In Christianity, we bind our selves to the truth unveiled through scripture, myths, tradition, and the church's teachings. Hinduism, however has a much different interpretation on the idea of binding oneself to the truth. Like many religions Hindus have the basic belief that we all came from God and we must return to God. According to the Hindu faith, the way to accomplishing this is through freeing oneself from the material possessions and pleasures and thus obtaining Moksha. Moksha, for Hindus, would be the point of free

to their self-created Karma -- the consequences of good or evil deeds. Even though there are several different forms of Buddhism that have come into existence since Buddha's death, there is still a basic essence that all Buddhists agree with. All Buddhists recognize four basic noble truths. The first noble truth of the world according to Buddha is dhukka, or suffering. The second truth is tanha, or desire, which is the cause of suffering. The third truth is that in order to free oneself from suffering, one must overcome desire. The fourth truth tells us how this can be accomplished through the eight-fold path. According to Buddha, the eight-fold path is the means to achieve liberation from suffering. It helps one weed out cravings and ignorance, to overcome rebirth, old age, disease, death, sorrows, lamentation, grief and despair. It helps to end mass misery and aids people in attaining Nirvana, or salvation. Specifically, this path includes; right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. The most simple teaching of the Buddha was to do good, to avoid evil and to purify the heart. The main revolutionary idea behind the Buddha's teachings was that he rejected asceticism, which at that time had been a popular belief and a socially approved way to salvation. Not only did he reject self-denial, but the worship of gods. In his Eightfold Path, there is never any mention of worship. Also, he refuted the idea that one had to pass through countless rebirths to reach the Brahmin caste before being able to obtain salvation. For this very reason, the widespread control by the Brahmins, Buddhism ultimately failed in India. The most challenging concept for the Hindus to except was that the Buddha taught that the soul did not exist. Hindus thought that the

Confucianism is much more politically oriented while Hinduism and Buddhism are more self oriented. However, the main connection behind all three different beliefs is their belief in and strive for order and balance. Confucianism strives for order and balance through Jen and L

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