What are some of the fundamental differences you perceived? Besides the fact that Hinduism has no founder, and Siddhartha Gautama being the founder of Buddhism, a big difference between the two is that Hinduism is more spiritually directed but Buddhism is more focused on the practice. Also, the final destination for Hindu’s is a spiritual ending, but Buddhists, since they believe in life being an illusion, believe in the final ending is a void. Hindu’s also believe everyone has an atman, a soul, where as Buddhists believe there is no
Hinduism and Buddism: Subtopic: How do Buddhist and Hindu's view of liberation reflect their religious beliefs of the people? Thesis: Although the final goals for Hinduism and Buddhism: moksha and nirvana are similar, the Buddhists reject the sacrifices and caste system in Hinduism in order to reach the goal. The Buddhist reject the Hindus’ belief of Brahman and atman. The Hindus believe all of our soul (atman) is part of Brahmin. Brahmin also created every atman.
They are considered to be the two great distinctive religions of the world today with both covering a large section of the world population with numerous similarities and differences. Although Buddhism is not considered a religion by some, it still has some distinctive features which coincide with the characteristics of Christianity but there are also some major features which are the opposite of some Christian beliefs. Some prominent parts of Christianity are the ideas of God, the destiny of man is to reach eternal life in heaven after death and that life is lived to please God. Buddhism differs in that there is no God to worship, the destiny of man and whether he achieves eternal life is based on the karma of one’s present life and the goal of life is to live a balanced life. In Buddhist teachings, the existence of a personal creator and Lord is denied but Christianity believes in a creator and each may have a relationship with the creator, Jesus.
The Buddhist Tradition is misogynistic” discuss Traditionally the majority of major world religious organisations have been andocentric in nature. Women have faced the problem of being members of sometimes misogynistic, frequently sexist, patriarchal, male-dominated religious traditions. However, Buddhism has been less misogynistic then other faiths, such as Christianity and Islam. The Buddhist tradition is not misogynistic; it is the society of the time that made Buddhism head in this direction, especially once the Buddha himself passed away, as his teachings did not intend to discriminate against woman. ‘Misogyny is an exaggerated pathological aversion towards women.
They didn’t need to vote as it wouldn’t have a direct effect on the sphere. This meant man was superior as they controlled who governed the country. Women were not expected to be educated and think by themselves. This is made clear in source 1 ‘Thought is, or ought to be, the characterising feature of man, and feeling the characterising feature of the women’. A woman’s job was to offer emotional support for her
Both Jesus and Buddha say that life in this world is not the true life. The true life is in the heaven where people live without cheating, crime and feud. They believe that only good people can go to the heaven and enjoy the true life, which is a happy and peaceful life. In the other hand, the bad person will go to the hell with damnation. Jesus and Buddha have their own definitions of good person and bad person.
The Maya and Shang relied on similar agricultural methods and political structures with small kingdoms and one ruler; however, they differed culturally since the Shang had no religion and the Mayans did. Both civilizations organized into hierarchies of power, although the Mayan small city-kingdom system worked better than the Shang decentralized states. Unlike the Mayans, the Shang had many governors and trusted them to carry out the orders. However, the governors were not hundred percent loyal to their king and rebelled a lot. The only reason they stayed in power for a certain time was that they could monopolize their bronze.
Another argument that religion maintains the oppression of women in terms of rituals is that in some instances women are not allowed in a sacred place when going through the menstrual period. Also, even in marriage the women have to promise to obey the man in their vow whereas the man doesn’t need to make this promise in their vow. Arguments against the idea that religion maintains the oppression of women is that society is becoming more secular so rituals aren’t so important as they use to be, which means women are no longer oppressed. It can also be argued that it is not the rituals that are patriarchal and that it may just be the use of ritual by men. This means it is not religious rituals that are patriarchal, but instead it is the way in which men use rituals to match their own ideology.
It is a vital aspect of human culture and civilization. It takes into account the peculiar shape of a culture and the outlook of its people upon themselves as well as the world around them. The conflict between Hindus and Muslims were raised because both religions failed to see eye to eye with each other, as Hindu’s believe in their own set of Gods, while Muslims believe there is only one God, which is Allah. Gandhi worked and
This understanding, however, denies any significance conventional reality. I believe that a number of Madhyamika practitioners would critique this understanding, most notably the fourteenth century Tibetan sage Tsong Kha Pa. I will argue the issues of disvaluing the body, normalizing male dominance, and maintaining rigid gender paradigms are reinforced by this understanding of ultimate truth, and that Tsong Kha Pa’s articulation of the two truths critiques this understanding and can be used to empower feminist critiques and solutions to these issues on Buddhist philosophical grounds. Because gender is only a conventional reality, many Buddhists dismiss the significance of gender issues because ultimately, gender does not exist. In Virtuous Bodies, author Mrozik writes that many use the idea of ultimate truth to show that Buddhism promotes an egalitarian gender policy.