I Want To See Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism Officially Combined Into 1 Religion. Do You Agree??

Question

They were all founded by hindus and they all preach Hindu philosophy and scripture.

Seth, Sikhism derived from Hinduism...In the Guru Granth there are clear references to Hindu deities and half way through its's history the purpose of Sikhism was to protect Hinduism from Islam.

A2Z, Hinduism is not an idol worshipping religion. Just like you Muslims bow down 5 times a day to a black rock but claim not to worship the rock itself, the idols we have are there to symbolise god and not constitue god.

Susie, if you honestly think that there are more similarities between the Abrahamic religions than there are between the Dharmic religions, you obviously haven't studied them well enough.

Cavorim, Buddhism is a religion.

Leowin, if you think that Buddhism denies the existence of God, I suggest that you go back and read Buddha's teachings over again. Buddha NEVER denied the existence of God and Buddhism is just a theistic religion as Islam and Christianity are.

Jon C Baggins, go back and do research before making comments like that. All of the fundamental ideas of Buddhism (reincarnation, karma, dharma, the cycle, the concept of the soul etc) have all been taken from Hinduism. Even the methods of realising God (yoga, meditation, trance, fasting etc) are almost identical to those of Hinduism. All Buddhist mantras begin with OM (which is the sanscrit/Hindu name for God and it is believed by Hindus that it is the sound which was produced during the big bang)...How can you come to the conclusion that Buddhism does not preach Hindu philosophy???

Mamaroach, you need to go back and read the teachings of these people before you post such a dumb answer. If you bothered reading the teachings of Buddha, Mahaveer and the ten sikh gurus, you would know that they never refuted Hindu scripture but they only reinforced it. Their purpose was to add to Hinduism and not not to create independent religions.

David S, you must be one of those crazy westerners that call themselves "Buddhist" but don't know the first thing about Buddha. Only a fool would follow Buddha but deny the existence of God. Have you ever been inside a Buddhism temple??? Are you telling me that they don't have idols of Hindu deities there??? And yes, Buddhism DOES preach Hindu scripture. Maybe you haven't read Hindu scripture so you won't know that they are almost identical. Buddha NEVER denied the existence of God. Just because Buddha never gave God a name, that doesn't mean that there is no deity in Buddhism. Most of the Buddhist mantras start with OM. Tell me do you even know what OM means and who it corresponds to??? According to Hinduism OM is the sound that was produced during the big bang and it is the name of God.

Answer 1

All the religions comes under the two sect of Hinduism called Advaidha and Dwaidha.
Rituals are diffierent. That is all.
If you go through Patanjali, it is simply a scientific method to realise truth without refering any deity. You can his method as equalent to Buddhism.
Anyhow there is no problem between these religions, simply accept others or atleast never interfere others.
This is enough.

Answer 2

buddhism does not preach hindu philosophy and started before hinduism became hinduism and denies god/s and the same can be said about jains, sikhs believe in one god like the jews christians and muslims, and hinduism believes in many gods and a universal spirit which is where the gods come from none of these religions are similare in any way unlike the jews christians and muslims which agree on more thing about god just have different forms of worship.
buddhism does not recognise any supreme deity but does recognise other gods but as a better life not ultimate beings.
the buddha spoke sanscrit and incorporated pre-existing beliefs to teach people their is no form of soul either, thebuddha taught in a way so people would understand and excepted beliefs like karma although did not recognise the prevailing theorys or methods of practice with the meanings of the brahmin but gave different methods such as worshiping the 10 directions
sorry your right about the gods but buddha did not worship any gods and arguments against such a being one found in the bodhicaryavatara by shantideva, and worship of gods were not seen as benaficial to enlightenment the deitys you speak of ive not seen but the statues in temples tend to be boddhisatvas or arhants, and in tibet and some other vajrayana countries temples do have deities at temples but they are dharma protectors buddhas teachings are on the four noble truthes and his teachings have the realisation of these at the core and he never claimed devinity or to be vishny although i know their is someone else called buddha in hinduism that is not buddha shakiamuni, and my favourite line from the bhagavad gita is
both renunciation and holy work are a path to the supreme, but better than surrender of work is the yoga of holy work. althoug i havent read others i have looked at over 60 religiouse texts and spent a month on retreat so please don't bet, and just becouse hindus have a view not substanciated in buddhism doesn't mean your view is right about the incarnation of vishnu being buddha

Answer 3

Then what ??

One world government

No thanks

Humans are all individual
I would like to see them remain that way, every last one of them

Lord Buddha spoke Pali not Sanskrit and Buddhism is neither Religion nor a Philosophy

The Realms of Existence

The Celestial Realm {God]
Asuras
Human
Animal
Hungry Ghost
Hells

By definition there are Gods but Buddhist do not believe in a Creator God as such

Answer 4

Nonsense!
They may have grown out of Hinduism, as Christianity grew out of Judaism, but to say that Buddhist teachings are the same as Hindu simply is not the case.

