Outline Shared Aspect: Table of Three Religious Frameworks. Outline point 5 expansion.
ASPECT> FRAME | IDENTITY | COMMUNITY | RULES/ LAW | ROOTS | ORIGINS |
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HINDUISM | Varies in time; Krishna, Vishnu incarnate today | Centered on the preferred godhead | Dharma | India the land between the black waters. | Vishnu the maintainer & renewer |
BUDDHISM | Buddha, the Three Jewels. | Sangha | Dharma | Adapts to locality | The Uncreate |
CONFUSIANISM | The 'Gentleman', ruler. | 'Jen', the serving of humanity | The Analects, The Way of Heaven. | China and its people. | The Jade Emperor. |
CHRISTIANITY | The 'Amida-Buddha' Christ image from China ca.900, showing merged values. |
The 'Amida-Buddha' image as Christ in the 'Pure Land Buddhism' tradition. "To call his name was to be redeemed." Source: "Trouw.NL" web report of ca.2003, which traces evidence of Nestorian Christianity, which entered China during the T'ang Dynasty (618- 906 AD).
Original talk description: As we journey through life, how do we combine taught values, own experiences and global realities into a meaningful outcome?