Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism: Similar Views of Life

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According to Communication between cultures by Larry A.Samovar, Richard E. Porter and Edwin R.McDaniel, Buddhism was originated in Indian by the prince named Siddharth Guatama in about 563 B.C. Siddharth was born into a great luxury. He was married and by the age of 29 disillusioned with his opulence and ventured out of his palace. For the first time, the prince was encountered old age, sickness, and death. He was so moved with the painful realities of life that he left his wife and comfortable home to search for an end to human suffering. For the next six years, the prince discovered the way to overcome the suffering of life. He engaged himself in deep meditation and lived an austere life. It was the completion of calm and sense of serene confidence. He emerged from his self-imposed seclusion and became Buddha. (139)

Buddha is not god, but simply a man who became enlightened. He taught that all individuals have the potential to seek the truth on their own. According to Buddhist teacher Bhikkhu Bodki, “For the Buddha, the key to liberation is mental purity and correct understanding, and for this reason he rejects the notion that we gain salvation by learning from an external source.” External source mean, “betake yourself to no external refuge. Work out your own salvation with diligence” and “You are your own refuge; there is no other refuse.” (141)

Buddhism concerned with humanism and the art of living daily life rather than with supernatural authority or even metaphysical conjectures. The core of belief and practice to which all Buddhists adhere are “The Four Noble Truths.”

The First Noble Truth (dukkha) is that life is “suffering.” Bodhi explain, “The reason all worldly conditions are said to be “dukkha” is ina...

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...ractices. Every religion is seeking for religious experience awareness of the supernatural or a feeling of coming into contact with God or enlightenment.

Regardless what religions we are believe or practices in, the concept of life were almost the same. Depend on the particular group of believer; religions can be interpreting into word differently from one group to another. Religions are served the main purposes of life, the guideline to human behavior. Based on religion, we can learn to live our life righteous.

Works Cited
Larry A. Samovar, Richard E. Porter, Edwin R. McDaniel, “Buddhism”, communication between cultures, pg 139-145.

Larry A. Samovar, Richard E. Porter, Edwin R. McDaniel, “Hinduism”, communication between cultures, pg 132-138.

Larry A. Samovar, Richard E. Porter, Edwin R. McDaniel, “Christianity”, communication between cultures, pg 111-115.

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