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  __Religions and Beliefs : Part Two__

Asia holds many diverse religions that can vary from the way they worship to the ancient teachings in scriptures. Two very diverse religions are Taoism and Sikkism. Strongly influenced by Buddhism, Taoism believes in physical immortality, hygiene, breath control, and alchemy. Taoism has its own priest, temples, symbolic images, and rites.A large majority of the rituals and ideas developed from the yin-yang and the five agents ( metal, wood, fire, earth, and water).

Though there is more than one priest, Lao Tsu was highly looked upon and many sacrifices were made to him. He was known as a "saint" to his followers. Another group pf people that were highly treated and known as gods, were the Taoist Deities.

Founded over 500 yeas ago, Sikhism is ranked the fifth in the world. Not only is its ranking extremely high, but it also has around 20 million followers. The religion of Sikhism strongly states that one should always be devoted to God and teaches the importance of honest living, equality of all people, and to not support blind rituals or superstitions. Like many other religions in Asia, the teachings of this belief are recorded in the scriptures of the Sikh Holy Book, Sri Guru, Living Guru, and Granth Sahib.

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