Religion throughout history has been influential among humanity, shaping the culture and views people take on life. Determining the differences between human beings and nature has continued as a controversial topic among multiple religions, arguing over the relationship between humans and nature. Perspectives on nature and the world in any religion are sacred, so the way nature and the world are treated is unique in order to not disrupt the beauty in hopes of preserving it. The Judaism religion recognizes humans as separate beings from nature, while Buddhism claims nature and human are deeply connected, making them the same thing. The main reason for this is because in western religions, such as Judaism, they believe there is one god that
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In Buddhism it is believed that nature and human beings are one. So everything is a constant cycle, how nature is forever changing so are humans. “These subtle elements serve as conditions for producing the internal elements, which form sentient beings, and that in turn causes the existence or evolution of the external elements. So there is a very close interdependence or Interrelationship between the environment and the inhabitants” (Shantideva). The process of birth and rebirth are the same in nature and humans and the reason for humans to be on this earth is not for any particular reason because they will just keep being reborn into a new life. Whereas in the Judaic tradition, humans are placed on this earth to serve God, to follow his example and worship him and lastly to spread the word of God. This last point is the same for Buddhism, the monks, as one of their duties, are supposed go and seek new followers especially while and even many years after the Buddha died. Even though between the Buddhists and Judaism tradition the reason they are on this earth are for two completely different reasons they do share some of the same ways of living their lifestyles. Such as spreading the word of their religion and most importantly, preserving the earth and protecting it. In the earliest stages of Judaism there were some indications of sacrifices, but that was done away. In the Buddhists tradition most of the population are vegetarians, in some parts of the work they still live in mud huts and they have few material positions, in hopes of not disturbing nature and the constant motion of nature and instead strive to just better
In Buddhism it is believed that nature and human beings are one. So everything is a constant cycle, how nature is forever changing so are humans. “These subtle elements serve as conditions for producing the internal elements, which form sentient beings, and that in turn causes the existence or evolution of the external elements. So there is a very close interdependence or Interrelationship between the environment and the inhabitants” (Shantideva). The process of birth and rebirth are the same in nature and humans and the reason for humans to be on this earth is not for any particular reason because they will just keep being reborn into a new life. Whereas in the Judaic tradition, humans are placed on this earth to serve God, to follow his example and worship him and lastly to spread the word of God. This last point is the same for Buddhism, the monks, as one of their duties, are supposed go and seek new followers especially while and even many years after the Buddha died. Even though between the Buddhists and Judaism tradition the reason they are on this earth are for two completely different reasons they do share some of the same ways of living their lifestyles. Such as spreading the word of their religion and most importantly, preserving the earth and protecting it. In the earliest stages of Judaism there were some indications of sacrifices, but that was done away. In the Buddhists tradition most of the population are vegetarians, in some parts of the work they still live in mud huts and they have few material positions, in hopes of not disturbing nature and the constant motion of nature and instead strive to just better