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
Studies of Religion Jennifer Piao Compare and contrast the main features of Buddhism with one other religion. * Christianity. Buddhism is a philosophy of life, based on the teachings of Buddha. The concept of Buddhism evolved around 563 BCE, much before the birth of Jesus Christ, the central figure of Christianity. 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.
Hinduism seems like it set the footprint for the other eastern religions that have emerged over the years. Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism religions and philosophies have been practiced by millions of people for centuries.These seven different religions has a lot of similarity even though the origin of the religions comes from different geographical locations. Hinduism Hinduism seems to be a true Pagan religion. Countless deities, gods, goddesses, and incarnations abound, and are defined in sacred Hindu texts, such as the Rig Veda, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Upanishads. Yet the Hindu acknowledges a "supreme reality"( Smith, Houston.
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.
As well as having influences from many different groups, Hinduism has also influenced other groups, namely the religions Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism. Hinduism has been said to be not just a religion, but a way of life and it encompasses many different Indian traditions. Hindu’s are monotheists; this means that they believe in one God (Who they call ‘Brahman’), which is not all that different from many other current religions. However, in Hinduism, this God has many names and forms (Causing the common misconception that they are polytheists). Hindus say their God has an infinite amount of names and forms but which are all part of the same one God.
Stephanie Douglas Ms. McNair A-Day pd.1 Summer Project Hinduism vs. Buddhism Hinduism and Buddhism are the most influential and philosophical religions around the world. They are among the top five major religions around the globe. Today, Hinduism ranks third as an organized religion and is much older than Buddhism. Buddhism and Hinduism have survived for centuries and are still widely practiced around the world. Buddhism is based on the teachings of Lord Buddha who had been a Hindu before attaining Nirvana, and therefore given this fact, it follows that Buddhism share many similarities and some differences in certain ideas, beliefs, practices, and sacred texts.
Hinduism's fonder is unknown due to the lengthy of years of its establishment, which is over 1500 years ago. However, Hinduism has gurus and sages as its religious leaders. Most Hinduism followers have Sanskrit as their original language, and their sacred texts are the Bhagavid Gita, Vedas, Sutra, and Upanishads. Buddhism are both originated from the subcontinent of India. They have an extraordinarily long but rather strange and strained relationship that is over many years even to that of Christianity and Judaism.
Hindus believe in karma, the law of cause and effect by which each individual creates his own destiny by his thoughts, words and deeds. Buddhism believe that The Buddha did not want to give his followers a set of beliefs, rather, he believed that people needed to decide for themselves the action they would take to experience the truth. In Buddhism, consequently there is no believe in a creator god, but instead, Buddhists believe that the founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, experienced enlightenment and became the ‘Awakened One’. Like Hindus, Buddhists also view the world as samsara but this differs from the Hindu sense of reincarnation. RITUALS Daily worship, known as puja, is an important and most frequently preformed ritual in the lives of practising
Writing RLG205 : , and compare and contrast their definitions and conceptions of these inter- related terms. {Dharma and karma are the two of the crucial principles in many religions like Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Hinduism. Both Hinduism and Buddhism prompt a disciple to take actions that will lead to potential attainment of the ultimate goal of their religion that is moska and nirvana respectively. In this essay I would like to highlight that one of the fundamental goal of the existence of these doctrines is to promote social harmony within a group by encouraging self-actualization of each individual by motivating them to achieve the final goal of liberation. By Focusing on two different religions like Hinduism and Buddhism I would like to highlight the similarities and contrasts in the definition of the terms between the two religions, their adherence to the doctrine and the path through which a disciple has to go through to accomplish the goal of achieving Nirvana in Buddhism and Moksa is Hinduism.
Buddhism spread into many other countries and Hinduism did not because of two main reason. One main reason was because Hinduism was much more complex then Buddhism. More people converted to Buddhism because it was much more comprehendible and understandable than Hinduism. The other reason was because Buddhism accepted everybody openly. Hinduism on the other hand was not open to people who were not born into the caste system.