Key Beliefs
In this religion, the ultimate reality is called Brahman, and the soul is called Atman.
What is Hinduism?
The spiritual law of cause and effect: actions influence future outcomes.
What is karma?
Siddhartha Gautama
Who is the founder of Buddhism who was once a prince in India?
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism generally share belief in this cycle of rebirth.
What is reincarnation?
The Sikh practice of wearing five articles of faith known as this.
What are the Five Ks?
This religion teaches the Four Noble Truths about suffering and the eight-fold path to end it.
What is Buddhism?
The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth found in many Eastern religions.
What is samsara?
The highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism, currently living in exile.
Who is the Dalai Lama?
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all share this belief in the nature of God.
What is belief in one God (monotheistic)?
This Buddhist practice involves deep reflection to develop insight and mindfulness.
What is meditation?
This religion teaches devotion to one God called Waheguru and emphasizes equality of all people.
What is Sikhi / Sikhism?
The liberation from the cycle of rebirth sought in Hinduism and Sikhism.
What is moksha?
A religion that started from an angelic visit.
What is Islam or Mormonism?
Buddhism teaches that suffering is caused primarily by this human tendency.
What is desire or attachment to the world?
The original meaning of the swastika symbol, especially in countries like India.
What is 'good fortune' or 'wellbeing'?
This religion follows the Five Pillars.
What is Islam?
The state of enlightenment and freedom from suffering in Buddhism.
What is nirvana?
Guru Gobind Singh established this group in the Sikh faith, made up initially by the Panj Pyare (5 Beloved Ones).
What is the Khalsa?
This belief in the nature of God might cause Muslims to view Christians as polytheists.
What is the doctrine of the Trinity?
Sikhs gather in this place of worship where the Guru Granth Sahib is kept and read.
What is a gurdwara?
A religion that does NOT hold to the idea of a linear afterlife like heaven/hell in Christianity.
What is Hinduism, Buddhism, or Sikhi?
100,000 people on average are fed daily at this Sikh holy site, located in Punjab, India.
What is the Golden Temple?
Both founders of Buddhism and Sikhism rejected this major social system of traditional Hindu society.
What is the caste system?
According to the videos last week, this is an effective response to the claim, "All religions lead to the same God".
What is saying, "That is a general statement that disrespects many religions, as each religion either makes an exclusive claim or doesn't even claim to lead to god"?
These three religions include a baptism ceremony for followers.
What are Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Mormons? Sikhs also, but they drink the water instead (Amrit Sanchar).