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Buddhism

The Dhamma (Dharma)

  • Bodhisattva vow
  • Majjhima Nikaya vol 3 262
  • Nirvana Sutra
  • Visuddhimagga p 512

Dhammapada

  • 126
  • 127
  • 165
  • 179–180
  • 190–191
  • 277–9
  • 301

The Buddha and the Four Noble Truths

  • Bodhisattva vow
  • Declaration of faith chant
  • Majjhima Nikaya vol 3 262
  • Nirvana Sutra
  • Visuddhimagga p512

Dhammapada

  • 126
  • 127
  • 165
  • 179–180
  • 277–9
  • 301

Buddhist ethics

  • Bodhisattva vow
  • Majjhima-Nikaya: MN21 Kakacupama sutta
  • Majjhima Nikaya vol 3 262
  • Parabhava Sutta
  • Visuddhimagga p 512

Dhammapada

  • 126
  • 127
  • 129
  • 131
  • 301
  • 406

Christianity

Key beliefs

  • The Apostle’s Creed
  • 1 Corinthians 15:21
  • Ecclesiastes 12:13
  • Ephesians 2:8–9
  • Exodus 20:2–3
  • Genesis 1:27
  • Genesis 1:28
  • John 1:14
  • John 3:16
  • John 14:6
  • Luke 1:37
  • Mark 1:11
  • Mark 16:4–5
  • Matthew 6:9–13 – The Lord’s Prayer
  • Matthew 26:26–28
  • Matthew 25:35–36
  • Nicene Creed
  • Psalm 24:1
  • Romans 6:23

Jesus Christ and salvation

  • The Apostle’s Creed
  • 1 Corinthians 15:21
  • Ecclesiastes 12:13
  • Ephesians 2:8–9
  • John 1:14
  • John 3:16
  • John 14:6
  • Mark 1:11
  • Mark 16:4–5
  • Matthew 26:26–28
  • Matthew 25:35–36
  • Nicene Creed
  • Psalm 119:97–98
  • Romans 6:23

Worship and festivals

  • The Apostle’s Creed
  • Church of England Easter liturgy
  • Mark 1:11
  • Matthew 6:9–13 – The Lord’s Prayer
  • Matthew 26:26–28
  • Nicene Creed

The role of the church in the local and worldwide community

  • 1 Corinthians 12:27
  • James 2:17
  • Mark 12:31
  • Matthew 5:7
  • Matthew 5:10
  • Matthew 25:35–36
  • Matthew 25:40
  • Psalm 119:97–98
  • 1 Timothy 5:8
  • 1 Timothy 6:10

Catholic Christianity

Key beliefs

  • The Apostle’s Creed
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1030–1031
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1042
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1044
  • 1 Corinthians 15:21
  • Ecclesiastes 12:13
  • Ephesians 2:8–9
  • Exodus 20:2–3
  • Genesis 1:27
  • Genesis 1:28
  • John 1:1–3
  • John 1:14
  • John 3:16
  • John 14:6
  • Mark 1:11
  • Mark 16:4–5
  • Matthew 6:9–13 – The Lord’s Prayer
  • Matthew 25:35–36
  • Matthew 26:26–28
  • Nicene creed
  • Psalm 24:1
  • Revelation 21:4–5
  • Romans 6:23

The seven sacraments

  • Gaudium et Spes, paragraph 48
  • Mark 1:11
  • Matthew 26:26–28
  • Matthew 28:19

Worship

  • The Apostle’s Creed
  • Matthew 6:9–13 – The Lord’s Prayer
  • Matthew 26:26–28
  • Nicene creed

The work of the church

  • 1 Corinthians 12:27
  • James 2:17
  • Mark 12:31
  • Matthew 5:7
  • Matthew 5:9
  • Matthew 5:10
  • Matthew 25:35–36
  • Matthew 25:40
  • Matthew 28:19
  • 1 Timothy 5:8
  • 1 Timothy 6:10

