Michael

True Being: 

BY MICHAEL CALVO True Being

Foundation of Buddhism : 

Foundation of Buddhism

True Being: 

True Being

Overcoming Ignorance: 

Overcoming Ignorance

The Soul: 

The Soul

Foundation of Islam: 

Foundation of Islam

Teachings and Concepts: 

Teachings and Concepts

The Five Pillars: 

The Five Pillars

The Five Pillars, Cont.: 

The Five Pillars, Cont.

Side to Side: 

Side to Side

The Way and its Power: 

The Way and its Power

Three approaches to Taoism: 

Three approaches to Taoism

Vitalizing Taoism: 

Vitalizing Taoism

Religious Taoism: 

Religious Taoism

Comparison: 

Comparison

Conclusions: 

Conclusions Though Islam is the only one of these faiths with a traditional deity, the practices each religion and the fundamental teachings of each are relatively similar. Buddhists try to ignore their impulsive emotions and their desires, thus becoming selfless compassionate people. Through prayer and the other pillars of Islam, Muslims feel a closeness to God and develop a brotherhood for all those who worship Allah. They learn the suffering of others through fasting during Ramadan and make the pilgrimage to Mecca, abandoning symbols of status and becoming entirely equal with all the other pilgrims.

Almost Done: 

Almost Done Taoists believe that a still mind is the highest a person can reach and practice the same mediation techniques as the Buddhists. Both faiths highly regard the ability to control our thoughts and become more in control of our mental states. By achieving this state (and practicing other vitalizing/philosophical Tao techniques) we are able to become more in tune with the flow of Tao in the natural world. Much like how Muslims view the will of God grater than their own, they work to try and understand his will and thus be guided by it. Taoists see the flow of Tao as a power greater than them and work to be better guided by the Tao and to conserve the Tao they have within them.