Eastern religions

Eastern religions refers to religions originating in the Eastern worldIndia, China, Japan and Southeast Asia—and thus having dissimilarities with Western religions. This includes the East Asian and Indian religious traditions, as well as animistic indigenous religions.

This East-West religious distinction, just as with the East-West culture distinction, and the implications that arise from it, are broad and not precise. Furthermore, the geographical distinction has less meaning in the current context of global transculturation.

While many Western observers attempt to distinguish between Eastern philosophies and religions, this is a distinction that does not exist in some Eastern traditions.

Indian religions

Religions originating on the Indian subcontinent include Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. The theologies and philosophies of these religions have several concepts in common, such as dharma, karma, maya and samsara.

Hinduism

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Optimist Blog: Talk about fake news

The Citizens' Voice 02 Apr 2025
When April 1 rolls around, I find myself thinking about Sidd Finch. And Joe Hermitt ... Sidd Finch ... Petersburg, Florida ... Sidd (short for Siddhartha) Finch, was some sort of mystic who dropped out of Harvard to study Eastern religions in Tibet ... Except it was.
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The White Lotus Season 3 Breaks Viewership Records With Penultimate Episode; Crosses 4 Million Mark Across the US

Pinkvilla 01 Apr 2025
1.3K ... follow us. share ... According to the official synopsis, the show “follows the exploits of guests and employees at an exclusive Thai resort over a week, exploring themes of Eastern religion and spirituality.” ... .
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‘Israeli peace’ not a silver bullet for the Levant

Arab News 31 Mar 2025
The Eastern Mediterranean has long been part of what was known as the “Eastern question” — a landscape marked by seismic fault lines between religions, sects, ethnicities and fragile statelets.
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The White Lotus Season 3’s Penultimate Episode Sets Up Some Pretty Loaded Choices

Time Magazine 31 Mar 2025
Which serves to underscore the episode’s most conspicuous unifying theme. violence ... choice ... The Ratliffs ... No one tell Victoria that all three of her children are now turning to Eastern religion in hopes of healing the trauma of growing up Ratliff ... .
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Off-season: has The White Lotus become a letdown?

The Observer 28 Mar 2025
But any statement on foreigners’ attraction to eastern religion takes a backseat to the machinations of a mystery with minimal dramatic engine; complicated whodunnit with a dose of financial crime is ...
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Church victims relieved but fear its shady tactics will continue

Asahi News 26 Mar 2025
“I think it is a very natural decision.” ... “I hope that each and every believer will think about what true human rights and freedom of religion really mean.”. Another former follower in her 60s who lives in eastern Japan said, “I don’t feel safe.”.
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Serge Schmemann: Freedom’s frequencies fall silent

Pioneer Press 26 Mar 2025
I was especially familiar with the Radio Liberty broadcasts during my years in the Soviet Union because my father, Alexander Schmemann, an Eastern Orthodox priest and theologian, had a weekly program in Russian about religion and culture ... .
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MEDITATION: It often happens in the quiet hour of modesty

Mississippi Business Journal 23 Mar 2025
It is often called quiet time by religious people who do not want to sound religious ... Or not ... If you are more Eastern minded, you may call it meditation. If you have no use for religion, then it becomes taking time to appreciate the fullness of life ... .
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God in a Box

The Algemeiner 23 Mar 2025
Opinion. A menorah. JNS.org – Martha Goldberg was a middle-aged Jewish woman from the Bronx, N.Y., on her visit to the Far East ... For years, far too many young Jews in search of spirituality ended up in the Far East with Eastern religions ... .
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The Truth Behind Thailand’s Full Moon Party in The White Lotus

Time Magazine 17 Mar 2025
“The Full Moon Party went from hallucinogens and weed and people with an interest in alternative lifestyles, Eastern religion, and meditation to buckets of cheap booze and Red Bull,” says ...
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