Im not asking about current day differences but when the religions were first forming.
2006-09-10 08:53:13 · 10 answers · asked by Link 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Buddha was born a Hindu, he gave up the blind belief in god and anything else supernatural besides reincarnation. Buddhism is a way of life, while Hinduism is more of a faith. The Hindu goal is to achieve Mokksha, or the seeing of Brahman, and the Buddhist goal is nirvana, or destruction of desire and ego.
The person above me believes Buddha is a god, he is not, he was a man. He is now dead and gone.
The person below me thinks he is a fat god, he is not. He was not fat, in fact he was supposed to be an extremely beautiful in his serenity. Fatness is a Zen mataphor for happiness.
2006-09-10 08:56:52 · answer #1 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all you have to know that Buddhism was found by Hindu and not the other way round. Buddhism just says about the correct path ie righteousness. Buddha never said about God. Hinduism says about both to a great extent. There is no precise century, leave alone year in which Hinuism was formed, acoording to the christian calendar (AD BC stuff). Though Buddha accepted most of qualities of Hinduism, hinduism has no one founder and hence the numerous sections practice different methods in spirituality. Buddha asked his followers to take the path he did show.
To become a Buddhist you can convert. there is no such method in Hinduism. If any person thinks he is a hindu today, he is. And if he changes mind the next day, he isnt. Hinduism is just about following the right path being guided by the good of all texts including Bible, Quran etc, and ones conscience. This is according to the religion. Moreover it is the religion with most rules and you can continue to call yourself a hindu even if you follow none. Thats total freedom but discipline. Old is gold. Our religion is oldest.
2006-09-10 09:11:46 · answer #2 · answered by PP 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hinduism is a primary call given to various ideals and philosophies, while Buddhism is a single theory. In Hinduism, there are in particular 2 philosophical branches: personalism and impersonalism. The impersonalist's theory comes close to to Buddhism as they think that contained in the perfectional point, each and everything merges in appropriate oneness, while in Buddhism the perfectional point is to merge in 'nothingness'. The personalists particularly look after the thought the soul is one with God in high quality yet different from God in in quantity. For ex: God is familiar with and sees all, while we in basic terms be attentive to that a lot as we are in a position to locate via our senses. we've the comparable features than God, yet in limited parts. yet another distinction is that personalistic Hindu philosophies are based around a deity or a appropriate individual, while Buddhism is predicated on voidism or nothingness, meaning it relatively is ultimately atheistic. Buddha isn't seen to be God however the propounder of the Buddhist know-how.. the main significant deities in Hinduism are Visnu, Siva, Durga, Narayan, Krsna, and Ganesha.
2016-09-30 13:25:50 · answer #3 · answered by cosco 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Advaita Vedanta and Mahayana Buddhism differ only in how they choose to emphasize certain points. Of course, Advaita Vedanta is the top of a ladder of perspective, so this means that it and Buddhism are only suited to the people farthest down the path of realization. The Vedic tradition in general tends to provide different teachings for people at differing points along the path. It is is thus more inclusive than Buddhism.
2006-09-10 09:07:59 · answer #4 · answered by neil s 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i agree with dog_hell_red. this is really not the best place to be asking this question cause youll have to sift through all the idiot anwsers.
baiscally hindu and buddhism share many things as buddhism comes from hinudism. the cycle of reincarnation, the fact that you need knowledge to help you obtain salvation ( mosksa in h. nirvana in b.), both promote meditation, etc.
buddhism is seen as the "shortcut" to salvation, but is generally found to be harder to follow. you have to learn to think with your brain and not react based on your emotions, particularly the bad ones like greediness. in b., you need to learn to seperate yourself from materialistic things in this world as they lead to bad emotions, greed, desire for more, etc.
a big part of h. is karma, which isnt as big in b. in h. there is also the castes system ( your social level which was determined by your karma from your previous life)
the best answers can be given to you by hindu and buddhist priest. try asking them.
2006-09-10 09:10:28 · answer #5 · answered by moonshine 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buddhism will take converts but you have to be born Hindu, you can not convert. Also there are no "Gods" in Buddhism.
2006-09-10 09:00:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reading all the other answers I feel this is probably the worst place for this question. People on here are complete idiots. They piss me off. If you want good information, you should look it up on google.
2006-09-10 08:59:57 · answer #7 · answered by dog_hell_red 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
One of them is praying for an Elephant head & the other for a fat guy doing kakka!
2006-09-10 08:57:51 · answer #8 · answered by Q8aviation 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
buddhists like to kill as in china, sri lanka etc.
2006-09-11 03:53:57 · answer #9 · answered by bad-mash-420 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They both pray to different false gods. that is the only difference...........
2006-09-10 08:55:54 · answer #10 · answered by kilroymaster 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