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In their purest forms, both teach compassion for fellow humans. Hottie, Buddhists do not worship a god, therefore their god is not dead. Maybe you should learn a little about a religion before you answer a question. Also learn the difference between there and their.

2007-07-02 09:24:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

Guatama (Buddha) never claimed to have supernatural powers or be a deity. He said he was an enlightened man with a path others could use to attain enlightenment. Jesus on the other hand is said to have performed miracles and was brought back from the dead. Buddhism is essentially an atheistic or agnostic religion, although some of the followers are really polytheistic. Christianity calls itself monotheistic although the trinity doctrine and veneration of saints cast some doubt onto that claim. Christians are more concerned with Jesus while Buddhists are concerned with the middle way, the path to enlightenment.

The ways they are similar is that both religions have an end goal for the followers. Christians want to go to heaven, and Buddhists want to reach nirvana. Both religions teach that self denial and restraint can make a person more pure, although Buddhist promotes moderation more so than complete asceticism. Finally, Jesus and Buddha stressed the importance of love.

All of these statements are based on the beliefs defined in the religions, not on the actions of their followers. That is another issue altogether.

2007-07-02 16:36:29 · answer #2 · answered by Graciela, RIRS 6 · 0 0

Buddhism is not a religion, it is a philosophy of life that explains why a painful life has to be lived. It teaches of karma, (the learning experience) for all, and the forced return to Earth again and again until Buddha-hood is achieved. When that is accomplished, one will sleep the seemingly endless sleep until the great awakening, the time when that soul will take its turn in being the aware Being of all Creation.....because without an observer of the Universe, the Universe and all life within it cannot exist. .......One last item, the philosophy of Buddhism has the twelve precepts, a highly moral code of conduct to follow in life that is uncannily similar to the Ten Commandments. Peace to all sentient beings.

2007-07-02 16:31:58 · answer #3 · answered by MAD MOMMA 3 · 2 0

nothing alike as already stated. The idiots who say things like Buddhists worship idols demonstrate why Christianity is easily the least tolerant and misinformed religion on this planet. Buddhists worship nobody, although it is not incompatible with Buddhism to do so by choice. i know several people who are Buddhist and christian.

Jesus and Buddha have some commonality but Christianity has very little to do with what Jesus actually taught

2007-07-02 16:33:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Well, for one, Buddha thought that suffering came from desire, so the only way to end suffering was to eliminate all desires.

Christianity does not teach that desire is wrong, but rather, we suffer because we desire the wrong things. So we try to change our desires somewhat, rather than eliminate them. Channeling the river is easier than trying to stop it from flowing.

Buddhists also believe that Nirvana is achieved when one ceases to exist as an individual; this entails ones soul falling back into the universe as a drop of water falling back into the ocean. This implies that for all practical purposes, Buddhist Heaven is simply ceasing to exist.

Since Christianity believes in a personal, creator god, then Christianity also believes that you were made as an individual, and you will always exist as an individual. Any attempt to remove your individual ego is misguided and doomed to fail. Christianity tries to enhance the conscious mind, not eliminate it.

And Buddhism has no concept of sin, or forgiveness, for that matter, since there is no personal god to either offend, or apologize to.

And so on....

2007-07-02 16:41:50 · answer #5 · answered by Randy G 7 · 1 0

No. Christianity is centered on the person of Jesus Christ. While like Buddhism, Christianity may encourage being good, of doing nice things of being concious that you reap what you sow, those things aren't the point. The point is Jesus. Buddhism, while again encouraging being good, of being concious of the repurcussion of our actions etcs-which is all great and good, it is not birthed in Christ and is therefore distinct from Christianity. (And I'm sure someone who is Buddhist would be able to highlight the distinctives of their faith.)

2007-07-02 16:23:58 · answer #6 · answered by Jackie L 2 · 0 0

Not quite... Buddhism might share some tiny details with Gnosticism, but Christianity as it stands now... uh... not really. Now I do agree that what Jesus was supposed to have taught is very similar in logic as the Buddha was in his teachings, but it's because altruism, wisdom and compassion aren't rocket science/hard math, it's pure logic. Now the mythological version of Jesus, absolutely not, because we don't worship the Buddha.

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2007-07-02 16:23:14 · answer #7 · answered by vinslave 7 · 2 0

If one were able to objectively look at the forest rather than the trees (i.e. forget momentarily about the individual lamas, disciples, preachers, the Buddhas, Jesus, the writings) I believe one would find many, many similarities in the teachings, in the way people are expected to treat one another with kindness, compassion, generosity, benevolence and etc.

This is not to say they are the same, but rather the purpose for either is almost identical (as are the purpose for practicing Judaism, Islam, etc.)

2007-07-02 17:48:29 · answer #8 · answered by MarkS 3 · 0 0

Christianity and Buddhism is NOTHING ALIKE!

Buddhism is flexable, you can belive in God or Gods or Godesses or Spirits or NO God.

Buddhism doesn't have SIN. It has Karma.

The Buddha is NOT a God.

Christ is a God(in the Christian religion)

2007-07-02 16:24:55 · answer #9 · answered by me 4 · 1 0

Yes, I say so in most part. As you already know that Buddha was a just a human being and Christ was a son of God. The teaching is very similar in that the whole concept is to love and peace. Buddhasm is a bit more extreme to peace where as Chritianity may preach to protect and defend when necessary. I happen to have been raised as Busdist and Christian. Both with great teaching.

2007-07-02 16:24:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2 1

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