Chinese Philosophy and Religion Buddhism

Chinese Philosophy and Religion
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Part One: Buddhism
Religion is a set of dogmas, feelings, beliefs, and practices that determine relationships between human being and divinity or sacred. Today, several religions exist, and each one of them is characterized by a unique set of believers, sacred books worship, rites, moral descriptions, interdicts, sacrament, and organization. Most religions originated from either exemplary history of a nation, a wise man or a prophet teaching certain ideals of life. On the other hand, philosophy refers to the activity scholars undertake in a bid to understand general and fundamental truths about existence, values, knowledge, mind, reason, and language. They engage in this activity because they want to establish the truths about themselves, their relationship with each other, the world they live in, and their relationship with the world. Philosophers work hard to answer some of the intriguing questions about some mysteries such as life, creation, the existence of God, and soul among other things. Unlike religion where one is expected to have a strong belief in the existence of s...