Hinduism & Buddhism
In comparing Hinduism and Buddhism, I am compelled to say that Buddhism seems a subset of Hinduism. It is a form of Hinduism that is easier for ordinary people to understand and follow. Some of the differences between the two religions and their complexities lie in their origins. The multiple levels and systems of Hinduism can be attributed to its origin of many years of change and growth. Buddhism has a very distinct origin, and its growth merely extends the religion, instead of changing it. The differences in supreme beings between Hinduism and Buddhism show two extremes of the same idea. Hinduism believes in one Supreme Being, but separates its characteristics into many different Gods. Everything is a part of the Supreme Being. Buddhism sees the individual’s thought and nature as supreme, and therefore does not have a single God, and so turns inward instead of outward. Similarities between views of man and nature greatly show the progression from Hinduism to Buddhis!m as the same ideas of everything being one and the same are expressed in different contexts. Both religions are also similarly based on attaining a certain knowledge in order to reach salvation or Nirvana. Hinduism follows that salvation is sought by kn
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