Hinduism

Ideas about the nature of God and existence

  • Bhagavad Gita 8.15
  • Brahma Samhita
  • Chandogya Upanishad 3.14
  • Chandogya Upanishad 6.12
  • Gayatri mantra
  • Isa Upanishad 1.5
  • Maitri Upanishad 6.22
  • Mukti mantra
  • Mundaka Upanishad 1
  • Mundaka Upanishad 2.1.4
  • Mundaka Upanishad 2.2
  • Rig Veda 10.121
  • Rig Veda 10.129
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad 1
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad 5
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad 6.11
  • Vishnu Purana, 1.14

Beliefs about the nature of human life

  • Bhagavad Gita 2.22
  • Bhagavad Gita 8.15
  • Bhagavad Gita 12.13
  • Bhagavad Gita 17.20
  • Bhagavad Gita 18.41
  • Chandogya Upanishad 6.12
  • Katha Upanishad 2.1–2
  • Katha Upanishad 2.18
  • Laws of Manu chapter 7.75
  • Mahabharata
  • Manusmriti 5.52
  • Rig Veda
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad 1
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad 2
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad 6.11

Worship and festivals

  • Bhagavad Gita 4.34
  • Bhagavad Gita 9.26
  • Bhagavad Gita 18.65
  • Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna
  • Maitri Upanishad 6.22
  • Mantra from Laskshmi Puja
  • Mukti mantra
  • Samudra manthan (from the Mahabharata)
  • Skanda Purana
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad 1

Lifestyle

  • Atharva Veda 3.25
  • Bhagavad Gita 4.34
  • Bhagavad Gita 12.13
  • Bhagavad Gita 17.20
  • Chandogya Upanishad 3.14
  • Katha Upanishad 2.1–2
  • Mahabharata
  • Manusmriti 5.52
  • Rig Veda 10.87
  • Samudra manthan (from the Mahabharata)
  • Skanda Purana
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad 2
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad 5

Islam

Key beliefs

Qur’an

  • 2:2
  • 2:28
  • 2:277
  • 4:124
  • 4:126
  • 4:36
  • 4:59
  • 6:102
  • 6:153
  • 6:165
  • 7:180
  • 10:47
  • 13:11
  • 22:23
  • 30:20
  • 30:24
  • 33:40
  • 35:1
  • 40:60
  • 57:4
  • 97:1–5

Authority

Qur’an

  • 2:2
  • 2:18
  • 2:277
  • 4:125
  • 4:59
  • 6:153
  • 10:47
  • 33:40
  • 97:1–5

Worship

Qur’an

  • 2:277
  • 3:97
  • 5:6
  • 6:153
  • 9:60
  • 40:60
  • 62:9

Duties and festivals

Qur’an

  • 2:18
  • 2:195
  • 2:277
  • 3:97
  • 4:36
  • 6:153
  • 9:60
  • 40:60
  • 62:9
  • 96:1–5

Judaism

Key beliefs

  • Daniel 12:2
  • Deuteronomy 6:4–5
  • Deuteronomy 7:6
  • Ecclesiastes 3:1–2
  • Ecclesiastes 12:13
  • Exodus 20:2–3
  • Exodus 40:34–35
  • Genesis 1:1–3
  • Genesis 1:27
  • Genesis 1:28
  • Micah 4:3
  • Psalm 8:7
  • Psalm 24:1
  • 1 Samuel 10:1

The Covenant and the mitzvot

  • Amos 5:24
  • Deuteronomy 6:6–9
  • Deuteronomy 7:6
  • Ecclesiastes 12:13
  • Exodus 13:9
  • Exodus 20:2–3
  • Exodus 20:8
  • Genesis 1:28
  • Genesis 17:11
  • Kiddush prayer
  • Leviticus 19:18
  • Leviticus 19:34
  • Malachi 2:16
  • Micah 6:8
  • Numbers 10:35
  • Proverbs 22:22
  • Proverbs 28:4–5
  • Psalm 119:97–98
  • Talmud

The synagogue and worship

  • Amidah prayer
  • Deuteronomy 6:6–9
  • Deuteronomy 14:22
  • Exodus 13:9
  • Exodus 20:8
  • Exodus 40:21
  • Kiddush prayer
  • Numbers 10:35
  • Psalm 119:97–98

