what is the difference between budism and christianity?

Answer 1

Christ was allegedly the Son of God -- well, there is the Trinity bit that fudges this, and people have been burnt at the stake for asking for too much clarification -- and He promised an afterlife for the goodies. The baddies end up you know where. His teachings were aimed at helping people to become good, and mostly the advice He provided is in accord with the values of decency, selflessness, charity, etc. He negated much of the harshness of the Old Testament.

The Buddha, who was a minor north Indian prince -- don't believe the stuff you read about how big a king his dad was, the "kingdom" was a collection of townships -- who asserted he was merely human but had achieved Enlightenment and thereby understood the causes of human misery and had a good recipe for alleviating that. Alleviating, not curing. Because the basic cause of the misery is life itself! The idea is not to be re-born, and one achieves it by accumulating good karma. He said that God was irrelevant to this private task of getting good karma, for which he prescribes behavior that is remarkably similar to the teachings of Christ for deserving the afterlife with his Daddy.

For more details, go to your local library and pick up a short introduction to Buddhism. Of course I assume you already have a Bible at home -- if not, why not? :-).

Answer 2

one difference I've read in a little story once that Buddha's audience asked him to perform a miracle like levitating .
you know to prove his power or authority I suppose this was already thought of even in earlier times like 550BC. Well upon hearing this request the Buddha refused saying he could have levitated in front of the crowd but it would have only been a trick . the theravada Buddhists still refrain from deitizing or cheapening their Buddha unlike proponents of the early formation and exploitation of the Savoir . As it is written Buddha asked not to make a religion of his insights to a better way of life many have done just that much like in Christianity. I can't prove this but so i've read and it seems to follow other indications as having a high percentage of possible truth. And above all Buddhist don't believe in hurting people while Christians both revel and thrive in it .

Answer 3

Wow I didn't realize it was Sarcasm night!

I am really embarrassed... sometimes you guys are funny, but sometimes you're just plain mean. You know, this could be the only legitimate question on here tonight, and you've missed your opportunity to show how smart you are.

Buddhists do not worship a god, as I understand it, they believe (in the simplest of terms) that a higher power created the world then left. That's really the biggest difference.

Edit: my apologies to those who snuck in some decent answers while I was ranting.

Answer 4

Budism don't has god. A religion without God.
Its like an automatically atheism

Answer 5

Major differences

There is no almighty God in Buddhism. There is no one to hand out rewards or punishments on a supposedly Judgement Day.

Buddhism is strictly not a religion in the context of being a faith and worship owing allegiance to a supernatural being.

No saviour concept in Buddhism. A Buddha is not a saviour who saves others by his personal salvation. Although a Buddhist seeks refuge in the Buddha as his incomparable guide who indicates the path of purity, he makes no servile surrender. A Buddhist does not think that he can gain purity merely by seeking refuge in the Buddha or by mere faith in Him. It is not within the power of a Buddha to wash away the impurities of others

The liberation of self is the responsibility of one's own self. Buddhism does not call for an unquestionable blind faith by all Buddhist followers. It places heavy emphasis on self-reliance, self discipline and individual striving.

Dharma (the teachings in Buddhism) exists regardless whether there is a Buddha. Sakyamuni Buddha (as the historical Buddha) discovered and shared the teachings/ universal truths with all sentient beings. He is neither the creator of such teachings nor the prophet of an almighty God to transmit such teachings to others.

Buddhist teachings expound no beginning and no end to one's existence or life. There is virtually no recognition of a first cause — e.g. how does human existence first come about?

The tradition and practice of meditation in Buddhism are relatively important and strong. While all religions teach some forms or variations of stabilising/single-pointedness meditation, only Buddhism emphazises Vipassana (Insight) meditation as a powerful tool to assist one in seeking liberation/enlightenment.

Answer 6

Buddhism is a way of life; to be kind to others.
Christianity is some what similar, but in a way it seems that people have lost touch with the core values and just focused on the stories in the bible.

Answer 7

Besides the fact that Buddha and Jesus taught some of the same teachings, Buddhists do not believe in God.

**EDIT -- Slave, I take offense to some of what you said. (But then again, I also resemble some of what you said. I mean the frumpy, bad dresser part.)

Answer 8

The difference is "Christianity" is actually spelled correctly in your question.

Actually they're two completely different religions. They were both allegedly founded by a guy who said "You know, this religion that's going on right now in my community isn't really working out. I have the better idea. And pacifism is part of it somewhere." But that's about it.

Answer 9

>"Budism" is hanging out with your real friends...christianity is hanging out with your imaginary friends.<

Answer 10

Budism worships autisitc people because , they keep in everyones mind that maybe we arent supposed to talk with one another about things we have,and it might not be good to badger soemone who thinks learning a language is wierd