Eastern Religion Elements Matrix
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Appendix G
Eastern Religion Elements Matrix
| |Hinduism |Buddhism |Confucianism |Daoism |
|Countries of origin | It originated in India in the Neolithic |Originated in India to counter the threat|Was founded by Confucius who was born in |Daoism is an indigenous religion that |
| |age. |of Hindu brahmanni cal order Gautama |Lu, China in 551 bc. |originated in China. |
| | |Buddha. | | |
|Historical figures and |Grew out of the Vedas, the oldest of |After Buddha’s death Buddhism was spread |Confucianism has strongly influenced |Early Daoist philosophers were a |
|events |which is the Rigvede. Epic poems Ramayana|by Ashoka and Indian king in the 3rd |Chinese political and social intellectual|relatively small number of sages, such as|
| |and Mahabharata were written. Adi |century BC to South India and Sri Lanka. |behaviors since the 2nd century. Around |Yang Zhu. Laozi, the legendary founder of|
| |Shankara followed the abstract concept of|In the century AD Mahayana believes that |the 1st century C.E., the programmatic |Taoism Zhuangzi in the 4th century B.C. |
| |Brahman. The prominent teachers Ramanuja,|Gautama is the latest in a long line of |side of Confucianism responded, and they |Laozi’s disciple and liezi Daoism is an |
| |Madhva, and Chaitanya who founded the |past Buddha’s. Mahayana was spread by |developed a spiritual discipline...
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