1. TOPIC: Chapter 4, Week 4

2. The Three Universal Truths The Four Noble Truths The Eightfold Path
Sub topic #1 (left side of paper) What are the basic beliefs of Buddhism?
Notes (right side of paper)
The Three Universal Truths
The Four Noble Truths
The Eightfold Path
Meditation
The Five Precepts
Wesak- celebrate Buddha’s birth
Worship in shrines or temples- a Buddhist religious building

3. Buddhism is the main religion of China
Sub topic #1 (left side of paper) What are the basic beliefs of Buddhism?
Notes (right side of paper)
Buddhism is the main religion of China
Monks- people who want to live a true Buddhist life
Monastery- place where monks live and worship
Missionary- people that travel to teach religion to others

7. Sub topic #2 (left side of paper) How was Buddhism spread to China?
Notes (right side of paper)
Traders and missionaries from India brought Buddhism to China
People were looking for a way to escape suffering
Tang rulers allowed monasteries and temples to be built

8. Sub topic #3 (left side of paper) What is Confucianism?
Notes (right side of paper)
Confucianism- set of ethical beliefs developed by a scholar named Confucius
Guidelines for living here on Earth
Originally aimed at kings and rulers, not normal people

9. What you do on Earth is as important as the afterlife The Golden Rule
Sub topic #4 (left side of paper) What are the main beliefs of Confucianism?
Notes (right side of paper)
What you do on Earth is as important as the afterlife
The Golden Rule
Truth, loyalty, charity learning, virtue
Against war
Human relationships

10. Sub topic #5 (left side of paper) How did Confucianism change China?
Notes (right side of paper)
Civil service exams
Merit system
Neo-Confucianism created to reduce people following Buddhism
Song dynasty adopted it as their official religion
Today Confucius’s writings are still studied

11. Sub topic #6 (left side of paper) Other Vocab
Notes (right side of paper)
Auspicious: favorable or promising
Autonomy: independence or freedom