Compare And Contrast Hinduism And Religion

People see the world and go through life in different ways. Some may go to a church, some may go to a temple, and some just walk through life without worshipping or praising at all. This can be linked to their religion or philosophy that influences their walk of life. The factors that separate religions and philosophies are that a religion usually has a deity or deities that the followers worship, while philosophies are based on academic reasoning given by a teacher or teachers. For example, Hinduism has three main beings, known as Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, while Buddhism has no deity that is worshipped, and Greco-Roman philosophy believes there is no such thing as a god. Each religion/philosophy has a set of rituals that are to be …show more content…
For example, meditation is used in both Hinduism and Buddhism to deepen ones understanding of their own mind or to figure out the true essence of something. Buddhism and Hinduism have other beliefs that are alike such as, reincarnation and karma. Reincarnation is the belief that life continues after death and one will have a new life as a human, animal, or organism, which is determined by ones karma. Karma is the belief where good actions result in becoming reborn in a higher class system, whereas poor actions lead to becoming reborn in a lower class system. Unlike the practice of visualizing the actual essence of something, a Greco-Roman philosophy, known as Stoicism, practices what is called negative visualization. Negative visualization is where one pictures their life as if all their important worldly possessions had become lost to them. Buddhism and Hinduism beliefs collide with Greco-Roman when it is decided if you control over what happens to you in your life or not. To a certain extent, Hindus and Buddhists believe that they can control what happens to them by their karma. Although in Stoicism people thought they had no control over what happened to them, but had to control their reactions to what …show more content…
Whether or not the religions/philosophies converted the surrounding populations, they still influenced the people in some way. When Buddhism was spreading across Southeast Asia and some northern civilizations, it promoted peace, non-violence, and toleration. Populations that were located in the west were impacted by the peaceful attitudes of Buddhism. Some Buddhist ideas were also cultivated and dispersed throughout its regions, for instance, the idea of what we call today "going green." On the other hand Hinduism influenced the social system of the inhabitants who lived in India and Southeast Asia, and those who surrounded the region. The Ashrama was the new social caste system that consisted of four groups, priests, warriors, farmers and merchants, and servants. While Buddhism and Hinduism influenced the world politically and socially, Greco-Roman again stands out by giving a new shape to religious outlooks on life. As stated earlier, Stoicism and Epicurism lead to the new creation of atheism, which is the belief that there is no god at all. Seeing that public education is how Greco-Roman philosophy spread, atheism must have also spread in that