For homework you should have read several articles discussing some key concepts from different religions in the world. 

“The Basics of Buddhist Wisdom” and https://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/buddhawise.html (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) “5 Ways Buddha Taught to Maintain a Happy Life” https://www.thewayofmeditation.com.au/5-ways-buddha-taught-maintain-happy-life/ (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.); please also read for contrasts and comparisons https://www.metmuseum.org/learn/educators/curriculum-resources/art-of-the-islamic-world/unit-one/the-five-pillars-of-islam (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.); http://theollendorffcenter.org/principles.html (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.); https://www.bibleinfo.com/en/topics/ten-commandments-list (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

Having listened to the lecture and read two articles about basic ideas about Buddhism , please share three concrete ways you see overlap or connections between tenants (central ideas) of Buddhism discussed in class and either the Ten Commandments, the Five Pillars of Islam, and Ten Principles of Judaism.  Use specific quotes from the articles to support your points.  You only need three points of overlap total (not three from each religion ).  For this discussion pick one of the following questions to address.  Post your responses in the threaded discussions I have set up below.

•  What are three concrete points of overlap or connection you see between Buddhism and the Ten Commandments? 
•  What are three concrete points of overlap or connection you see between Buddhism and the Five Pillars of Islam?
•  What are three concrete points of overlap or connection you see between Buddhism and the Ten Principles of Judaism?

Please post your initial response by Thursday, April 14th at 11:59PM.  Then, by Sunday, April 17th at 11:59PM respond to a classmate who selected a different topic than your initial response:

• Respond to someone who wrote about Buddhism and Islam sharing a specific point of overlap you see between their response and the Ten Commandments.
•  Respond to someone who wrote about Judaism sharing a specific point of overlap you see with the Five Pillars of Islam.
• Respond to someone who wrote about the Ten Commandments sharing a specific point of overlap you see with Judaism.

The three concrete points that overlap or have a connection between Buddhism and the Five Pillars of Islam are the following: compassion, prayer, and fasting.

By compassion, it means having awareness and understanding of others in a way that would encompass lovingkindness. Lovingkindness is identified in the Eightfold Path, wherein the “right view” is identified according to