Meditation is a technique used to calm down the mind and relax your thoughts. When meditating, there are different styles you can choose. Many meditations traditions are based around there Religion. There are thousands of religions, but the styles of meditation that are still popular today are because people have found how useful that style of meditation is.
Catholic and Buddhism are two major religions in today’s society. The two religious faiths have many differences. Some similarities are that they both employ priests or monks to pass the word about their faith. Catholics use religious equipment such as the rosary while Buddhism use traditional prayer beads. Buddhist do not believe in God. While Buddhist believe in reincarnation, Catholics do not; but they believe that they can go to three different places; Heaven, Hell and Purgatory. Both these faiths practise meditation.
Meditation is used for a whole variety of reasons, some of these reasons are. To relieve stress, going through a crisis, dismiss stress or pain; or to engage in a spiritual practise. But the main reason most people meditate is to feel good. Meditation comes along with benefits of health why meditation is done regularly.
Regular meditation has 2 different types of benefits. It comes along with mental benefits and …show more content…
A similarity between the two faiths is that they employ religious props such as the rosary and prayer beads. The major difference between Catholic and Buddhism is there beliefs about God; Catholics believe in God the almighty father while Buddhist do not. Another major difference refers back to religious texts. Catholics believe in the bible, but on the other hand Buddhist rely on the word of mouth. Both religions have a similarity, but they also have their own unique features about