Buddhist meditation

In Buddhist and Hindu traditions, esthetics illuminates and complicates the category of religion by showing how people have shaped and expressed their different influences on things such as artwork in the Buddhist tradition and the deities in the Hindu tradition. Esthetics gives a clearer representation of a specific religion by showing exactly what something looks like to multitudes of people. Consequently, this makes it harder to establish a singular religion because so many people have…

transheistic, meaning there is a concept of gods, but gods are not there creator. Many other religions teach and belief the idea of God as their creator and their believes revolve around them. Although Buddhist and Hindu both believe in rebirth the Buddhist beliefs are slightly different. Buddhist believe that karma, the idea that your actions will result in what happens to you, affects your next life when you are reborn. All religions have an end goal one way or another. For example Catholics…

years old, he retired to the forest where he followed a spiritual life of meditation. He attained enlightenment after six years under the Bodhi Tree in in Bodh Gaya, India. Siddhartha was not the founder of a new religion, but the founder and leader of a group of people called Sramanas. This sect later became known as Sangha. Sangha people preserved the Buddha's original teachings and provided spiritual support for the Buddhist community. After Siddhartha Gautama passed away, the community…

There are three steps to the training which is given in vipassana meditation: A. The Technique of Vipassana Meditation: Code of discipline to be followed: Noble silence (no communication even through gestures or eye contact). No reading / no writing. No intoxicants. No contact whatsoever between males and females. Follow the meditation technique and other instructions in toto. Part I: Aana-pana sati. Step-1: Awareness of inhalation and exhalation of breath in the triangular area covering the…

Buddhism and Shintoism all consist of meditation, prayers and chanting, which bring them at one with the spiritual side of life. Judaism is seen as a more tradition setting in a church, with seating and candles. Buddhism encompassed a range of meditation methods that aim to improve mindful, tranquility and concentration. Shintoism corresponds with Buddhism as their experiences and meditation methods are almost the exactly same Judaism is more structural and strongly…

universe. The Three Deity’s consist of Dharma the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer. Hindus believe the supreme creator is Brahma. Meanwhile, Buddhism doesn’t believe in a supreme god. Buddhists pray to their founder Buddha who was a Hindu himself. The ultimate goal between a Buddhist…

the foundations to the religion. Hinduism and Buddhism were created in two very different time periods. The difference in age creates a lot of changes in the structure of the religions such as the gods believed in, or the absence of gods entirely. Buddhists and Hindus are both sprouted form India, but are not both mainly Indian religions. Buddhism and Hinduism show different sides of Indian beliefs and give unique perspectives. The span of time in between the creation of Buddhism and…

not learned much about Buddhist philosophies, ethical conduct or how Buddhist in our modern society practice; but this same unawareness intensified my curiosity and reassured me that this would be the experience of a lifetime.…

spiritual practices such as meditation, concentration, and state of mind. In both faiths desire is the largest…

One of the main differences between Buddhist and Hindus is that Buddhist believes that there is no one God, whereas, Hindus believe that there are many deities. Hinduism is considered as polytheism because there is not one God in India. In some traditions there are about 330 million deities. Hinduism is…