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defend weak & fight for right Kanga - as symbol as cleanliness as they keep uncut hair also symbol of purity & self-discipline. Kesh - indicated person is devoted to God & accepts his will Kachha knee length shorts symbol of moral strength allow freedom of movement. Kara - Steel bangle on right wrist round shape symbol of unity reminds togetherness of Sikh community of unity to go with all things steel reminds Sikhs that they should be strong under stress help needy, read scriptures, give comfort to others is path to spiritual liberation. Ideal earning, honest living, meditation nam simaran or meditation on God is essential part of Sikh worship.
Buddhism – admits no soul no God or return to God is not its ideal, it showed path to be free from suffering, cycle of birth-death through enlightenment Buddha taught four noble truth & eight fold path combines moral teaching with guide lines in meditation. Vinayapittaka - descripline suttapittaka-moral scriptural theme, practical advice & instruction in 423-verses-Abhidhammapitaka - Analysis of Buddhist ideas, notions & experience meditation techniques. Three jewels in Budhism - Buddha, dharma sangh. Buddha who has achieved nirvana by meditation, concentration Vipasana Dharms is true reality symbolized law of universe & teaching of Buddha. “Om Mani pad me hum” is mantra used in meditation. Tantric Buddhism is based on mantras, trantras or rituals text words ranging from magic to meditation - aim to bring direct experience of enlightenment. Tibetan Buddhist teachers called Lamas person is initiated by lama's teaching to reach enlightenment. Japanese follow faith from oversea Buddhism in the form of Zen. Confucianism - arrived in Japan from China Confucian originally didn't intend to found a religion his aim was to provide moral instruction & teach people to live well according to values of duty courtesy, wisdom generosity, respect for parents before & after their death. They encouraged practice of ancestor worship. Later sages developed the ideas into religion. Ideas of Kung Fu Tzu known as confacious, together with Taoism & Buddhism. Confacious teaches importance of family & respect five relationship father / son, husband / wife, elder brother / younger brother, emperor / minister, friend / friend are valued for stable happy society. They have five books of canon-literature. They believe everything in universe is made up of two opposite qualities Yin & Yang Yin represents feminine qualities receptive & yielding. Yang is masculine active & unbending. Both need to be kept in balance. I-ching-book of changes is one of the five classics includes sixty four diagrams called Hexgrama each consisting of six divided or undivided lines which are used for divination. Taoism is spiritual path for achieving unity with the forces with the natural world leaving behind the cares and concerns of material
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