WORLD RELIGIONS CHART

SYMBOL PLACE OF FOUNDER / KEY

RELIGION SACRED TEXTS POPULATION MAJOR BELIEF
ORIGIN FIGURES

Star of david Israel Abraham Torah,Talmud,Mishna 14.7million Ten Commandments

JUDAISM h 618 Rules

Cross Jerusalem Jesus Christ Bible 2.3 billion The Holy trinity, Virgin birth, Deity of Christ,
CHRISTIANITY Resurrection, Last Judgement

Crescent moon Saudi arabia Prophet muhammad Qur’an, Hadith 1.8 billion Five Pillars of Islam, Shahadah, Dapat, Sawn , Zakat
ISLAM Hajj

AUM or OM Northern india Aryans Vedas,Upanishads, 1.2 billion Dharma karma, artha Moksha, Brahman, Atman,
HINDUISM And Bhagavad-gita The Four yogas

Dharma wheel Sri Lanka Siddharta Gautama Tripitaka 150 million Four noble truths, Eightfold path, law of
THERAVADA dependent Origination and impermanence of
BUDDHISM things
Lotus India Siddharta Gautama Tripitaka 488 million Four noble truths, Eightfold path, The six
MAHAYANA perfections to become Bodhisattva
BUDDHISM
Yin yang China Confucius Confucians Classics 6 million Mandate of heaven
CONFUCIANISM The analects

Yin yang China Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching, Book of 12 million Wu-wei, law of reversion and following nature
TAOISM Chuang Tze

Torii Gates Japan Prehistoric Animists Kojiki and nihongo 3million Belief in Kami and divinity of emperors
SHINTOISM of japan

FULL NAME Jade Villaflor INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS AND

BELIEF SYSTEMS
GRADE AND SECTION Ms. Danica Jane L. de los Santos