The Study Of Buddhism And Hinduism

Hinduism is a religion that dates back about 6000 years and is one of the world's oldest religion. This religion is unlike any other and actually shaped many religions that are still followed today. An example of a widely followed religion influenced by Hinduism is Buddhism. Originating in the Indus River Valley Hinduism is now spread all over the world. Geography played and still plays a huge role in Hinduism. From the Aryans using a mountain pass to take over the original land of Hinduism to the spread of Hinduism today.

Buddhism and Hinduism come from the same region, India. Both of them are very focused on nature, the things around them, though they both believe in several hells and heavens, or higher and lower worlds. They both believe in karma which is the affect a person’s actions in this life will change his next life. Another point is that both religions focus on peace, and non violence towards all living things. They are compassionate, which ties into their focus on nature. Buddhism and Hinduism also believe in various spiritual practices such as meditation, concentration, and states of mind. Desire is the largest cause of suffering in both of the faiths. Another likeness is they both believe in reincarnation, and salvation. They believe the good deeds of a person are their work for salvation and their salvation will decide their next life, when they are reincarnated. Also, they both believe that there are many paths to enlightenment, such as overcoming your feelings and controlling over the six senses. Both religions are more philosophical then religious. Buddhists and Hindus both practice many forms of yoga and meditation

As two of the world’s oldest and most established religions, Hinduism and Buddhism have their similarities, as well as differences. Both religions are practiced in Southeast Asia, starting in India and have influenced each other. Hinduism dates back to 5,000 years ago, while Buddhism was created three centuries ago. I will explore what the two religions share and what separates the two from one another covering the origins, number of followers, the texts used, and the belief system followed.

Scholars have traced the earliest origins of Hinduism to two distinct sources. The first being the Indus Valley civilisation. This civilisation dates back to the third millennium b.c.e. Postulates were made, indicating that certain features of Hinduism may have made their earliest foundations in the Indus Valley Civilisation. These include ritual purity and the worship of goddess deity for the purpose of fertility.

No one is sure where or who started Hinduism, the oldest written documents known as the Vedas, where the first copied onto parchment in 1000 BC yet has existed orally long before that time. Hinduism is thought to have derived from the Vedas. Hinduism has notably changed since it was first practiced, there are now new beliefs that have developed and different sects also known as denominations. There are still many things connected between the different sects of Hinduism, but their basic beliefs are what intertwine them together.

Hinduism is a religion that is difficult to define. No one can say who the founder is, or connect it to a certain place or time. So in order to understand Hinduism, we follow a coherent set of assumptions upon which people base their lives; otherwise defined as the Indian Worldview.

Both Hinduism and Buddhism are prominent religions in the ancient and modern world. They are arguably two of the most popular polytheistic faiths as well. Most people make the mistake of grouping them as one uniform religion, but this is inaccurate. Buddhism and Hinduism do split some resemblance, but several aspects of these faiths cause them to be contrasting from one another. The pair have been exceedingly significant throughout history, providing hope to the common people of India.

Hinduism and Buddhism are two religions that are very open and tolerant of all people. They are religons that believe in acceptance of all and open-mindedness of other religons. Hinduism is the oldest religion on the planet that has been well established and still has a large following. To put it into perspective if religons were under 100 years old Hinduism would be 80 and Judaism and Christianity would still be in their 20s or 30s. Buddhism is also a long-standing religion and branches off of Hinduism which is why we can easily see some connections and conflict of ideas between both. Since both religons have been around for a thousands of years it is impossible to know everything and every interpretation of both religons. A simple starting point for beginning to learn about the religons is to look at the beliefs and customs -- how they connect/differentiate and some of the positive things that we can take away from both of the religons that may benefit the world we live in.

Southeast Asia, particularly India, is the birthplace of many religions. India is where these two religions arose: Buddhism and Hinduism. Hinduism is a very ancient belief system derived from the lifestyle of Southeast Asia. It still has a strong presence in its place of origin and it is characterized as a family of religions. An offspring of Hinduism, Buddhism is also a family of religions, except it has less of a strong presence in its place of birth. Yet, situated to the East area of the world, it is the leading denomination. Similarly, both religions utilize the term “Dharma”, the way of life and thought, to describe their customs. The only difference in this respect is that Buddhists link it to the teachings of Buddha, who is the founder of their faith. Both religions have a long history and are still active today and with one deriving from the other makes them comparable in some ways. However, Buddhism and Hinduism are also contrasting in aspects like each religion 's clergy, rituals, prayers, places of worship, and religious objects.

