Buddhism Vs Confucianism

	Buddhism	Confucianism
Founder	Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)	K'ung Fu Tzu (Confucius)
Location	Eastern Asia but mostly Japan and China	China and other Asian areas
Who we Worship	Buddha	N/A
Teachings	Vasettha Sutta Four Noble Truths Life involves suffering Suffering orginates in desires for transient things. Suffering can be ceased by the termination of desires. The path to liberation from desires is the eight fold path. Eight Fold Path Right Understanding Right Thoughts and Motives Right Speech Right Action Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Mindfulness Right Medation	Si Shu ( Four Books) Lun Yu Analects of Confucius Chung Yung or the Doctrine of the Mean Ta Hsueh or the Great Learning Meng Tzu the writings of Meng Tzu (371-289 BCE) a philosopher who, like Confucius, traveled from state to state conversing with the government rulers. Wu Jing or Five Classics Shu Ching or Classics of History Shih Ching or Classic of Odes I Ching or Classics of Changes Ch'un Ch'iu or Sping and Autumn Annals Li Ching or Classic of Rights
Beliefs	Not harming living beings Not taking anything not given Not misusing sensual pleasures Not speacking falsely or abuusively Not taking intoxicating drinks or drugs Not eating solid foods after mid-day Not engaging in frivolous amusements not adoring one's body Not sleeping in a high or luxurious place Not being involved with money.	Li - Rituals, Properities, Etiqette Hsiao - Love within the family Yi - Rightoueness Xin - Honesty and Trustworthiness Jen - Benvolence, Humanenous toward others Chung - Loyalty to the State

"Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural & spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity" Albert Einstein