The social hierarchy of Abrahamic and Asian faiths is one of the more notable differences between the two, even thousands of years after their beginnings. In the Hindu religion, the caste system is enforced for life by both societal sources and godly sources. A Brahmin will be a Brahmin all his life, as will a Kshatriya, a Vaishya, a Sudra, and a Dalit. Their social system is locked in by a religious belief that every man has earned their place in that caste with their actions in another lifetime. This, compared to the Abrahamic belief that all men are created with the possibility of being equal, shows a more enforced and strict side of Asian faiths. A Brahmin is naturally better than a Dalit according to Hinduism, but they are both welcome at the Table of God according to Christianity.
A major difference between Abrahamic faiths and all of the faiths to be discussed is the existence of a major, absolute text to guide an individual to heaven or salvation. In the Abrahamic faiths, the works of the Bible, Torah, and Quran set the basis for the religion, and every sect of that religion accepts its book as the word of their respective God. This is a notable separation from the major Asian religions, which as a whole lack one specific text to guide one to heaven. Instead, heaven is found on an individual basis, and every man can reach this "endgame " without being taught by another. This is not to say that the Asian religions do not have their own texts, but rather that there is no defining book to completely understand every concept of their religion. Confucianism is strictly based off the teachings of one man, which were written down by his followers. Yet this does not mean that every man who does not read his books cannot be a Confucianist, which leads to the next major difference.
Most Asian religions do not have an absolute set of rules to follow. Christianity and Judaism have the 10 Commandments, which specifically state "Thou Shalt Not , " and Islam has its Five Pillars of Faith.
