Y did Hinduism & Buddhism Fail to convert People to their religion,unlike Islam & christianity?

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Answer 1

the rules are difficult and cumbersome. and a bit far fetched in places.

Answer 2

Hinduism (1000BC and older) and Buddhism (500 BC) are the oldest religions (older than Christianity, and Islamic) yet no effort was made to convert them. Hinduism is a caste-based religion with Brahmin considered the purest and closest to God. You cannot choose to become Brahmin, it is by birth. Other three castes are not considered that spiritual so loses value in becoming one. The lowest being "Shudra" considered the lowliest of all castes have always lived at the mercy of Brahmin and other classes. Who would choose to accept that class? In fact, people from "Shudra" have converted themselves into other religions to gain respect and money. In the past, Shudra (or Schedule caste) have seen enticed into accepting Christian religion by the show of money. Obviously, this was aggresively opposed by the upper caste of Hindus.

Budhism is a very peaceful religion and has not forcefully contained any conversion through violence or money. It actually orginated from the Hindu religion because Budha, the originator was a Hindu King named Sidhartha (belonged to the warrior caste of Hindu). He had the revelation and formed Budhism.

Answer 3

Hindus are not supposed to convert others to Hinduism. In Hinduism, it is believed that people call God by different names (within different religions) and it's all really different people's perception of the same God. Therefore it wouldn't be right to force a Christian or Muslim to convert to Hinduism, because their religion is their own personal path to God.

Westerners often get confused and think there are many weird looking different gods worshiped in Hinduism, but they are just symbols of the different "facets" of one God. Our book says this about God: "Truth is One, though the sages know it as many"

Answer 4

I don't think that's a fail. There is no point to convert people to their religion if it exchanges with blood and money. Religion is suppose to give peaceful to society and that's the way Buddhism's been followed. Besides, Buddhism allow couple with different religion to get marry, not like other religions, resulting to decreasing of Buddhist because they tend to convert religion to others.

Answer 5

Because Hinduism & Buddhism died when their leaders and what they promised didn't get fullfilled. Unlike Christianity, which God has consistantly backed and proven to a T. If you were to open a Bible you would even see why wew are at war right now and what will happen when the war is over. Religions also are influenced by a person's beliefs or unbeliefs. You have to understand that this world is controlled by satin and if you give in to the doubt that the world can put in your head you will start to question everything. Islam is a religion of this world which is pulled by the wrong influences. This could be an indepth conversation, with several sides, but I am a strong Christian and if you look at Christianity you will see that it is supported by many witnesses and first count testimonies of people who saw Jesus do his work not something that was made up to try to influence without any solid facts. So good luck and I hope you find out what you are looking for.

Answer 6

Take a look at how many Buddhist there are, you will find that with China being so big in population that there are millions of them in that country alone. China has been a closed country for centuries and that has hindered Buddhism. As far as Hinduism, I don not know.

Answer 7

Because the way of Lord Buddha and Buddhism is not to collect their own crowd. Buddhism is not a religion - It's completely based on proper analytical understanding (not on beliefs). Thus it is a philosophy.

I think the way of Hindus is also not to improve the crowd. But to behave honest.

Answer 8

There are around a billion Hindus--and hundreds of millions of Buddists worldwide--so your question doesn't make much sense.

But in terms of seeking converts, the religions are different. BothChristianity and Islam are evangelical religions--they actively seek converts. Hinduism accepts converts--but does not seek them out (their religous doctrine is organized along differentlines). Buddism is not particularly evangelical either--it does "reach out" to non-Buddists, but its not exactly what we think of as evangelical.

Note: I'm using the term evangelical in its exact meaning--its not a reverence to the "Evangelical Churches" in the US.

Answer 9

Hinduism and Buddhism both have very respectable numbers of adherents.

Christianity became widespread because it was adopted by the Roman Empire for purposes of populace control (why revolt now, you'll be rewarded for your suffering in the great hereafter). It's really just a fluke of history.

Answer 10

Abrahamic religions give answers that require very little actual work on the partof the "believer". Hinduism and Buddhism require active participation.

Answer 11

well unlike islam and christianity religions such as judaism hinduism buddhism and many others don't go around trying to convert people towards their religion as they would prefer that people come to them instead