The Religions Book

319 See also: Animism in early societies 24–25 ■ Man and the cosmos 48–49 ■ The power of the great goddess 100 P robably the bes ...

320 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi founded TM as the Spiritual Regeneration Movement. Today it is an organized international movement wit ...

321 See also: God-consciousness 122–23 ■ Why prayer works 246–47 ■ The revelation of Bahá’i 308–309 ■ Cao Ðài aims to unify all ...

322 See also: A rational world 92–99 ■ Devotion through puja 114–15 ■ Buddhas and bodhisattvas 152–57 ■ The performance of ritua ...

323 THROUGH QIGONG See also: Aligning the self with the dao 66–67 ■ Physical and mental discipline 112–13 ■ Escape from the eter ...

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326 DIRECTORY D espite the apparent prevalence of atheism in the West, the number of people professing some kind of religious be ...

DIRECTORY 327 NAME FOUNDED FOUNDER GOD ADHERENTS Church of Scientology Daoism Falun Dafa Hinduism Islam Jainism Jehovah’s Witnes ...

328 T he Hindu faith is thought to have originated in the Indus Valley (Pakistan and northwest India) more than 3,000 years ago. ...

DIRECTORY 329 The darshanas follow sacred texts written in early Indian history, and each branch relates to a different sphere. ...

330 N ow followed in many parts of the world, Buddhism originated in northern India over 2,500 years ago with the teachings of S ...

DIRECTORY 331 derived from the Mahayana tradition (see opposite), Tibetan Buddhism evolved quite differently from Buddhism in ot ...

332 J udaism is the religion of the Jews. Dating back to around 2000 BCE, it is the oldest of the three main monotheistic faiths ...

DIRECTORY 333 attempted to accommodate, and adapt to, the demands of the modern world. Followers consider it vital that Jews eng ...

334 T he world’s largest religion, with more than two billion adherents, Christianity is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ, ...

DIRECTORY 335 they are referred to as mysteries. The mystery at the heart of the faith is emphasized by the fact that large part ...

336 Amman, but now mostly live in the eastern US. Of several groups of Amish that exist today, the most distinctive is the Old O ...

DIRECTORY 337 JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES 1872, Pittsburgh, PA The Jehovah’s Witnesses (pp.312–13) have their roots in the International ...

338 T he most recently founded of the three great monotheistic religions, Islam spread quickly from its roots in the Middle East ...