What is the Differance between Confucious and..?

Question

What's the differance between confuciouism (spelling) and buddhism?

Answer 1

First off Buddhism and Confucious are two different religions in much the same way that Christianity and Islam are differnt. They are similar but different.

The chosen one knows little about Buddhism. There is no confusion in the Buddhist mind. We have no God. We realize that our happiness is within us and not with some external source.

We accept that the negative things that happen to us are our own doing and no one else's. We do not blame, we do not judge.

Now didn't your God tells you "Judge not lest you be judged?" By judging Buddhists and those that follow Confucius, the very statement you used, shows that you have judged.

So by not following the teachings of "Judge not lest you be judged," have you not rejected His teachings? By rejecting his teachings, do you not reject the teacher?

Your God also teaches you to "Love they neighbor as you love yourself" yet your statement truly does not show this love. Your God has taught you to "Do unto others as you would have other do unto you." Do you wish to receive general and condescending statements about your religion?

Why do you profess to be a Christian and to love your God and His teachings yet choose not to exercise those teachings in your daily life?

Answer 2

Confucius was a sage or social and political thinker. You can compare Confucius with famous writers and philosophers such as Aristotle and Plato of Greece. There was a time in China when philosophers flourished that similar with India. Scholars of Confucianism do not deny God or gods. He served a king until he became an exile.

The Buddha taught the ultimate goal for peace - nibbanna (nirvana), and the way to achieve this peace.
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Encyclopedia Britannica:

Confucianism
the way of life propagated by Confucius in the 6th–5th century BC and followed by the Chinese people for more than two millennia. It has traditionally been the substance of learning, the source of values, and the social code of the Chinese. Its influence has also extended to other countries, particularly Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.

Confucianism, a Western term that has no counterpart in Chinese, is a world view, a social ethic, a political ideology, a scholarly tradition, and a way of life. Sometimes viewed as a philosophy and sometimes as a religion, Confucianism may be understood as an all-encompassing humanism that neither denies nor slights Heaven. East Asians mayprofess themselves to be Shintōists, Taoists, Buddhists, Muslims, or Christians, but, by announcing their religious affiliations, seldom do they cease to be Confucians.

Although often grouped with the major historical religions, Confucianism differs from them by not being an organized religion. Nonetheless, it spread to other East Asian countries under the influence of Chinese literate culture and exerted a profound influence on spiritual and politicallife. Both the theory and practice of Confucianism have indelibly marked the patterns of government, society, education, and family of East Asia. Although it is an exaggeration to characterize traditional Chinese life and culture as Confucian, Confucian ethical values have for well over 2,000 years served as the source of inspiration as well as the court of appeal for human interaction between individuals, communities, and nations in the Sinitic world.

Answer 3

The short answer is that they were different people, in different countries, at slightly different times.

In terms of their backgrounds:

Confucius (in Chinese: K'ung Fu-tzu) was a noble in the small state of Lu in modern day China, who set up an academy for discovering and teaching wisdom in the 6th century BC. He taught of five fundamental relationships which constituted natural harmony.

Gautama Buddha born in 653 BC in a small city state in the Gangetic plain, so would have been teaching a little later than Confucius. Like Confucius he was born into great material comfort - Confucius was a noble.

In terms of the social impact of their teachings: put crudely Confucius was more of philosopher and Buddha a religious teacher.

Confucius created a system of rules by which people might live in a disciplined society. His views were adopted by the imperial hierarchy, influencing their highly conservative form of government for over 2000 years.

Buddha renounced his original wealth, wondering why money had not brought him happiness. He set out as a seeker of spiritual truth, finding enlightenment in his own way. The result was the Dhamma which taught that the root of unhappiness was selfish desire, and that all beings were reincarnated and struggled through the ages to overcome this desire, which kept them tied to rebirth.

Confucious' ideas gained currency after his death in 478 BC; Buddha was more of a slow-starter but his views spread far and wide for centuries to come.

Answer 4

There is no difference. They both are still confused on Who the real God is. And that is the God Yahweh.

Answer 5

Confucianists follow the teachings of Confucius. Buddhists follow the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.