Transcript Benefits&Similarities.ppt

Benefits
-- The benefits of learning about other
religions traditions
-We live in a …
-Building bridges …
-The more you know about other faiths…
Similarities
• The vast majority of religions acknowledge…
• The notion of humanity’s connection…
• The notion that all Creation…
Religions Acknowledgement of
Human Intellect
• Buddhism: “The true path is only difficult for
those who make distinctions. Do not like and
do not dislike. Then everything will become
clear.”
• Christianity: “Eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man, the things which God hath prepared for
them that love him.” (1 Cor. 2:9)
Religions Acknowledgement of
Human Intellect (Con.)
• Hinduism: “Eye cannot see him, nor words
reveal him; by senses, austerity, or works he is
not known.” (Mundaka Upanishad)
• Islam: He is far above the conceptions of
those who refuse His existence, and also of
those who imagine His attributes in various
expressions of nature.” (Nahjul BBalagha)
Religions Acknowledgement of
Human Intellect (Con.)
 Judaism: “Behold, I go forward, but He is
not here; and backward, but I cannot perceive
Him; on the left hand, when he does work, but
I cannot behold Him; he turns himself to the
right hand, but I cannot see him. (Job 23: 8:9)
Religions Acknowledgement of
Human Intellect (Con.)
• Taoism: The true man of ancient times know
nothing of loving life, knew nothing of hating
death. He emerged without delight, he went
back without fuss. He came briskly, and that
was all.
• He did not forget where he began; he did not
try to find out where he would end.
• He received something and took pleasure in
it; he forgot about it and handed it back
again. (Chuang Tzu 6)