How Did Buddhism Influence Today

While Christianity solely focus on the belief in one God and the blessings he gives us for complying to a set of mandates, Buddhism revolves around no belief in a higher power that is a divine entity, but rather reaching a higher self by following a path meant to lead them to enlightenment. Followers of the Christian religion take forth a big leap of faith and they mold their lives according to the teachings of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Buddhism holds the pathway Prince Siddhartha, or Gautama Buddha, took to eliminate all mental suffering. Just like Christianity branched out of Judaism, Buddhism sprouted from Hinduism. Buddhists comprehension of life after death entitles an limitless cycle of death and re-birth. This can only be broken by attaining Nirvana, a state of being where a person 's specific desires and suffering cease to exist. In Christianity you only have one chance at life before your time is up being physical matter. At death, you either accept God through Jesus Christ as the Savior or you burn in your …show more content…
They were established between Western Europe and Asia. So the Westerners used multiple ideas from people of the Islamic religion shaping many of the interests and customs people may still be intrigued by today. On the contrary, Muslims did not find use in these Western Crusaders since they viewed them with disdain, again, trade did benefit them too though. The Westerners brought manufactured goods. Ultimately the Europeans at home benefitted from the Crusaders absence because this allowed other people to take care of shops and other businesses, but not for the active participants because most of them lost their lives to promises of adventure and the chance to gain power (land). The showed the Muslim people distaste and disrespect towards their beliefs so this left a lasting bitter taste to this