Major+Belief+Systems+prior+to+600+CE

in- || Around 1500 B.C.E. in India || 6th Century in China || 520 B.C.E. in N. India || 33 C.E. in Palestiene || 6th Century in China || 1300 B.C.E. in Mesopotamia || by- || No Single person || Laozi || Siddhartha Guatama || Jesus || Confucius || Abraham || Middle East || China and East Asia || Europe and Israel || Poly Theravada-atheistic || Monotheistic || Not a religion || Monotheistic || Vedas, Bhagavad-Gita || Daodejing, Zhuangzi || Tripitaka || THe Bible || The Confucian analects || Tanakh(Torah, Neebi'im, Ketuvim) || Saktism, Saivism || none || Mahayana, Theravada || Roman Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox || none || Conservative, Reform, Orthodox || from the cycle of reincarnation || For humans to stop participating in aggressive and assertive ways of life and harmonize with nature || "Mahayana- Become a bodhisattva then help others attain englightenment." Theravada- attain nirvana || Know, love, and serve God || Follow the ethical teaching of Confucius || Obedience to God ||
 * || Hinudism || Daoism || Buddhism || Christianity || Confucianism* || Judaism ||
 * Founded
 * Founded
 * Location* || India || China || India, China, and Southeast Asia || Europe and
 * Theistic || Polytheistic || Atheistic || Mahayana-
 * Sacred texts || Upanishads,
 * Spirutual Leader || Guru || None || Monk || Priest, Pope, Bishop, Pastor || none || Rabbi ||
 * Sects || Vaisnavism
 * Purpose of Life || "to attain liberation(moksa)
 * Human Nature || Subjected to illusion and ignorance but able to escape || Humans way of a self-assertive life is not in harmony with nature and that causes and bad things on earth. || "There us no self or soul. Human existence is nothing more than a combination of five impermanent components." || Created good but in lifetimne becomes corrupt || Human characteristics can easily be changed for the good and an ordinary human can beomce a wise sage. || Created good ||
 * - Confucianism is a moral and ethical belief system, not a religion.
 * - The exact date is not known but this is when the Aryans adopeted it as thier religion **
 * - During 600C.E.

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