Two of the most prominent world religions today have their origins in the Indian subcontinent of Asia. ... This can still be seen in the doctrines of the faith, though their practices are far different from those of Hindu followers. ... The Hindu religion is based around several different texts. ... These basic foundations of the Hindu religion play a central role in the art and architecture of its people. ... Buddhism, now a major world religion, was founded ...

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Buddhism is one of the major religions of the world and has been for more than two and a half millennia. ... What parent does not wish to protect their child from reality? ... Buddha began to preach his "Dharma," or teachings, to others and over time, his principles became the ethical foundations for which later religions were based on. ... While no one can entirely avoid sickness and physical pain, the Buddha taught that our mental suffering has its roots in a person's deep-seated tendency to want things to be different than they are. ... This is a popular ideal in the Buddhist rel...

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From them, they borrowed a great deal of their culture, including their ideas of philosophy and their form of government. Although the Japanese government owed much to the ideas of the Chinese, the two cultures would go in very different directions over the next two centuries. ... Fitzgerald 35) Ancestor worship was also a very important part of their religion. ... only in China did this institution of family provide one of the two original foundations on which was later erected the magnificent edifice of their philosophy.? ... The Chinese form of government, their method of writing, their ...

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