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... These particular religions are very diversed in their philosophies, but have corresponding reference works. ... Jainism, whose book consists of forth-five texts, has principles based upon one’s soul and karma. Finally, Taoism, consisting of written doctrines defines human nature as a mixture of good and evil. Moral behaviors predominantly unite these texts. ... 3 The New Testament written between AD 50 to 150 concerns the focus and doctrines of Christianity. ... 5 Jainism if the name given to the followers of Jina and the religious movement of the Jains. Even though the is no document concerning the beginnings of Jainism. Hinduism and Buddhism gave rise to Jainism thought. Tirthankaras, the prophets of Jainism offering freedom from the ocean of uncommon survival and the cycle of rebirths. ... The philosophers of Jainism all formed a systematic viewpoint of Indian traditions.9 Taoism traditions treat life as an art rather than a science.10 Taoism represents everything which is spontaneous, imaginative, private, unconventional. ... Taoism is an influence to Confucianism but differs by defining self-cultivation in purely human terms. ... Taoists distinguish between philosophical and religious Taoism. ... Philosophical Taoists study the words Lao-tzu, author of Taoist philosophies and they study these books for moral or mystical inspiration. One obvious similarity between all these religions is that they have reverent texts. ... Another huge similarity between these religions is that they all teach people how to live they lives better. ... These texts are just reference of their philosophy. One parallelism is between Christianity and Taoism both teaching devotion. ... There is also a comparison between Jainism and Taoism and their highly transcendalistic thoughts.
Approximate Word count = 1310
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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