Ancient Egypt Research Project

Intro to Hinduism and Buddhism

Intro to Hinduism and Buddhism

In our next Ancient History unit we went over two religions that started in India, Hinduism and Buddhism. For the Hindus there is no date of origin because it started so long ago there are no records of its beginning and the Hindus make up the 3^rd largest religion in the world. The Buddhist religion started in approximately 560 B.C. and it is still going today, the Buddhist religion makes up the 4^th largest religion in the world. The ultimate goal for the Hindus is moksha which is the perfect state of enlightenment which breaks the chain of reincarnations, also you have to achieve the union of atman with Brahman and follow dharma and have good karma. The ultimate goal for the Buddhist is Nirvana which is the perfect state of enlightenment which breaks the chain of reincarnations, blissful nothingness and a release from suffering and desire. Two major ways these religions are different is that Hinduism has no founder or date and the Buddhists have Siddhartha Gautama as their founder and a date of 560 B.C., also the Hindus follow many gods and the Buddhists have no gods.

Hindu gods, Fantastic India, http://myfantasticindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/hinduism1.jpg, 17 January 2018

The key beliefs for the Hindus is to worship Brahman, Brahma, Vishnu, Ganesha, Shiva, and etc. and they don’t have any other leaders except gods. The Hindus attitude toward the caste system is like Sumer where the wealthy rule and the untouchables can’t be touched. The Buddhist beliefs include listening to the Buddha and the Buddhists attitude toward the caste system is the Buddhists trying to escape it. The sacred texts of the Hindus are the Upanishads, Tripitaka and the eightfold path. The ultimate goal for the Hindus is to unite your soul with Brahman. The goal of the Buddhists is to become enlightened like the Buddha. I invite you to read my complete comparison essay on my Indus Valley page.

buddhism, Follow CN,http://buddha.followcn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/buddhafghf68.jpg, 17 January 2018