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
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. According to Buddhist belief, human life is not considered to have much worth and having only temporary existence. Life is understood in such a way in getting rid of all desire (good and bad) and not placing any value on this life on earth. In Christianity people are of infinite worth, made in the Image of God and will exist eternally. Buddhism is not really a religion but a moral philosophy designed to overcome suffering and it was designed to obtain relief from suffering by means of human effort alone.
They have an extraordinarily long but rather strange and strained relationship that is over many years even to that of Christianity and Judaism. The Buddha is a descendant of Hindu so as Jesus of a Jewish family. However, others still don not believe that the Buddha was a member of the Hindu pantheon, also a child born of a Hinduism family. Such an approach is unacceptable to many Buddhists. However, it is clear that Buddha gained fame, popularity as most of the Indian origin viewed it as a rescuer from the oppression of tradition and orthodoxy.
Hinduism recognizes the Vedas as the most ancient and authoritative body of religious literature. They are the foundational scriptures common to all branches of Hinduism. Many say that Buddhism is a philosophy rather than a religion. One of the reasons for this is that worship is not directed towards a God or a creator. Buddhists are more concerned with the road to enlightenment, a state of being.
Jesus Christ in Buddhism Buddha deliberately avoided any statements about the existence or nonexistence of God. In this context the question "how Buddhists view Jesus Christ" would seem to be irrelevant, because Jesus Christ, according to Christian doctrine, is the complete and final revelation of the one true God. However, they are faithful to the teachings of Buddhism Buddhists, trying to overcome these difficulties. This short article is an attempt to present a teaching Masao Abe, a representative of the tradition of Buddhism "Mahayana" (lit. "big car" trend of Buddhism prevalent in China, Tibet, Nepal and Japan [ed.
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
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.
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.
But religion is not the practice of worshipping a god but rather it is a way of life and a system of faith. Buddhism is a religion because it is based on faith and self-understanding in replacement of being theistic based, it does not have a deity however it believes in what a god represents, and it follows the purpose of religion. Instead of worshipping and believing in a god to resolve life’s problems, Buddhism stands by the proposition of understanding one’s mind and believing in their self. Although the Buddha is the image and figure of the religion, he is not a god or a deity. Buddhists do not turn to him looking for salvation: “A Buddhist does not seek refuge in the Buddha with the hope that he will be saved by his personal purification” (Thera, 2012).
Hume and Mackie conclude that God therefore does not exist. Needless to say, the problem of evil only relates to the God of classical theism. In eastern religions, such as Buddhism and Hinduism there is no such thing as ‘the problem of evil’. Both religions do not claim that there is an omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent God. In Hinduism God exhibits both characteristics of good and evil.