Family life and festivals

  • Deuteronomy 14:22
  • Exodus 12:15
  • Genesis 2:24
  • Genesis 17:11
  • Kaddish prayer for mourners
  • Leviticus 11:46–47
  • Wedding vows

Sikhism

Key beliefs

  • Dasam Granth Ang 51
  • Hymn 27 of the Japji prayer
  • Rehat Maryada article 21
  • Rehat Maryada section II, chapter III
  • Rehat Maryada section III, chapter IV
  • Rehat Maryada section IV, chapter X
  • Sidh Goshth

Guru Granth Sahib

  • Ang 8
  • Ang 62
  • Ang 78
  • Ang 88
  • Ang 125
  • Ang 153
  • Ang 249
  • Ang 273
  • Ang 276
  • Ang 349
  • Ang 397
  • Ang 448
  • Ang 463
  • Ang 508
  • Ang 588
  • Ang 592
  • Ang 605
  • Ang 723
  • Ang 1058

Beliefs about the nature of human life

  • Rehat Maryada article 21
  • Rehat Maryada section II, chapter III
  • Rehat Maryada section III, chapter IV
  • Rehat Maryada section IV, chapter X
  • Sidh Goshth

Guru Granth Sahib

  • Ang 62
  • Ang 574
  • Ang 349
  • Ang 592
  • Ang 125
  • Ang 588
  • Ang 951

Worship and service

  • Hymn 27 of the Japji prayer
  • Rehat Maryada article 21
  • Rehat Maryada section II, chapter III
  • Rehat Maryada section III, chapter IV
  • Rehat Maryada section IV, chapter X
  • Sidh Goshth

Guru Granth Sahib

  • Ang 574
  • Ang 88
  • Ang 1058
  • Ang 125
  • Ang 951
  • Ang 273

Festivals and lifestyle

  • Rehat Maryada article 21
  • Rehat Maryada section III, chapter IV
  • Rehat Maryada section IV, chapter X
  • Sidh Goshth

Guru Granth Sahib

  • Ang 62
  • Ang 951

Theme A: relationships and families

Buddhism

  • Parabhava Sutta
  • Samyutta Nikaya

Christianity

  • Exodus 20:14
  • Galatians 3:28
  • Genesis 1:27
  • Genesis 2:24
  • Humanae Vitae, 1968
  • Leviticus 18:22
  • 1 Timothy 5:8

Catholic Christianity

  • Exodus 20:14
  • Galatians 3:28
  • Gaudium et Spes, paragraph 48
  • Genesis 1:27
  • Genesis 2:24
  • Humanae Vitae, 1968
  • Leviticus 18:22
  • 1 Timothy 5:8

Hinduism

  • Bhagavad Gita 18.41
  • Laws of Manu
  • Laws of Manu (Manusmriti 2.121)
  • Mantra from the first samskara puja
  • Marriage vows
  • Purusha Sukta (Hymn of the Cosmic Man) Rig Veda 10.90

Islam

Qur’an

  • 4:124
  • 4:36
  • 26:165
  • 49:13

Judaism

  • Exodus 20:14
  • Genesis 1:27
  • Genesis 1:28
  • Genesis 2:24
  • Leviticus 18:22
  • Malachi 2:16
  • Proverbs 13:24
  • Wedding vows

Sikhism

  • Ang 951
  • Ang 605
  • Ang 1165
  • Ang 1358
  • Rehat Maryada section IV, chapter X
  • Rehat Maryada section IV, chapter XI

Theme B: religion and life

Buddhism

Bodhisattva vow

Dhammapada

  • 126
  • 129
  • 131
  • 165

Christianity

  • The Apostle’s Creed
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church 2416–2418
  • 1 Corinthians 14:34–35
  • 1 Corinthians 15:21
  • Genesis 1:27
  • Genesis 1:28
  • Genesis 2:24
  • Genesis 9:3
  • Humanae Vitae, 1968
  • Jeremiah 1:5
  • John 3:16
  • John 14:6
  • Matthew 5:7
  • Nicene Creed
  • Proverbs 12:10
  • Psalm 24:1
  • Romans 6:23

