The Two Paths

India is the births place of two of the world’s major religions: Hinduism and Buddhism. Around the year 500, Brahmanism dominated India, which was the continuation of Vedism, the culture bought to India by Aryans around 1500BC, The Aryans’ ideas of Brahmanism merged with the ideas of the native people in the Indus Valley, developing Hinduism. Around 500BC, Buddhism was established by Siddarttha Gautama. Both Brahmanical Hinduism and Buddhism in India are inseparable from its society, culture and…

Siddhartha Guatama, or as he is better known, Buddha was born in Nepal in the sixth century B.C. and lived into the fourth century B.C. He was born into a large clan by the name of the Shakyas. His given name, Siddhartha means “he who achieves his aim”. His father is said to have been king of the tribe and his mother to have died only a few days after giving birth to him. It was foretold by a holy man that Siddhartha would go on to do great things in his life, whether it be military, political,…

Craving for sensuality is desires that you want to possess, craving for existence is desires that stay and craving for annihilation is desires that go away from you. Although all teachings of the Buddha concern with Dukkha, but he also teaches about the path leading to extinction of suffering. The extinction of suffering has three types. 1.The precept by right speed, right action and right livelihood 2.The meditation by right effect, right mindfulness and right concentration and 3.Increase…

of the universe, and Sangha meaning the monastic community. Then there are The Four Noble Truths which are: One, that there is suffering. Two, the origin of suffering is craving. Three, there is an end to suffering. Four, the way to the end of suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path. The Noble Eightfold Path concerns wisdom: One, to have the right understanding. Two, to have right thought. Ethical conduct: Three, right speech. Four, right action. Five, right livelihood. And, finally concentration:…

into the future. Not only do Buddhism and Christianity differ in their views on reincarnation, but they also differ in their approach to divine authority or a supreme being. Buddhists do not believe in a creator god but choose instead to follow the path of a finite man, Siddhartha Gautama. Christians, on the other hand, believe in a creator, who is both transcendent and immortal. These differing beliefs affect each religion’s views about the…

Siddhartha Gautam also known as Buddha. The ideas of Buddhism are as pertinent in the present day as it was around two and a half thousand years ago. In Asia, people study Buddhism. They learn about his life and the philosophies he kept and practiced. Also, they learn that he was a great leader with great ideas. Some of these ideas are the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold path, Nirvana, fundamental wisdoms, the theory of karma and rebirth, the five precepts, middle way and the Wheel of Dharma…

fits your belief. As I have done research on different religions. I have choose to compared and contrast Buddhism and Christianity. The top two religions that are always talk about and information is always appearing or spoken upon. Although they are two different religions coming from different sides of the globe. One thing to keep in mind is that the two religions are very different but they seem to have a very similar pattern. The Christianity religion, has its pros and cons in society.…

within their fates despite having almost the same upbringings. Even though Madame Defarge and Lucie Manette grew up as orphans as a result of family losses, Madame Defarge’s fate differs from Lucie’s fate. Madame Defarge chose the path of vengeance while Lucie chooses the path of redemption. Dickens uses Lucie’s golden locks to show the purity within her fate. Whereas Dickens uses knitting to show the horrendous fate that awaits Madame Defarge. Both characters had pasts full of misery because…

Buddhism was constructed in the late 6th century.Siddhartha Gautama (the "Buddha") is the founder of buddhism. This religion is important in most of asha. It has been formed into many different forms. Siddhartha Gautama ,or the butta was born in 563 B.C.E.in a plase called Lumbini . After Siddhartha Gautamad died. the community he created slowly became a comlax religion like movement and the teachings of Siddharthais the basics of buddhism. In this last few decades the buddhists have been…

I as Sri Aurobindo Ghose was very honoured to have sat in the Honourable Assembly with great figures and political figures. However, there was a lot that we as members of the Honourable Assembly disagreed on and personally I found that it had a lot to do with the cast issue and its superiority, religious oppressions and traditional and cultural beliefs. With this being mentioned I believe that the partition was caused by lack of the appreciation of our culture and tradition followed by…