Buddhism and Hinduism: A Comparison of Two Religions

What Is The Current Status Of The 2 Religions In The World?

How Do The People Of Each Of The Religions Practice Their Faith?

What Similarities Are There Between These 2 Religions, And These 2 And The Others?

What Differences Are There Between These 2 Religions, And These 2 And The Others?

Is There Conflict Between Your Religions And Between Those 2 And Others?

Are There Any Other Current Events/Issues Regarding Those 2 World Religions In Canada And The World Today?

Are The Current Events Long-Lasting Or Short-Term?  Are There Foreseeable Solutions To The Current Events?

Religion has continually been a big factor of a structural-functional method with 3 special societal features as imparting social cohesion to hold social unity through ritual and ideals, ethical policing and presenting an goal to reply any existential question. Faith acts to be a portrayal of collective awareness this is the combination of focus developing self-fact. It is also true that a complicated society would have complex religious machine. Religious ideals has always been justified and influenced for war. The paper aims to explore Buddhism and Hinduism as religion and also address the correlated aspects of both religions.

Peace, humanity, and morality have always been addressed as a keynote when it comes to the representation of society. Sixth century B.C can be considered as a remarkable phase for spirituality and intellectual ferment. Buddhism was a religion that preached a way out of suffering directly and straightforwardly that could be understood by a common man. The teaching of Buddha was free of dogmas and elitism. Unlike Brahmanism, becoming recondite and scholarly for the common mass to understand and this might is another cause that Buddha’s teachings fulfilled the spiritual needs of people. Buddhism acted as a proselytizing religion, and so it spread quickly and flourished for centuries. The teachings of Buddha have always been timeless as it is practiced widely in the present era and in many more centuries to come. It is a fact that around 7% of the world population practice Buddhism. The religion offers some simple and efficacious ways to combat and has influenced lives of people broadly. Buddhism acts a jewel whose facets are exponentially expanding. Modern realities specifically Buddhism of west has emboldened complexity of scholarly attempt at defining Buddhism and what it means to be a Buddhist.

Hinduism has been world’s oldest organized religion that has existed for 4500 years on the basis of prehistoric Vedic text and considered to be a faith in constant change. The cultural impact has made Hinduism significant to the region and was originated thousands of years before. The Vedas were broken into several schools of thought by philosophers. There are about 1 billion Hindus across the globe showcasing 15% of global population. The number of Hindus around the world is projected to increase by 1.4 billion in 2050. The differences in Hinduism and Buddhism are that Hindus are inclined towards four stage of life whereas Buddha’s teaching are relied over concept of Bodhisattvas or enlightened existence. Buddhism state salvation depends upon good deeds of individual and Hinduism attain salvation as per owns fate and deed. Both religion believes that there are several paths for attaining enlightenment like overcoming through feelings desire and control on conscious senses.

Part B

Fundamentally both religion has shared believe that compassion is the key source of peaceful coexistence. Both Hinduism and Buddhism are broadly practiced in subcontinent India although they gained acceptance in other parts of the world. Through virtue of origin both religion have many common features. The differences are somewhere subtle and other profound believing in deities and practices.

Somehow religion fit within approach of providing social cohesion among terrorism but in a broad term it turns into conflict without claim of action against societal member. Buddhism has never been a religion of masses in the country and was confined to monasteries and elitist. Both the religion was terms and divisions of colonialism. There has been much conflict between the two religions as hundreds of Buddhist statues, Stupas and Viharas has been destroyed in the name of revival of Hinduism. History has portrayed that spiritual traditions are human affairs and regardless of how noble they is probably in their aspiration. The adherents of global’s religion claimed that the way of life location a top class over virtues. The primary non secular analysis of human dilemma makes sense together with irony of colonialist conceptions of Buddhism with misguiding of colonial tries for exploiting religious identities.

There has been no conflict between my religion Christianity and Buddhism or Hinduism. End goal of Christianity is happiness through sin, salvation of immortal soul and eternal life where Buddhism is peace through annihilation of self. Buddhism has been marginal but growing, reducing power of traditional belief specifically ancestor worship. One of the great paradoxes of both religions is that Buddhist worldviews diverge radically from Christian opinion that in several manners it seems critical to imagine any understanding between respective adherents. Hinduism is not diverse as compared to cultural diversity in Canada and anywhere people go can see a diverse culture. All cultures are similar in Canada as people from all religion are living in there as a family. Significant religions have made interactions that affected some of the ideas for what they have turned. The secular thought and religion has made an influence in societies to the point it has become more significant than it was before.

Conclusion

Faithful patriot within the country who is concerned by attack on free exercise of religion in country must be concerned through similar attacks on liberty echoing in Canada. Most Canadians has assumed it as Canada is secular, multi-secular society; issues of religious intolerance with discrimination have disappeared. People are confused about re-emergence of question about culture diverse and freedom about human rights. The attention of Canadian religious diversity provides us abilities to see outlines, limitation of secular regime along with protections of religious freedom and diversity.

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