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Bahá'í teachings emphasize the spiritual oneness of humanity and the underlying unity of the major world religions. Religious history is seen to have unfolded through the influence of a series of divinely-sent messengers, each of whom established a religion that was suited to the needs of the time. These messengers have included Abraham, Moses, Zoroaster, the Buddha, Krishna, Jesus, Muhammad and, most recently, the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh. In Bahá'í belief, each messenger is stated to have taught that other messengers would follow and that Bahá'u'lláh's claims and teachings fulfil the eschatological promises of previous scriptures. Humanity is understood to be involved in a process of collective evolution, and the need of the present time is for the gradual establishment of peace, justice and unity on a global scale.

--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahai

The Baha'i Faith developed out of Islam in the nineteenth century in Persia.  The word Baha'i refers to those who belong to the faith, rather than the religion itself.

Despite the faith's rather liberal approach to other religions and to the pursuit of justice and human rights, they are often criticized for their treatment of homosexuality as a condition that one must strive to overcome, much like the consumption of alcohol. 

The basic teachings of Buddhism are attributed to Gautama Buddha (Sanskrit form: see Buddha for variant anglicizations) , where the title 'Buddha' is an honorific which translates literally as 'Awakened', or more colloquially as 'Enlightened'. Gautama Buddha lived and taught in or around the 5th century BC, in parts of what is now northeast India and present-day Nepal. After that his teachings spread throughout the bulk of asia, and in modern times have reached the rest of the world. Experts place the present-day number of followers of Buddhism in all its forms at between 230 to 500 million, with most suggesting approximately 350 million. According to Buddhist philosophy, existence is largely dictated by karma (literally 'action' or 'deed'). Karma connects causality and responsibility, such that our actions - which often include speech and thoughts as well as acts - influence our future experiences. Most Buddhists believe in rebirth (or strictly speaking, re-conception), and that the rebirths one experiences are usually determined by karma. However, the majority of Buddhists also hold that those who are sufficiently advanced spiritually are not bound by karma in this way; they can influence their own rebirth, and a very few can influence the rebirth of others. While Buddhists do believe that meditation is necessary at some stage, most do not believe they have reached that stage, and instead practice devotion to one or more Buddhas or other beings (except in the western world, where Buddhism has largely been adopted in a philosophical/meditational form).

 --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism

There is much debate and discussion amongst scholars as to whether or not Buddhism is, striclty speaking, a formal religion like Christianity or Islam.  Regardless of whether you think it to be a philosophy or something else, it fits quite comfortably under the heading of 'spirituality.'   

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	Title	Author	%	Category	Thoughts
	Buddhism	Raziel		Belief	Idea Group:  Buddhism Idea Category:  Belief Buddhism teaches how to control and tame the wild mind. It teaches how to end suffering. It's a valueable skill for anyone seeking to empower themselves.

"In theology, monotheism (from Greek μόνος "one" and θεός "god") is the belief in the existence of one deity, or in the oneness of God. In a Western context, the concept of "monotheism" tends to be dominated by the concept of the god of the Abrahamic religions and the Platonic concept of God as put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite."

—http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotheism