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Mahayana
Mantrayana
Vajrayana
Zen
Feasts and festivals: Birth, Enlightenment, and Death of Buddha; The search for enlightenment, Nirvana, Dharma, Jatakas, Sangha
CONFUCIANISM:
Confucius, Five Classics
CHRISTIANITY:
Eastern Orthodox Church,
Roman Catholic Church,
Protestant Church: Baptist Church, Congregationalist Church, Episcopal Church, Lutheran Church, Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church, Pentecostal Church
Jesus - the divine Christ, Saint Paul, Messiah, Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost, Bible, Resurrection, Pentecost, Apostles, Angels, Faith healing,
Feasts and festivals: Christmas and Easter, Virgin Mary
HINDUISM:
Feasts and festivals: Holi and Diwali; the Vedas, the Puranas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata with its section called the Bhagavad-Gita, the Manu Smriti; 6 schools of philosophy: (1) Nyaya, (2) Vaisheska, (3) Sankhya, (4) Yoga, (5) Purva-mimamsa, and (6)Vedanta; Reincarnation, Karma, Gurus (spiritual teachers).
ISLAM:
Prophet Muhammad, Ramadan, Koran - the Holy book of Islam, Feasts and festivals: the Festival of Sacrifice and the Festivalof the Breaking of the Fast, The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad
JUDAISM:
Orthodox: Conservative, Reform
Jewish prophets, Feasts and festivals: Rosh Ha-Shanah - the Jewish New Year, Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement, Passover, Hanukkah, Purim
SHINTO:
Kami, Matsuri: one of the most important Shinto matsuri is the Great Purification Ceremony
TAOISM:
the Lao-tzu (later renamed the Tao Te Ching, The Classic of the Way and the Virtue) and the Chuang-tzu, Prayer, Magic, Special diets, Breath control, Meditation, Recitation of scriptures, Astrology, Fortunetelling, Deities, Temples, Ceremonies
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