The Course Of History Religion - 1406 Words

Over the course of history religion has changed many peoples view of themselves, society, and nature. Confusanism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and polytheism all address the issues a person questions about themselves, the perpose of life, and how they should live one with nature. Every religion has separate beliefs on what is expected of them as a human being and how they should go about their life. They all try to achieve almost the same goal in the end but must do different things to achieve it. Confusianism was started by a philosopher named Confusious. Confucious lived between 550 and 479 B.C. â€Å"Confucious had suggested this idea when he said â€Å"being good as a son and obedient as a young man is perhaps, the roof a man’s†¦show more content†¦Ren means humanity. â€Å"It suggests a person in relationship, a key element of Confucian thought.† Ren was Confucian’s way to help teach his people to love others. He wanted people to treat all the other people around them with respect. Because if they acted upon to others nicely they would only get the same in return. Another way of living was by Li; li was the rules of social behavior. â€Å"Li were those that regulated the behavior of children toward parents, younger brother toward older brother, everyone towards ancestor.† Li was the way to act and respect your elders. A man named Siddhartha Gautama, who was named Buddha whichis translated to enlightened one, created Buddhism. â€Å" buddhism spread religious attitudes that showed less concern with the elderly, ancestors the family, and the ritualsof this world than Confucianism.† Buddha spoke of four noble tuths that helped his followers find the way to nirvana. â€Å"All life is suffering, the cause of suffering is desire, suffering can be conquored by conquering desire, desire can be conquered by following the â€Å"noble eightfold path.†Ã¢â‚¬  These four truths were something that if someone could could understand and come to terms with would be able to achieve the highest level or nirvana. The goal of a Buddhist is to achieve nirvana but to achieve it they must overcome certain things such as the misperception of reality, the true nature of themseleves, and liberation from suffering.