The document discusses different religious and philosophical views on the human person, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. Some key points: - Hinduism believes in Brahman as the absolute truth and that the soul's purpose is to become one with Brahman. It also discusses the concept of karma and reincarnation. - Buddhism, as taught by Buddha, focuses on the Four Noble Truths including that life involves suffering and its causes, and the Eightfold Path to end suffering through right belief, speech, action, etc. - Christianity, influenced by Augustine, views humans as having both a physical and spiritual nature, and that morally we are bound to obey God's eternal law to do good

1. THE HUMAN PERSON
AS AN EMBODIED
SPIRIT

2. Hinduism
- Brahman is Self-Hood
- Hinduism lies the idea of human beings’ quest for
absolute truth, so that one’s soul and the Brahman or
Antman might become one.
- Aum is the root of the universe and everything that
exists and it continues to hold everything together.
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3. DUAL NATURE
SPIRITUAL ND IMMORTAL ESSENCE
(SOUL)
01
EMPIRICAL LIFE AND CHARACTER
02

4. Hinduism
- Law of Karma
- Hinduism holds that humanity’s life is a continuous
cycle (samsara)
- Transmigration or metempsychosis
- Upanishads or Vendata – last chapters, parts of the
Veda or the object, the highest purpose of the Veda
- Mahabharata (Bhagavad-Gita and Song of the Lord
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5. Buddhism: From Tears of Enlightenment
- Siddhartha Gautama or the Buddha
- Dharma or Law of Salvation
- Four Noble of Truths
- Eightfold Path
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6. Four Noble of Truths
1. Life is full of suffering
2. Sufferings is caused by passionate desires, lusts,
cravings
3. Only as these are obliterated, will suffering cease
4. Such eradication of desire may be accomplished only
by following the Eightfold Path or earnest endeavor
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7. Eightfold Path
1. Right belief in and acceptance of the Fourth Fold
Truth
2. Right aspiration for one’s self and for others
3. Right speech that harms no one
4. Right conduct, motivated by goodwill toward all
human beings
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8. Eightfold Path
5. Right means of livelihood, or earning one’s living by honorable
means
6. Right endeavor, or effort to direct one’s energies toward wise ends
7. Right mindfulness in choosing topics for thought
8. Right meditation, or concentration to the point of complete
absorption in mystic ecstasy
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9. The Biblical God and Humanity
- St. Augustine of Hippo’s writing is considered to be the
most influential in the early medieval period
- Theistic hypothesis
- Amor sapiential (Augustine)
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10. The Biblical God and Humanity
- St. Augustine of Hippo’s writing is considered to be the
most influential in the early medieval period
- Theistic hypothesis
- Amor sapiential (Augustine)
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11. EVALUATE OWN LIMITATIONS AND THE POSSIBILITIES
FOR THEIR TRANSCENDENCE
a. Forgiveness
b. The Beauty of Nature
c. Vulnerability
d. Failure
e. Loneliness
f. Love
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12. Hinduism: Reincarnation and Karma
- Hindu belief is the transmigration of souls,
reincarnation or “metempsychosis”
Buddhism: Nirvana
- Nirvana means the state in which one is absolutely free
from all forms of bondage and attachment.
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13. St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas: Will and Love
- For St, Augustine, physically we are free, yet morally
bound to obey the law.
- The Eternal law is God himself.
- In this law, humanity must do well and avoid evil,
hence, the existence of moral obligation in every
human being.
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14. EVALUATE OWN LIMITATIONS AND THE POSSIBILITIES
FOR THEIR TRANSCENDENCE
FORGIVENESS THE BEAUTY OF NATURE VULNERABILITY
FAILURE LONELINESS LOVE

15. OUR VALUES
Loyalty
Despite being red, Mars
is actually a cold place
Efficiency
Mercury is a bit larger
than the Moon
Commitment
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
Reliability
Neptune the farthest
planet from the Sun

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18. ● Saturn is composed of hydrogen and helium
● Jupiter is the biggest planet of them all
● Despite being red, Mars is a cold place
● Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun
● Venus is the second planet from the Sun
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