Religions of The World,list of religion

Religions of The World-list of religion

Religions of The World,list all varieties of religion like – buddhism,confucianism,Christianity,Hinduism,Islam,Judaism ect

1) Buddhism: —–

• Founder : —       Gautam Siddhartha Buddha (563-483 BC) born in Nepal (Lumbini).
• Founded in : —       528 BC.
• Followed in : —      China, Tibat, Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailland, Japan, Laos, Myanmar,(Burma), Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bhutan and Vietnam.
• Sacred Text : —      The Tripitak (Collection of Buddha’s teachings) also called Sutras.
• Sacred places :–       Lumbini ( Nepal) where Buddha was born, Bodh Gaya (Bihar) where he received Enghtenment and Kushinagar (UP) where he attained ‘Nirvana’.
• Place of worship : —      Chaitya (temple) and Vihara (where Monks reside)
• Sects : —     Mahayana and Hinayana.

2) Confucianism : —–

• Founder : —      King Fu Tsu, better known as Confucius (551-479 BC) born in the State of Lu in China.
• Founded in : —      500 BC.
• Followed in : —       China, Taiwan, South Korea, Nauru and Vietnam.
• Sacred Text : —      The Analects.
• Sacred Place : —       Peking (Beijing) in China.
• Place of Worship : —       No Church of temple.

3) Christianity : —–

• Founder : —       Jeesus Christ (4 BC-30 AD) born in Judea, also called Jesus of Nazareth.
• Founder in : —       2005 years ago.
• Followed in : —       Spread all over the world.
• Sacred text : —       Holy Bible consisting of the Old Testament (before Christ) and the New Testament (during and after Chirist).
• Place of worship : —       Church.
• Important seats : —       Cathotics and Protestants.

4) Hinduism : —–

5) Islamc or muslim : —–

• Founder : —      Prophet Mohammed (570-632 AD) dorn in Mecca (Saudi Arabia).
• Founded in : —      622 AD.
• Followed in : —       West coast of Africa which includes Tanzania, Southern part of Russia and China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia Also parts of North Africa.
• Sacred texts : —      Quran (words of God) ,hadis (collection of Prophets sayings).
• Sacred places : —      Makkah (Mecca in Saudi Arabia).
• Place of worship : —      masjid (mosque).
• Important seats : —      Sunnis and Shias.

6) Judaism (Relligion of the Hebrews): —–

• Founder : —     Moses, born in Egypt.
• Founded in : —      1300 BC.
• Followed in : —      World wide; mainlyin Israel and United States.
• Sacred texts : —       Hals , found particularly in the five book of the Boble; commentary on Torah known as Taimud and Midrash.
• Sacred Places : —       Jerusalem.
• Place of worship : —      Synagogue.

7) Shintoism : —–

• Founder : —      Began with Japanese culture and developed out of tradition and ancestor worship.
• Founded in : —      Antiquity.
• Followed in : —       Japan.
• Sacred in : —       No specific text.
• Sacred Place : —       Central Shrine of Ise (central Japan) and the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

8) Sikhism : —–

• Founder :–       Guru Nanak (1469-1539)
• Founded in : —       1500 AD.
• Followed in : —       India.
• Sacred text : —      Guru Granth Saheb.
• Sacred Place : —       The Golden Temple of Amritsar.
• Place of worship : —       Gurdwara.

9) Taoism : —–

• Founder : —        Lao-tsc, a Chinese philosopher.
• Founded in : —      6^th century BC.
• Followed in : —      China, Taiwan, Nauru, Brunel, Singapore and Vietnam.
• Sacred text : —      Tao-te-Ching.

 10) Zoroastrianism ( parsi Religion) : —–

• Founder : —      Zoroaster, Born I medea (modern Iran) about 660 BC.
• Founded in : —      Around 500 BC.
• Followed in : —       Iran and north-west India. The Zoroastrains who fled to India during the eighth century are the ancestors of the Present Parsi Community in India.
• Sacred text : —      Zend Avesta.
• Place of worship : —       Fire temple.

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