM/130 Axia College Material Appendix E Hindu Terms Map |Word |What is your personal understanding of each of these |After reading the text, how would you redefine each of |What differences did you find between the popular usage| | |terms? |them? |and actual definitions? |
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Somewhere in the sixth century BCE Buddhism was born, born from a single man Siddhartha Guatama, the Buddha. After gaining his enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, the Buddha didn’t think that the rest of the world could handle all that he had learned. He did not want to teach others, nor did he want to spread his wisdom. Until at last his great compassion came over him and he started to gain the respect of few by going to his old peers first. By starting with other intellectuals he secured that they
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The Hindu religion is very different than what we have always considered a religion. In reality it is a group of several smaller religions, or beliefs, that are all comprised of the same basis. Most see that there is a uniformity of behavior and not belief. Hinduism, in a general speaking though, is the belief in either several Gods and Goddesses, or the belief in one god that has many different faces. The gods would choose whether you were a good soul or bad soul, and your fate depended upon their
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approach it is important to have an understanding of their spiritual perspective of healing. This paper will include critical components of the Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam cultures to better meet their spiritual needs when under the care of a health care professional. To compare and contrast the philosophies of, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam as a health care professional providing care, one must be aware of the diversity and the different perspectives associated with
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