EDIT,
I do not need to research. I already know what I am talking about.
Much of what you are saying is quite wrong.
Check the difference between Hindu reincarnation and Buddhist rebirth.
Buddhism does not have a concept of the soul. (Anatta as against Atman).
All early Buddhist suttas start with 'Thus have I heard.'
ALL mystical traditions use meditation - they are different meditations.
Buddhism does not use Yoga.
Buddhism preaches against fasting.
Hinduism has a whole pantheon of gods. Buddhism is an atheistic religion.

I fail to understand why you are saying these things. You must realise, surely, that they are not true,?

Edit,
There is, in fact, a difference between A-theism, (meaning without God), and Anti-theism, (meaning against God). Buddhism is atheist, having no need for a supreme being.

Answer 5

It is not possible to combine all religions like that.Emperor Akber tried it by creating a new religion called"DIN ILAHI" combining good features of relgions and failed.
As far a Buddism is concerned true Buddism just opposite of Hinduism.For Buddist there is "No God".Buddha means enlightened.Liberation is freedom from wants.You are "liberated"when you become"realized".Since it could not provide much needed "personal God' it lost the charm,Then people made Buddha "God".Hindus accepted Buddha as incarnation of God Vishnu and made it a sect of Hindus.That was the end Buddhism.
Sikhism is an off shoot of Hinduism to counter islamic invasion.Jainism is still different and it is a way of life that is too rigid and hard to follow.

Answer 6

The Buddha taught that the Middle Way or Noble Eightfold Path is the means to ending suffering to attain peace and happiness:

There is much to learn when it comes to Buddhism - if you are studying this philosophy - your encouraged you to take it slow.

Start out by understanding the Four Noble Truths & the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism:


The Buddha's way to Presence was through the problem of suffering.

What is suffering, he asked. How does it arise?
Can it be ended? How do we end it? When other spiritual teachers and philosophers asked
The Buddha to describe his teaching - he answered: "I teach one thing and one thing only -
Suffering and the End of Suffering."

The Buddha formulated in his first teaching
the Four Noble Truths: suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation(end) of suffering, and
the Path to cessation. The Four Noble Truths
of Lord Buddha are in fact based on a simple
problem-solving model:

What is the problem?

What is the root of the problem?

Is there a solution?

How do you put the solution into effect?


As you may already know, the Middle Way or The Noble Eightfold Path is the Solution and it in itself teaches How to put the Solution into
effect.

Suffering takes place from emotional reactivity.
Is it possible to disengage from reactivity?
Yes. Reactive patterns within humanity have been in place for a long time. To dismantle these patterns we must take apart our lives. Attention works to dismantle patterns the way the energy
of the sun melts ice. The direct energy of attention dissolves the structure of unwholesome patterns, releasing the energy locked in them. We experience the freed energy as awareness and presence.

To Cultivate and apply Attention, we travel the Eightfold Path: Skillful Speech, Skillful Action,
Skillful Livelihood, Skillful Effort, Skillful Mindfulness, Skillful Attention, Skillful View and Skillful Cognition. The Best means to cultivate Attention is through mindfulness meditation: as we daily walk the Noble Eightfold Path with wisdom and compassion.

Respectfully, reading "Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness" by: Bhante Henepola Gunaratana AND reading "Wake Up to your Life: The Buddhist Path of Attention" by: Ken McLeod may be quite encouraging toward your experience of living in the here and now-with mindfulness and presence.

To Learn the 4 Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism, more in detail:

http://www.parami.org/buddhistanswers/four_noble_truths.htm

http://www.parami.org/buddhistanswers/index.htm

Below is the free Book "What Buddhists Believe"

http://www.budsas.org/ebud/whatbudbeliev/main.htm

To Learn how to practise Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation daily read the free Book Below:

http://www.budsas.org/ebud/mfneng/mind0.htm


With Metta (loving-friendliness; loving-kindness).

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Answer 7

Absolutely not - although I never describe myself as a Buddhist I meditate daily, am vegetarian and my life is informed by Buddhist philosophy. The four religions whilst they may have something in commons have many things which are different. And as you cannot possibly be all four religions why should it be a concern of yours how they are categorised. They are not the same and therefore cannot be one religion - as far as I am concerned Buddhism is not a religion.

Answer 8

To combine differing beliefs would require individuals to abandon certain aspects of their beliefs and take on others. This may not be so easy for people to do as respect for the individual is paramount to life - not just religion.

What is possible is to draw up a set of rules / ideals / that all these (and other) religions can agree on. This will, in theory, give everyone a commonality and something to relate and respond to in times of conflict.

We could call it Rules of Harmony.

Answer 9

u need to study the teaching of all these religions first to ask such a question.
as u say they were founded by hindus.........there must have been reasons and ofcourse DIFFERENCES that made it neccessary to 'establish' all those other religions. Now for the teachings being same...it's true for almost all religions of the world....so should they all combine into 1??

Answer 10

No, the religions have many differences. I have studied many religions at a basic level and there are far more similarities between say Christianity & Islam and to combine them seems a far too simplistic idea.