Catholic Christianity

  • The Apostle’s Creed
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1030–1031
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1042
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1044
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2416–2418
  • 1 Corinthians 14:34–35
  • 1 Corinthians 15:21
  • Genesis 1:27
  • Genesis 1:28
  • Genesis 2:24
  • Genesis 9:3
  • Humanae Vitae, 1968
  • Jeremiah 1:5
  • John 1:1–3
  • John 3:16
  • John 14:6
  • Matthew 5:7
  • Nicene creed
  • Proverbs 12:10
  • Psalm 24:1
  • Cf. Revelation 21:4–5
  • Romans 6:23

Hinduism

  • Bhagavad Gita 2.22
  • Bhagavad Gita 8.15
  • Brahma Samhita
  • Chandogya Upanishad 3.14
  • Gayatri mantra
  • Mantra from the first samskara puja
  • Manusmriti 5.52
  • Mundaka Upanishad 1
  • Mundaka Upanishad 2.1.4
  • Rig Veda 10.121
  • Rig Veda 10.129
  • Rig Veda 10.87
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad 1
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad 5
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad 6.11
  • Vishnu Purana, 1.14

Islam

Qur’an

  • 2:28
  • 2:277
  • 4:126
  • 5:32
  • 6:102
  • 6:165
  • 7:31
  • 17:31
  • 17:33
  • 22:23
  • 30:20
  • 30:24
  • 49:13
  • 96:1–5

Judaism

  • Daniel 12:2
  • Ecclesiastes 3:1–2
  • Genesis 1:1–3
  • Genesis 1:27
  • Genesis 1:28
  • Genesis 2:24
  • Genesis 9:3
  • Jeremiah 1:5
  • Kaddish prayer for mourners
  • Leviticus 11:46–47
  • Proverbs 12:10
  • Psalm 8:7
  • Psalm 24:1
  • Talmud

Sikhism

  • Ang 8
  • Ang 78
  • Ang 88
  • Ang 273
  • Ang 276
  • Ang 397
  • Ang 448
  • Ang 463
  • Ang 508
  • Ang 588
  • Ang 723
  • Hymn 27 of the Japji prayer
  • Sidh Goshth

Theme C: the existence of God and revelation

Buddhism

Dhammapada

  • 127
  • 165

Christianity

  • Exodus 20:2–3
  • John 3:16
  • Luke 1:37
  • Numbers 12:6
  • Psalm 24:1

Catholic Christianity

  • Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1042
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1044
  • Exodus 20:2–3
  • John 1:1–3
  • John 3:16
  • Nicene creed
  • Numbers 12:6
  • Psalm 24:1
  • Revelation 21:4–5

Hinduism

  • Brahma Samhita
  • Chandogya Upanishad 3.14
  • Chandogya Upanishad 6.12
  • Gayatri mantra
  • Isa Upanishad 1.5
  • Mundaka Upanishad 1
  • Mundaka Upanishad 2.1.4
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad 5
  • Vishnu Purana, 1.14

Islam

Qur’an

  • 2:2
  • 2:277
  • 4:59
  • 4:124
  • 4:125
  • 4:126
  • 6:102
  • 7:180
  • 18:29
  • 30:20
  • 30:24
  • 33:40
  • 57:4
  • 96:1–5

Judaism

  • Daniel 12:2
  • Deuteronomy 6:4–5
  • Exodus 20:2–3
  • Exodus 40:34–35
  • Genesis 1:1–3
  • Numbers 12:6
  • Psalm 24:1

Sikhism

  • Ang 8
  • Ang 249
  • Ang 276
  • Ang 397
  • Ang 448
  • Ang 463
  • Ang 588
  • Ang 723
  • Hymn 27 of the Japji prayer
  • Sidh Goshth

Theme D: religion, peace and conflict

Buddhism

  • Bodhisattva vow
  • Majjhima-Nikaya: MN21 Kakacupama sutta
  • Majjhima Nikaya vol 3 262

Dhammapada

  • 127
  • 129
  • 131
  • 406

Christianity

  • Isaiah 2:4
  • James 2:17
  • Mark 12:31
  • Matthew 5:7
  • Matthew 5:39
  • Romans 13:1
  • 1 Timothy 6:10

