Peace in the world
Is something that all if not most people desire to have to achieve that many societies have turned to one form of?
Religion or another so here are the five religions most known or associated the most with peace hey, guys
my
Name is lera kenton and welcome to another episode of ftd facts now when we hear the word peace it may look
Differently for a lot of us individually and a question i want to ask is do you believe world peace is possible, why
Why, not so i gotta start off with the religion number 5. And that's taoism taoism is a system of chinese philosophy
Beliefs and practices that became a religion in the modern sense taoism has been around to some degree in china for about 2,000 years
Taoism advocates peace and tranquillity to overcome stress
Tao zi means rejecting hatred and intolerance
of humans
And while violence isn't absolutely forbidden in taoism it is the last resort taoism
Attempts to promote peace harmony and coexistence both within and without and number four we have
Sikhism originating in the indian subcontinent
Sikhism goes back to the 15th century it was established
By, guru, nanak, who was the first of 11 gurus if you're, not familiar
Sikhs believe in one god their sacred writing that they use is called a guru granth sahib, and sikhism it's a pretty
New religion but with over 20 million followers all over the world today
Sikhism is a fifth largest religion in the world the message of religious harmony love peace and tolerance can
Be found in sikhism and the sikh community is considered to be one of the most peaceful most hard-working communities in the entire world
Now continuing down, we have jainism jainism is one of the ancient world religions
Jain, isms fundamental guiding principle is ahimsa or non-violence which
Makes its followers one of the most peaceful people on the planet the principle of non-violence is strictly enforced
Especially monks and nuns
Who have gone as far as to put a piece of cloth over their mouth so that their breath or their voice doesn't hire many
Microbacteria jane's are also
Vegetarians as their beliefs cause them to not harm others humans or animals
So, we got our final two religions at the number-two spot, we have?
Hinduism right so hinduism even though most hindus live in india there's a substantial population
Of hindus across the globe it's one of the fastest growing religions in the entire world a unique thing about
Hinduism is that hindus worship a god in many different forms
Hinduism, also preaches the belief in karma which, means that every action has an equal and opposite reaction
Hindus believe in karma and reincarnation
Which creates an awareness among
People to constantly practice good deeds by accepting god to exist in all human beings as, well as in nature
hinduism considers the entire universe from the smallest organism to human beings to be
Manifestations of god the hindu greeting commonly heard is animosity, which
means the divine almighty in me vows to the divine almighty in you as god is in
Everyone according to their belief now the number one religion most associated with peace on this list
Is buddhism the buddhist tradition, like jainism is also clearly, associated with non-violence and the principle of ahimsa
By eliminating attachment to material things, which buddhists, believe can incite violence in others if they
Allow it buddhists believe in minimalistic living some buddhist texts do in fact, allow
Taking a human's life in a very rare cases to protect or defend the innocent however most buddhists, today reject even these
justifications of killing
Buddhism really advocates
Peace justice and the brotherhood so guys that does it for this list on the most peaceful religions, let, me know down below
What other religions you think should have been in this episode and what religion
Do you believe should have been number one but before you go i've links below
Where you can, watch our videos on some of the specific religions that i talked about in this video like, hinduism
Si as, well as buddhism now in those videos i go a lot
More in greater detail into these religions and share some of the most surprising and interesting and controversial facts
About them the link to those are down below in this video description i highly recommend checking them out so as you can see
There are many different beliefs and point of views ken world peace ever be achieved
Perhaps, when we choose to finally see one another for simply being human beings and not look for others to be think and
act exactly like ourselves and
Actually strive to understand where others are coming from then perhaps there just might be a chance of achieving world peace
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