The Religions Book

350

Sikhism (cont.)
egalitarianism 302–303
five articles of faith (Ks) 299–300,
301
five stages of path to salvation
298–99
Gobind Singh, Guru 299 , 300, 302,
303
Guru Granth Sahib (holy book) 298,
301, 302, 303
Khalsa order 299–300, 302
kirpan (ceremonial sword) 300–301
monotheism 303
name, origins of 101
Nanak, Guru 298, 299, 301 , 302
saint-soldiers 298–300
turban 300
Smartism (Hinduism) 329
Smith, Jr., Joseph (Mormonism) 294,
307 , 336
Soka Gakkai Buddhism 331
Spiritualists 319
Sufism (Islam) 269, 282–83, 295,
339
Sumerians see Babylonians
Sunni Muslims 251, 269, 270, 271, 275,
338 , 339
Swaminarayan Sampraday (Hinduism)
329
syncretic (blended) religions, Santeria
294, 304–305

T

Talib, ‘Ali ibn Abi (Islam) 271
Tantric Buddhism 129, 154, 158–59,
331
Tenrikyo 294, 310 , 327
Teresa of Avila (Christianity) 238
Theravada Buddhism 129, 140, 145,
150, 155 , 330
Thomas Aquinas (Christianity) 203,
228–29, 242
Tibet, Mahayana Buddhism 114, 128,
129, 154–57, 330–31
Tikopians 19, 50
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
(Hinduism) 294, 295, 320
Trimurti trinity (Hinduism) 91, 97
Triratna Buddhist Community 331
Twelvers (Islam) 271, 309

UV

Unification Church (Moonies) 318 , 327

Unitarianism (Christianity) 218, 295,

321 , 336

US

Hupa 18, 51

Jehovah’s Witnesses 218, 294, 306,

312–13, 337

Nation of Islam movement 339

Pawnee 46–47

Scientology 295, 317 , 327

Seventh-day Adventist churches

306–307, 337

V

Vaishnavism (Hinduism) 328

Varuna (Hinduism) 97

Vietnam, Cao Ðài 295, 306, 316 , 326

Vikings 86–87

Odin 86–87

shamanism 28–29

Valhalla and the afterlife 87

Vishnu (Hinduism) 91, 97, 115 , 328

Vivekenanda (Hinduism) 123

W

Wahhabism (Islam) 269

Warao 18, 39

Wesley, John (Methodism) 203, 239 , 336

Whirling Dervishes (Islam) 339

Wicca 295, 319 , 327

XYZ

/Xam San (San peoples) 19, 21–23

Yogacara Buddhism 158

Yoruba religion see Santeria

Young, Brigham (Mormonism) 307

Zen Buddhism 144, 148, 160–63, 331

Bodhidharma 160, 163

enlightenment process 160–61, 162,

163

Japanese 129, 162–63

meditation 162–63

Nishida Kitaro 161

Rinzai Zen 162, 331

Soto Zen 162–63, 331

Zionism (Judaism) 167, 189, 196–97

Zoroastrianism 54, 62–65, 327

Ahura Mazda (god) 62–63, 64, 65,

327

Avesta teachings 63, 65

monotheism 62–63, 177

Parsis 62

soma (drink of the gods) 96

Zurvanism 64

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