Comparing Hinduism And Buddhism

Both Buddhism and Hinduism are well known religions. They are two of the most popular polytheistic faiths in the world. Some people believe them to be sects of the same religion, but they are mistaken. Buddhism and Hinduism have some similarities, but many things set them apart from each other as well. They are each their own religion in many aspects.

Hinduism and Buddhism are among the oldest traditions in the world. Incidentally, both traditions have their roots in India. Since their beginning, both traditions have co-existed peacefully and even spread beyond India in similar patterns. Most people have scattered information about the traditions and make assumptions that they are similar. However, they also have clear distinguishing features. This paper intends to study the similarities and contrasts between the two traditions in various contexts. First, the traditions will be compared and contrasted based on how they began. The development processes of both religions will then be contrasted. The paper will then discuss the similarities and differences between the two religions based on the social and the political roles they played.

In the past few weeks of class we talked about so many different religions around the world. Three religions we discuss in class were Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. These are three of the major religions in the world that still exist today. I will be focusing on how all three religions started, and I will compare and contrast Hinduism and Buddhism. Then at the end, I will discuss on how I feel about the three different religions.

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Tanya Arya: Hindus trust in an everlasting soul (atman) that is resurrected pretty much in place from conception to conception. Through otherworldly practice, Hindus look for discharge (moksha, otherwise called freedom) so that the spirit can join with the Universal Divine Force (Brahman, frequently essentially interpreted as God).

In chapter four of “Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction”, Damien Keown, discusses the "Four Noble Truths'" and explores focal principles of the Buddha's teachings. "The ultimate goal of Buddhism is to put an end to suffering and rebirth." (Keown, 43) to attain nirvana. This is mostly through driving a moral life, and somewhat through the wisdom picked up by studying the Four Noble Truths. In this paper, I will be stating why is suffering an inevitable part of life according to Buddhism. As well as, how can we overcome suffering. All in which will prove that Buddhism, life is suffering and it is an unavoidable part of life.

In the teaching of the Buddha, all of us will pass away eventually as a part in the natural process of birth, old-age and death and that we should always keep in mind the impermanence of life, the life that we all cherish and wish to hold on. During our lives as human beings, we experience transience as the four sufferings: the suffering of birth (and of day-to-day existence), that of illness, of aging, and finally, of

Death, as some may say is a must. Every human being on this planet is going to experience death and afterlife once their soul leaves their body. But this concept of death differs from one religion to the next. Some believe it is the permanent ending of soul while others believe it gives us a new beginning. As per to our class discussion, many different cultures hold different beliefs regarding life after death, burial, rebirth and incarnation of soul. In this paper, I will first describe what Hinduism and Islamic rhetoric say about death and after life, and secondly, compare and contrast how their practices differ from one another.

From the moment of conception to the day people die, there are life choices that are made through certain religious beliefs, this may have an impact on how life is in the afterlife. For Christians and Buddhists the purpose and meaning of their life and how it is lived out is determined by what they believe they will encounter in the afterlife. Through the divergent views of their beliefs, the two religions have different views on what the afterlife is for them. Because of this opposing view it reflects on how their life is lived out. Before we delve into a closer look at each faith it is important to understand the terms used within each religion as they also associate with differing terms about the afterlife.

​This paper will analyze afterlife in Hinduism and in Catholicism. Afterlife will be considered in the Catechism of the Catholic Church 1020-1060 and in Romans 10. Afterlife will also be considered in Bhagavad Gita 2:27, Obayashi page 146 and in Rig Veda 10.14.8. This topic is intriguing because death is a part of life and it is interesting to see the different perspectives of their two religions and of what happens in the afterlife. Besides the perspectives, this topic studies the greatest mystery of life, death which is an uncommon topic since people usually shy away from talking about this because of the emotional implications that it brings to people.

Hinduism believes that realizing the soul is the embodiment of Brahman is essential to being released from the cycle of rebirth, Samsara. Hindus understand that the soul, atman, is permanent and only inhabits a physical shell which dies and passes the soul on to the next mortal shell, which can be better or worse than the previous depending on karma. With that said, Hindus believe in rebirth until one realizes the ultimate divine at which point they would be free from the punarjanma, the transmigration of the soul, liberating their souls to achieve moksha. Buddhism, on the other hand, challenges Atman with the belief in Anatman, which is non-self. Buddhists believe that the world is constantly changing, nullifying the concept of the permanent soul, Atman. There is no reason the soul remains unchanged in a perpetually changing environment.

The writings of Buddha’s have many interpretations and doctrines of Self and Body. ‘Name’, is defined as the three groups of sensation, and ‘Form’ described by the four elements-.‘(153,4) The Buddhaghosa explains how Name is sensation, perception and predisposition, while Form is the four elements; earthly, watery, fiery and wind, teaching us namarumpa. Namarumpa can be explained as the way we identify things, and the way we identify with them. Karma and Samsara, define the nature of self through dependent origination, “Origination in a Sequential Series.’ These two examples teach us the nature of people, their primary problems and their quest for salvation.

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Hinduism is about understanding Brahma, existence, from within the Atman, which roughly means "self" or "soul," whereas Buddhism is about finding the Anatman — "not soul" or "not self." In Hinduism, attaining the highest life is a process of removing the bodily distractions from life, allowing one to eventually understand the Brahma nature within. In Buddhism, one follows a disciplined life to move through and understand that nothing in oneself is "me," such that one dispels the very illusion of existence. In so doing, one realizes Nirvana. Buddhists require following the Eightfold Path and believing in the Four Noble Truths for liberation. The Four Noble Truths include the concepts of all life entails suffering, the cause of suffering is desire,

The very essence of a persons being that must answer for its earthly deeds is the part of the human that survives death and better known in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Hinduism distinguishes this mystical essence as the celestial part of a living being, the atman, which is everlasting and pursues to be amalgamated with the Universal Ambiance, or the Brahman. Buddhism instils that an individual is only a brief mixture of the five combinations matter, sensation, perception, predisposition, and consciousness—and has no permanent ambiance. Of all the major world religions, the only one that does not identify an undying philosophic feature of the persona in the same way that all the others do is Buddhism. Nevertheless, all the major faiths