The Buddha and Mahavira, the founders, both taught different sets of beliefs, and offered followers assistance on how to end the negative feelings that cause humans to suffer. Both Jainism and Theravada Buddhism hold many similarities and differences; yet, they have a very important place in history and are extremely important to humanity for their beliefs and teachings. Jainism originated in India during the sixth century BCE. The faith is named after the jinas, spiritual conquerors who have achieved liberation. Jainism looks to a series of founding figures, Tirthankaras, the twenty-four spiritual leaders called ford-makers or river crossers.
Sutta Pitaka Main article: Sutta Pitaka [edit]Atthakavagga The Atthakavagga, one of the oldest books of the Sutta Pitaka, contained in the Sutta Nipata, does not give a clear-cut goal such as Nirvana, but describes the ideal person. [2] This ideal person is especially characterized by suddhi (purity) and santi (calmness). [2] Commentaries on the Atthakavagga, namely the Mahaniddesa and the commentary by Buddhaghosa, show the development of Buddhist ideas over time. Both commentaries place the Atthakavagga in their frame of reference, giving an elaborated system of thought far more complicated than the Atthakavagga itself. [2] [edit]The Noble Eightfold Path Main article: Noble Eightfold Path The Noble Eightfold Path is widely known as the description of the Buddhist path.
They both mention us being born with the skills of achieving the enlightenment, but both require us to have the discipline that it takes to take on such a roll. The word discipline comes from a Latin root meaning “to learn”. In Christianity it’s using discipline of not giving into temptation or any other immorality. Buddhist have to go through the discipline of overcoming the three poisons, which keeps us from achieving clarity, compassion and real happiness. Discipline is the key role in reaching the spiritual enlightenment, it
In order to understand any religion one needs to understand their history and how they flourished. Similarly, to get a better understanding of Buddhism and Jainism one needs to understand their origins and theology. The main aim of both the religion was to find a substitute way of achieving salvation in life instead of the ritual bound Brahmanism way of Hinduism. First, Jainism is amongst the many oldest practicing religions found today and like its counterparts it has a deep history attached to
A comparison between Jesus the Christ and Gautama the Buddha Just as Jesus in Christianity, Gautama the Buddha plays an essential role in preaching the doctrines of Buddhism. People may see them both as great teachers that guide them to do good and avoid evil. However, despite the similarity of their roles as teachers, Jesus and Buddha are two distinct figures with essentially different importance. The greatest significance of Gautama the Buddha is about his teaching. Buddha was just an ordinary human that achieved enlightenment and preached his understandings.
Maslow defined then self-realization as “the impulse to convert oneself into what one is capable of being.” [4] Based on Maslow, the most common meaning given to self-realization is that of psychological growth and maturation. It represents the awakening and manifestation of latent potentialities of the human being -for example, ethical, esthetic, and religious experiences and activities. [5] Aajit K. Das, in the International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, compared and contrasted Maslow and Rogers' concept of self actualization with the concept of self-realization in Vedandic Hinduism and the two major schools of Buddhism: Theravada and Mahayana. The author concluded in this paper that the two concepts complement each
The counterpart of that first evolute (at the individual level) is citta in Yoga. So citta is the first evolute from prakriti. Citta is different from the western concept of ‘mind’, though citta is used synonymously as mind, but there is a lot of difference. In Yoga or Samkhya, the western concept of mind is divided into manas, buddhi and ahamkara. In western psychology, when they use the word mind, they include all the three faculties / functions, whereas in Sankhya and Yoga we have functionally divided the parts of the mind.
This is because Zen is concerned only with the direct experience or insight into enlightenment, away with all dogma, theology and doctrine which is ever-present in other religions. In Zen, this direct insight into the nature of life, or enlightenment, is achieved through meditation, and also through the contemplation of unsolvable riddles called koans. Through the analysis of the teachings, beliefs and art of Zen culture, we can assess how Zen attempts to gain direct insight instead of relying on any doctrine to attain enlightenment. Zen Buddhism is a form of Mahayana Buddhism, which holds its roots from China, the home of Ch’an Buddhism (Dumoulin 34). The incessantly interesting feature of Zen Buddhism is that there is no dogma, philosophy or doctrine one must believe in to be a Zen Buddhist (“Buddhist beliefs”).
Like all other religious traditions Buddhism has an important place for pilgrimage based sites where Gautama Buddha lived and taught. These are located in Northern India and Southern Nepal. In fact Gautama Buddha, identified four sites ‘worthy’ of pilgrimage that would produce a ‘spiritual urgency’. The ‘driglam namzha’ is an official behaviour and dress code based on Buddhist cultural idenity in Bhutan. It also regulated other cultural identities such as art and architecture.
The word 'anga' means 'constituent part'. The word 'agama' means 'that which has come' (from the mouth of the Lord). Mahavira's teachings as believed to have been orally compiled by his disciples Sudharma Swami and Jambu Swami are divided into twelve Sutras known as the Angagamas or Dvadashangi. Amongst Śvetāmbara Jains, Angagamas are considered to be the core of Jain knowledge. Supposedly, there were Sutras from the tradition before Lord Mahavira, that is from Lord Parshvanath's time and even from before that, when ascetics were known as Nirgranthas.