For example, Hinduism can’t be traced to a single founder. Unlike Buddhism can be traced to its founder, Siddhartha Gautama. In addition, Hindu’s believe in many gods. Although, Buddhist don’t believe in any gods because of their teachings. Likewise, the Hindus strongly believe in the caste system. Something the Buddhist strongly disagree on based on a famous saying " Birth does not make one a priest or an outcaste. Behaviour makes one either a priest or an outcaste".On the contrary side, they also have similarities that show how united they could become. For example, they both share the same belief towards reincarnation. They both also believe in Moksha and Nirvana. Not to mention they both meditate which has influenced other people outside from their religion to meditate. Last but not least both Hinduism and Buddhism originated in

Both Buddhism and Hinduism believe in karma and that is a consequence for a certain behavior. In both religions Dharma is a spiritual law. The two believe that knowledge is very important on a daily bases. In both religions there code of conduct make it extremely hard to reach enlightenment. Both religions believe in Nirvana as their. They both meditate as one of their religious rituals.

According to sources we have confirmed that Hinduism is thought to be the world’s oldest religion. It has a staggering estimated 900 million followers with some evidence to suggest that this number has already reached 1 billion. Due to this astonishing figure Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion, it originated from a place called India by the humans and has since spread around their planet over thousands of years. Hinduism is special because unlike most religions Hinduism has no single founder, individual scripture and has no single way of teaching. Hindus (followers of Hinduism) believe in a cycle of birth, death and re-birth ruled by karma. They believe that the next life of a soul is depended of how the life of the last soul was lived, this is how karma (a non-existent being) works. Most Hindus also believe in a supreme god who is represented my many ‘mini gods’ which are all representations of his qualities. We have come to understand that Hinduism appeals to many humans as they see it as a way of life rather than a

Both originate in Asia. Both are religions that have been around for centuries. Both have millions of followers. Hinduism and Buddhism are two religions that share many concepts such as that of reincarnation and nirvana, but they also differ in many ways such as how they see themselves on this plane, and how they reach nirvana. Reincarnation is a concept that is believed by both Buddhists and Hindus.

A major connection between Buddhism/Hinduism and religions all over the world is the practices. Mostly all religions have holidays, beliefs, and some form of prayer or worship. If Buddhism/Hinduism have practices, holidays, and prayers just like every other religion they should be allowed to be considered as religions as well. Buddhism shares much in common with Hinduism similar to Christianity and Judaism sharing many similarities. Although the world may group Buddhism and Hinduism together because of the similarities, they are separate religions. Another commonality to Hinduism and other major practices considered religions is the branching of the religion. As amongst most people in the world not everyone will agree upon one practice and similar to other religions Hinduism has many branches. Different people rejecting the religious beliefs of the religion and having their own beliefs begin their own branches of the religion and gain followers. This practice is common amongst religions but can be seen in Hinduism through people like Ram Roy or Dayananda Sarasvati. This occurred in Christianity with Martin Luther beginning his own branch of the religion. The biggest branch off of Hinduism is Buddhism. Buddhism began when “tension between the religion of the brahmins (Hinduism) and another traditional system of beliefs and practices that we might call Ganges Spirituality” (Oxtoby & Segal 373) caused a separation of the religion. Although it may be confusing having similarities amongst the two groups, both should be considered separate religions. The similarities amongst what the world defines as “major religions” and Hinduism/Buddhism are enough to qualify Hinduism and Buddhism as

About 7,000 years ago in India, the Hinduism religion was created. This religion does not have a known founder. Out of all the existing religions, Hinduism is the oldest religion that was established. Today, most people who follow this religion live in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, but Hindus are still found in other parts of the world. “Hindus believe in one God named as “Brahman” but view other Gods and Goddesses as manifestations of Him” (“Hinduism Facts”).