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Can you describe and give the commonalities between the thee eastern religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism).

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Hinduism: Hinduism is an indigenous religion that has its roots in India, and is considered by many experts as the oldest ongoing religion in the world. One of the major concepts of this religion is the concept or principle of Karma, in which the actions of an individual result in an equal and complementary result that actually returns to this individual as an effect of his or her actions. Like other religions, Hinduism has its on moral code that is to be followed by its practitioners in order to live a prosperous and happy existence on earth, which makes Hinduism much more philosophical than many religions, based on the fact that it's major principles are based upon the physical and metaphysical realities of existence on earth, which provides evidence of reincarnation and the belief in ...

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