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
- Thực hành
- Kenosis — Christ's self-emptying as model of humility
- Key Text
- Philippians 2:3-8; Matthew 23:12; James 4:6
Islam
- Thực hành
- Tawadu (humility) — submission to Allah's will
- Key Text
- Quran 25:63, 31:18-19
Judaism
- Thực hành
- Anavah (humility) — Moses as exemplar
- Key Text
- Numbers 12:3; Micah 6:8; Proverbs 22:4
Hinduism
- Thực hành
- Vinaya (humility) as divine quality
- Key Text
- Bhagavad Gita 13:7-8; 16:1-3
Buddhism
- Thực hành
- Anatta (no-self) — dissolution of ego as spiritual goal
- Key Text
- SN 22.59; Dhammapada 6