Sacred Texts
The Hindu text that teaches duty without attachment to results.
What is the Baghavad Gita?
The Hindu belied that actions have consequences.
What is Karma?
Hindu god known as the preserver.
Who is Vishnu?
Judaism and Christianity both come from a part of the world which has known many names over time- this is what it was called when the Romans were in control.
What is Judea?
Buddhism’s goal of Nirvana is similar to this Hindu goal.
What is Moksha?
The Jewish law code given to Moses
What are the Ten Commandments?
The Buddhist teaching that the cause of suffering in life is attachment and desire.
What is the Second Noble Truth?
The King who built the Temple in Jerusalem.
Who is Solomon?
Both Daoism and Buddhism stress inner peace, but Daoism focuses on harmony with nature while Buddhism focuses on ending this cause of suffering.
What is desire/attachment?
The Daoist idea of yin-yang shows that all things are in a state of _______
Balance and/or change.
These books specifically tell the story of the life of Jesus, and include Jesus's sayings.
What are the Gospels?
The name for the weekly day of rest in Judaism
What is the Sabbath?
Hindu God known as the destroyer.
Who is Shiva?
Hinduism and Daoism both emphasize harmony with a larger reality — for Hindus it is Brahman, for Daoists it is this.
What is the Dao?
The special bond established between God and Abraham for the Jewish people.
What is the covenant?
"The tao that can be told
is not the eternal Tao
The name that can be named
is not the eternal Name."
is the opening verse of this text.
What is the Tao Te Ching?
Meaning "unworked wood" or the "uncarved block," this is a core Taoist concept symbolizing the natural, simple, and unadulterated state of being inherent in humanity before being shaped by societal pressures and desires.
What is Pu?
Roman governor who authorized Jesus's crucifixion- though only after he 'washed his hands' of the situation.
Who is Pontius Pilate?
Both Judaism and Hinduism stress rules for daily life, but Hinduisms rules come from eternal Dharma, while Judaism's rules are a result of this/these.
What is God's Covenant or the Ten Commandments
Jesus taught using these- short stories with moral or spiritual lessons.
What are parables?
A Buddhist collection of sayings in verse form.
What is the Dhammapada?
In Taoism, the fundamental vital life force or energy that flows through all living things and connects the physical and spiritual realms.
What is qi (chi)?
Once a persecutor of Christians, this man converted on the road to Damascus and became one of the faith’s greatest missionaries.
Who is Paul the Apostle?
Hinduism and Buddhism are sometimes known as the 'Dharmic' religions. Similarly, Judaism and Christianity (and later, Islam) are known is these religions.
What are Abrahamic religions.
In Buddhist teaching, “Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood” are three steps of this larger practice.
What is the Noble Eightfold Path?