Similarities Between Christianity And Buddhism

In present-day society, the globalization, briefly including economics, and culture, has become an unstoppable tendency. With its rapid development and cultural communication, some controversies have emerged. Religious conflicts are characteristic examples showing the detrimental influences of cultural globalization. It is generally acknowledged that Buddhism and Christianity are ancient and global religions; however, whether the belief in Buddhism is credible or not, has sparked spirited debate. The Christian believes the Buddha is a “shadow”, and he is not to be believed. Actually, there are some similarities in terms of histories, main figures, and beliefs between Buddhism and Christianity. In order to solve sources of conflict, the

To start with, let's take a type of religion, christianity, and the United States’s society and see how their views of sex are. Since the christian religion is large , I will narrow it down to my christianity, Baptist, in order to avoid conflict with other christian

Religion is one of the oldest and most sacred traditions of the human species. Religion started off as a basic belief in an afterlife, and then further developed into tribal religions, which evolved into ancestral worship, then to polytheism, and lastly into monotheism. Monotheism in the form of Christianity is the largest religion of the modern world, and it has similar beliefs to other world religions such as Buddhism. Christianity and Buddhism are similar because both religions teach about the equality of people and that making good choices reflects the positive teachings of that religion. They are also similar in how they formed, as both broke off from another religion that was exclusive, and both became popular and spread easily

Can a person be a Christian and follow Buddhist traditions? In comparison to ancient times, today it is not unusual for a person to identify as both a Christian and a Buddhist. Though Christians and Buddhists have been interacting since ancient times, it is now that the topic of dual belonging has become more common. How can a person be both a Christian and Buddhist when both are significantly different from the other in practice and in belief? Dual belonging is becoming a common practice in the Western world. This paper will compare Christianity and Buddhism and explain the concept and practice of dual belonging.

There are many cultures around the world that do not expect clergy celibacy (Daly, 2009) including Christian denominations who allow ministers/priests to marry. These Churches demonstrate how marriage is compatible with the priestly life. These churches present a great example of how familial responsibilities are compatible with religious commitments. A study of married Evangelical ministers and Roman Catholic priests revealed that there were no significant differences in dimensions of religiosity or commitments to the parish between the celibate and married clergymen (Swenson, 1998). Both are

When growing up us as humans are given the right to choose what religion we want to follow. There are tons of different religions in this world. Many of these religions have similarities, but also quite a few differences. The two religions that will be discussed in this paper are Christianity and Buddhism. Two religions that worship one person, but in different ways.

“Rivers, ponds, lakes, and streams—they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do—they all contain truths,” said by Muhammad Ali. Religion is the belief and reverence for a supernatural power and powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe (2003). The religions I’ve chose to compare and contrast would be non denomination/ Christianity and Buddhism. Each religion would be broken down by their religious belief, religious ritual, and religious experience. The definition of these religious things are: religious belief is a statement to which members of a particular religion adhere, religious ritual is a practice required or expected of members of a faith, and religious experience is the feeling or

At first glance the traditions of Christianity and Buddhism appear very different from each other. One centers around a God that was at one time physically manifest on earth in the human form of his "son" Jesus Christ, the other primarily worships a historical figure that gained divine status through enlightenment. This assessment is broad at best, especially in the case of Buddhism where the Theravada and Mahayana traditions differ significantly. Christianity also has division within itself, the most prominent being between the Roman Catholic and Protestant systems. There are however, despite obvious differences, some very interesting similarities between Buddhism and

Chastity refers to the state or practice of restricting sexual contact to a single person lawfully wedded. Shaped by the moral codes of society, it emphasises on sexual abstinence before marriage and exercising complete fidelity to spouse after marriage. It also requires one to be morally clean in ‘thoughts, words, and actions.’ Apparently, due to societal proclivity towards patriarchy, chastity becomes an issue only for the ‘female body.’

Often the rejection of sex, even by married women, was viewed as a rejection of motherhood and thus her entire life. It could be suggested that Medieval notions concerned with the centrality of reproductive sexuality may have resulted from previous demographic disasters and because all communal populations had come to recognised the Church’s stance on marriage as a unbreakable sacrament. Nevertheless, chastity came to represent a pure form of sexuality were all other forms of relations were deemed

Monks were primarily concerned with defining virtuous ascetic behavior in stories like the one of Saint Marina. But it seems almost to good to be true that monks and ascetics were flawless with obeying rules like celibacy. The point of this story was to honor the strength of a devoted holy woman and to show the world how monks are unconditionally devoted to God. But there is an an underlying assumption that the story is an accurate representation of how devoted monks really were, especially when it came to controlling biological and bodily needs. The point of the story was to convince audiences that monks do not participate in sex, but I see past that and I make a bold argument that the monks potentially

According to our text, Huston Smith believed that all religions were essentially the same, whereas Stephen Prothero believes that they are all fundamentally different. These two differing opinions can be looked at further by comparing two of the world religions: Christianity and Buddhism. I believe that all religions are a mixture of both; religions are essentially the same and are also fundamentally different. Christianity and Buddhism both have similar aspects within them, and they have different aspects as well. In order to make sense of the world, one needs to have knowledge of religion and the implications it has on society (Prothero).

St. Paul, a celibate Christian leader who wrote most of the New Testament, thought of practicing celibacy as taking the higher road towards God, since it allows Christians to concentrate wholly on things of the spirit.

The monastic regulation of life in Buddhism was based on Indian ideals of celibacy but the translation into the Chinese language and culture focused on the intention of the monk in committing the act rather than the act itself (Kieschnick 2007, 228). So the effect of the act was more of a problem than the act itself. Despite the official stance on sex, the rumours and stories of sex-starved and lustful monks were common (Kieschnick 2007, 231), although stories about monks’ behaviour are not the same things as actual behaviour. Even in cases of Buddhist monks that follow the transgressive path to awakening- a path established as legitimate back in India- if they commonly drank, fought, ate meat, used vulgar language, or did other non-ascetic acts they still rarely had sex, demonstrating that even transgression appeared to be constrained within “precise ritual and social contexts” (Faure 1998,

Compassion is basically considered to be one of the most virtues in almost all religious traditions such as Buddhism and Christianity. Buddhism and Christianity are two different religions but both of them are interrelated. Both religions have hope of life after death, hope of reincarnation of Buddhists, eternal life of Christians, but live consciously. Both Buddhism and Christianity were founded by spiritual leaders and masters who tried to prove a way of salvation. Based on religious writings, this paper explores the way Buddhism and Christianity are different and in what ways they similar from the point of salvation, life after death, and love.