Catholic Christianity

  • Isaiah 2:4
  • James 2:17
  • Mark 12:31
  • Matthew 5:7
  • Matthew 5:9
  • Matthew 5:39
  • Romans 13:1
  • 1 Timothy 6:10

Hinduism

  • Laws of Manu chapter 7.75
  • Mahabharata

Islam

Qur’an

  • 2:195
  • 5:32
  • 16:90
  • 17:33
  • 22:39
  • 42–43

Judaism

  • Ezekiel 33:11
  • Isaiah 2:4
  • Talmud
  • Leviticus 19:18
  • Micah 6:8
  • Proverbs 28:4–5

Sikhism

  • Ang 508
  • Ang 1372
  • Dasam Granth Ang 51

Theme E: religion, crime and punishment

Buddhism

  • Majjhima-Nikaya: MN21 Kakacupama sutta
  • Majjhima Nikaya vol 3 262

Dhammapada

  • 129
  • 131
  • 406

Christianity

  • Galatians 3:28
  • James 2:17
  • The Lord’s Prayer
  • Mark 12:31
  • Matthew 5:7
  • Matthew 5:39
  • Romans 13:1

Catholic Christianity

  • James 2:17
  • Galatians 3:28
  • Matthew 5:7
  • Matthew 5:39
  • Matthew 5:9
  • Romans 13:1
  • Mark 12:31
  • The Lord’s Prayer

Hinduism

  • Bhagavad Gita 12.13
  • Mahabharata

Islam

Qur’an

  • 2:195
  • 5:32
  • 16:90
  • 17:33
  • 42–43

Judaism

  • Ezekiel 33:11
  • Leviticus 19:18
  • Micah 6:8
  • Proverbs 13:24
  • Proverbs 28:4–5

Sikhism

  • Ang 62
  • Ang 508
  • Ang 1372
  • Dasam Granth Ang 51
  • Rehat Maryada section IV, chapter X

Theme F: religion, human rights and social justice

Buddhism

  • Bodhisattva vow
  • Majjhima-Nikaya: MN21 Kakacupama sutta
  • Majjhima Nikaya vol 3 262

Dhammapada

  • 129
  • 131
  • 406

Christianity

  • 1 Corinthians 12:27
  • 1 Corinthians 14:34–35
  • Galatians 3:28
  • Genesis 1:27
  • James 2:17
  • The Lord’s Prayer
  • Mark 12:31
  • Matthew 5:7
  • Matthew 5:10
  • Matthew 6:9–13 – The Lord’s Prayer
  • Matthew 25:35–36
  • Matthew 25:40
  • Proverbs 22:22
  • Romans 13:1
  • 1 Timothy 5:8
  • 1 Timothy 6:10

Catholic Christianity

  • 1 Corinthians 12:27
  • 1 Corinthians 14:34–35
  • Galatians 3:28
  • Genesis 1:27
  • James 2:17
  • Mark 12:31
  • Matthew 5:7
  • Matthew 5:9
  • Matthew 5:10
  • Matthew 6:9–13 – The Lord’s Prayer
  • Matthew 25:35–36
  • Matthew 25:40
  • Proverbs 22:22
  • Romans 13:1
  • 1 Timothy 5:8
  • 1 Timothy 6:10

Hinduism

  • Atharva Veda 3.25
  • Bhagavad Gita 12.13
  • Bhagavad Gita 17.20
  • Bhagavad Gita 18.41
  • Laws of Manu
  • Purusha Sukta (Hymn of the Cosmic Man) Rig Veda 10.90

Islam

Judaism

  • Amos 5:24
  • Deuteronomy 14:22
  • Ezekiel 33:11
  • Genesis 1:27
  • Isaiah 1:8
  • Leviticus 19:18
  • Leviticus 19:34
  • Micah 6:8
  • Proverbs 22:22
  • Proverbs 28:4–5
  • Talmud

Sikhism

  • Ang 125
  • Ang 273
  • Ang 349
  • Ang 508
  • Ang 605
  • Ang 1372
  • Dasam Granth Ang 51
  • Rehat Maryada article 21
  • Rehat Maryada section IV, chapter X
  • Rehat Maryada section IV, chapter XI

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