Similarities Of Buddhism And Hinduism

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Although Buddhism and hinduism are two different religions they still share quite a few similarities, following similarities is differences and those apply to. They both believe in Karma and Samsara. They view that “everyone is caught in a cycle of birth, death and rebirth, that the quality of our future lives is determined by the quality of our actions in this one, and that we can escape this cycle by achieving a state of enlightenment”. Hindus call this enlightenment Moksha on the other hand buddhist call it Nirvana. This leads to reincarnation and suffering another concept common in both religions. “Like Hindus, Buddhists see unenlightened samsara as a state of suffering. We suffer because we desire the transient. Only when we achieve a

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