Franciscan Studies, Theology, and Applied Ethics

Refers both to a Chinese system of thought and to one of the four major religions of China.

The most influential Taoist book.

It is difficult to define Chinese popular religion in terms of specific doctrines because the term applies to many different forms of religious practice which generally lack system or structure.

Moral and religious system of China. Its origins go back to the Analects, the sayings attributed to Confucius, and to ancient commentaries, including that of Mencius.

Positive evidence concerning the life of Confucius is scanty; modern scholars base their accounts largely on the Analects, a collection of sayings and short dialogues apparently collected by his disciples

Teaching translation of the Analects of Confucius. Available free online.

The Western term for a religious tradition developed during the first millennium and intertwined with the history and social system of India.

Sanskrit poem incorporated into the Mahabharata, one of the greatest religious classics of Hinduism. The Gita (as it...

Classical Sanskrit epic of India, probably composed between 200 B.C. and A.D. 200. The Mahabharata, comprising more than 90,000 couplets...

General term for spiritual disciplines in Hinduism, Buddhism, and throughout S Asia that are directed toward attaining higher...

Religion and philosophy founded in India c.525 B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama, called the Buddha. There are over 300 million Buddhists worldwide. One of the great world religions, it is divided into two main schools: the Theravada or Hinayana in Sri Lanka and SE Asia, and the Mahayana in China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. A third school, the Vajrayana, has a long tradition in Tibet and Japan. MORE

Religion and philosophy founded in India c.525 B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama, called the Buddha. There are over 300 million Buddhists worldwide. MORE

Dalai Lama is the title given to the one who enjoys the highest spiritual rank in Lamaism, a Tibetan form of Buddhism introduced into Tibet in the seventh century A.D. MORE

Belief that after death the human soul or the spirit of a plant or animal may live again in...