ACTIVITY 2:

Make a research about your own religion and choose on religion you want to know more. Then, compare them
following the format below.

My Religion Chosen Religion

(Catholic) (Buddhism)
Origin As a branch of Christianity, Late 6th century B.C.E. in India
Roman Catholicism can be traced
to the life and teachings of Jesus
Christ in Roman-occupied Jewish
Palestine about 30 CE.
Founder Jesus Siddhartha Gautama (the
"Buddha")
Current Population about 1.329 billion (end of 2018) 535 million people
Beliefs Catholics share with other Buddhists believe that the human
Christians a belief in the divinity of life is one of suffering, and that
Jesus Christ, the son of God meditation, spiritual and physical
made man who came to earth to labor, and good behavior are the
redeem humanity's sins through ways to achieve enlightenment, or
His death and resurrection. They nirvana.
follow His teachings as set out in
the New Testament and place
their trust in God's promise of
eternal life with Him.
Writing/Holy Book The Catholic church's primary text The Tripitaka
is the Holy Bible, but it also places
a huge amount of importance on
the Catholic church's traditions.
Place of Worship Church is a Christian place of Temples are centres for study and
worship by some Christian worship for the whole community.
denominations. Some smaller and The most important part of a
"private" places of worship are Buddhist temple is the shrine
called chapels. room, which contains one or more
Buddharupas. Any place where an
image of the Buddha is used in
worship is known as a shrine, and
many Buddhists also have shrines
at home.
Teaching The chief teachings of the Catholic The teachings of the Buddha are
church are: God's objective aimed solely at liberating sentient
existence; God's interest in beings from suffering.
individual human beings, who can
enter into relations with God
(through prayer); the Trinity; the
divinity of Jesus; the immortality of
the soul of each human being,
each one being accountable at
death for his or her actions in life