Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Humility & Selflessness
Humility before God and others is extolled in every major religious tradition. Whether expressed as submission to Allah, kenosis in Christ, or the Buddhist dissolution of ego, the virtue of humility stands in opposition to pride and self-aggrandizement.
Across the World's Religions
Christianity
- अभ्यास
- Kenosis — Christ's self-emptying as model of humility
- Key Text
- Philippians 2:3-8; Matthew 23:12; James 4:6
Islam
- अभ्यास
- Tawadu (humility) — submission to Allah's will
- Key Text
- Quran 25:63, 31:18-19
Judaism
- अभ्यास
- Anavah (humility) — Moses as exemplar
- Key Text
- Numbers 12:3; Micah 6:8; Proverbs 22:4
Hinduism
- अभ्यास
- Vinaya (humility) as divine quality
- Key Text
- Bhagavad Gita 13:7-8; 16:1-3
Buddhism
- अभ्यास
- Anatta (no-self) — dissolution of ego as spiritual goal
- Key Text
- SN 22.59; Dhammapada 6