Comparing Hinduism And Buddhism In The Indian Landmass

Hinduism and Buddhism both have emerged in the Indian landmass;moreover, they share common religious beliefs while still having many differences. They both have different paths to enlightenment, believe suffering is caused by extreme attachment to objects and people of the outside world, and practice various forms of meditation. We can even refer to the common connection by thinking back on Buddha whom was raised in a common Hindu family, and before finding his own answers had asked for help by a Hindu teacher. However, their ideas of the human soul, their goal of their religion, and how regards to life after death are attained are completely different.
They both believe in the idea of reincarnation,but shown through different ways of how the process works. Buddhism taught that the soul is malleable, inconstant, and forever changing.”…Buddha taught that each of us is shifting self that is always changing in response to changes happening elsewhere in the great web of interrelated,interdependent, and impermanent phenomena that make up reality”(Brodd 150). Their is more to be looked at in an individual such as feelings, perceptions, actions, etc. This idea is something more conceptual and ideal.
In escaping Samsara, one must purify their karma and to achieve this the individual …show more content…
Believing that with death the soul leaves the body and wanders into another by taking the place of new birth, and the cycle will continue infinitely. In Hinduism, the noticeable assumption is that samsara is a component of a life based on the deception of maya. These ideas allow the individual to consider that they are sovereign existence rather than realizing the reaction between one self and the rest of realism. “ Our attachment to such things in all what we think and do and the karma it generates steer us after each lifetime would seem to be appealing”(Brodd