Of the major religions of the world, Hinduism and Buddhism are two of the top five in number of followers (Pew Research Center, 2015). Sharing a common bond in their place of birth, these two world religions share common beliefs as well, yet differ from one another in many ways. In this paper I will compare and contrast Hinduism and Buddhism origin, culture, reincarnation, and karma.
Hinduism and Buddhism have roots in Indian society and share many as well as two of the largest populated religions in world religions. Sharing similar origins and culture. What differentiates Hinduism and Buddhism beliefs in reincarnation and karma? The goal is to reach enlightenment for Hindus and Buddhist yet follow different life paths.
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Founded by Siddhartha Gautama, who at the time was frustrated with the power and riches of the Brahman priests that is found in the Hindu caste system. Gautama sought out on a journey of meditation to overcome these frustrations. Through meditation, Gautama achieved an enlightened state, a state he called Buddha, which brought on the creation of Buddhism. Buddhism is an idea of escaping suffering through self-knowledge gained through meditation. Buddha is not considered divine or a God in his nature, in fact, Buddhist deny the existent of any god. Buddhism believes everyone is responsible for their own actions by following Buddha’s teaching. Buddhism does not require one to …show more content…
This is because every soul creates their own reward and punishment, better known as karma. Karma determines what will become of the soul after being reincarnated. Shaped by the good and bad acts performed in each lifetime. They can be reincarnated to different levels of the caste system dependent on karma. They need good deeds to out weight bad acts in order to have good karma and if they had more bad acts than good, then they have bad karma. Good karma is rewarded by moving up the caste system in their next life. In Hinduism, when someone dies they move up or down the caste system based on good and bad karma, as it determines the caste level one is reborn into. To Hindus, karma determines reincarnation cycle and in Buddhism reincarnation has nothing to do with karma but will continue to be reborn until enlightenment is
Hinduism and Buddhism have roots in Indian society and share many as well as two of the largest populated religions in world religions. Sharing similar origins and culture. What differentiates Hinduism and Buddhism beliefs in reincarnation and karma? The goal is to reach enlightenment for Hindus and Buddhist yet follow different life paths.
Hinduism …show more content…
Founded by Siddhartha Gautama, who at the time was frustrated with the power and riches of the Brahman priests that is found in the Hindu caste system. Gautama sought out on a journey of meditation to overcome these frustrations. Through meditation, Gautama achieved an enlightened state, a state he called Buddha, which brought on the creation of Buddhism. Buddhism is an idea of escaping suffering through self-knowledge gained through meditation. Buddha is not considered divine or a God in his nature, in fact, Buddhist deny the existent of any god. Buddhism believes everyone is responsible for their own actions by following Buddha’s teaching. Buddhism does not require one to …show more content…
This is because every soul creates their own reward and punishment, better known as karma. Karma determines what will become of the soul after being reincarnated. Shaped by the good and bad acts performed in each lifetime. They can be reincarnated to different levels of the caste system dependent on karma. They need good deeds to out weight bad acts in order to have good karma and if they had more bad acts than good, then they have bad karma. Good karma is rewarded by moving up the caste system in their next life. In Hinduism, when someone dies they move up or down the caste system based on good and bad karma, as it determines the caste level one is reborn into. To Hindus, karma determines reincarnation cycle and in Buddhism reincarnation has nothing to do with karma but will continue to be reborn until enlightenment is