Differences And Compare And Contrast Hinduism And Buddhism

Comparing and Contrasting Hinduism & Buddhism

For nearly all people situated in the Western hemisphere of the world, very little is known concerning the true concepts and virtues of Eastern religions, Hinduism and Buddhism in particular. While it is safe to say that many people would be surprised that there are different concepts to yoga than just stretching and different positions; there are undoubtedly exhausting amounts of specific details and ideas in Hinduism and Buddhism that people are misinformed about. Specifically, the similarities and differences of these two faiths. Now, as a result of Buddhism emerged from Hinduism, the two religions are very much alike although, they are still two completely different religions with their own

In the present day, karma is basically understood by most people as, “what goes around comes around,” and while this is an accurate way of thinking about the concept of karma, it is simply much more complex than that. When talking about karma in Hinduism, the one who follows the order of their caste system creates positive karma for themselves, while an individual who doesn’t follow social order in the caste system creates unfavorable karma for themselves. “When a soul is reborn it may enter a body in a higher or lower state of existence than its previous one. The new body may be that of a king, a beggar, or even an animal or insect. The determining factor of a soul’s new existence is the quality of life led by the individual soul in its previous existence. This is called the law of karma” (Wangu 2002). Basically, in Hinduism one’s karmic actions are compensated for by the host body which they occupy in their later life. On the contrary, the Buddhist faith teaches that a person’s social status is insignificant and that their karma is reliant on conformity to religious practices and laws. Contrastingly, both Buddhism and Hinduism claim that the life in which one is born into depends on one’s own karma however the way in which one attains and loses karma in each faith are

Hinduism and Buddhism both support the idea of enlightenment even if the idea of what comes after enlightenment is slightly differing. They also agree on the concept of Samsara and reincarnation through it. However, they have different ideas on the concepts of karma and enlightenment: in Hinduism, whoever attains the highest position in the caste system is thought to have accumulated favorable karma and is near to achieving Moksha and in Buddhism karma is accumulated by obedience to Dharma and morality. While both faiths may contain many of the same concepts and ideas, the thing that separates the two is how they interpret these ideas and concepts, which drive Buddhism and Hinduism’s adherents toward their own individual path to