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A Comparison Of Buddhism, Islam, And Christianity

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Throughout time religion has played a huge role in a lot of people’s lives. Everyone has a religion, whether it be Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, or maybe even agnosticism (a belief where humans choose to not have a say in whether or not god exists). Every religion is different, but who’s to say what is right and what is wrong? Being raised in a Catholic family, I’ve been taught to believe in a set of rules that the religion practices and I’ve never ventured out to look at other religions beliefs and practices. Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity are three of many religions practiced all over the world, but with each come different beliefs along with similarities all of which are worth knowing about. Buddhism originated in India and has been …show more content…

Nirvana is a place of perfect peace and happiness, the highest state that someone can attain, a state of enlightenment, meaning a person's individual desires and suffering go away (Dictionary). Worship and meditation are different practices that could lead to nirvana. Worship for Buddhists can be done in many places such as stupas, temples, and homes. Most meditations include the lighting of candles and an image or statue of the Buddha. Buddhism splits off into three branches, Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. Theravada Buddhism is also known as “the way of the elders”, its main goal is to pass on the original teachings of Buddha unchanged. People who follow this school are taught to believe that life is full of suffering and that all human life comes to an end, so nothing should be desired. This form of Buddhism has 124,000,000 followers is found is Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka (Library). Next, Mahayana Buddhism also known as “The Big Vehicle” strays away from the original teachings of Buddha. It implies that all people can attain nirvana. Compassion in Mahayana Buddhism is not just a virtue, it is also a way of reaching enlightenment. In order to help yourself, you must help others. This form of Buddhism has approximately 185,000,000 followers and is prominent in central Asia and China (Library). Finally, Vajrayana Buddhism also known as “The Diamond Vehicle” use chants and rituals to gain supernatural

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Religions have greatly shaped their followers' lives by their origin stories, societal teachings, and tone in their writings. Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism are different in their attitudes and creation stories, but similar in their social impacts. %Origin In the Islam, Hindu, and Buddhism beliefs and teachings, they differ in the number of gods worshiped and origin of life. In the Five Pillars of Faith, the Shahadat duty requires that "A Muslim must acknowledge that 'There is no God but Allah...'".

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Buddhism is a religion born in India 563 B.C. with Siddhartha as there founder. the basic beliefs are the 4 noble truths (Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, and Marga). Like document 6 says noble truth one (Dukkha) "birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering etc." In noble truth four (Marga) says "right intention, right action, right effort ect." Which means if you are suffering in some type of way you stop it by doing something right.

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More importantly, Mahayana Buddhists teach that enlightenment is reachable in one lifetime, and this can be fulfilled by a layman. The assorted subclasses within the Mahayana tradition, like Nichiren, Pure Land, and Zen, advocate various ways of obtaining this ambition, but each group agrees that it can be reached in a one lifetime by anyone who truly wants it ("Mahayana," n.d.). Mahayana Buddhism bears more of a religious nature than its Theravadan counterpart does. It many times involves the adoration of Buddhas, celestial beings, boddhisatvas, ceremonies, rituals, and the use of sacred objects. The role of these religious elements changes, but remains essential to Tibetan/Tantric

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Crane’s short story “The Blue Hotel” is an example of naturalism because of the way he intertwines nature with his characters. For example Crane gives the wind human characteristics by descriptions like “huge arms” that were making attempts to “embrace the flakes as they sped.” He was able to stimulate emotions and human-like qualities for the raging snow storm outside. As I was reading my attention was brought to these traits while I was imagining the “long mellow cry of the blizzard” and the snow wailing as it “flung to its grave in the south”. Here he transforms the storm outside is into a chilling graveyard.

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Today, about 2.3 Billion people follow the religion on Christianity. Unlike Buddhist Christians believe in a god. One god, named ¨God¨. They also believe in an eternal life after death, not reincarnation, it's either Heaven or Hell. All of the teaching is written down in the

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Buddhism today is the fourth largest religion on earth, with over 520 million followers across the globe, which is seven percent of the world’s population. The way the idea of Buddhism spread across the world, was when started Buddha wandered India, and taught those who were willing to learn his ways. Buddhism was one of the few religions at the time that treated women equally to men. Although Buddhism is attributed to the Buddha, he himself didn’t intend to create a religion. What he had done was tell people how to stop the rebirth process in Hinduism, a similar religion.

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Buddhist schools vary on the exact nature of the path to liberation, the importance and canonicity of various teachings and scriptures, and especially their respective practices. One consistent belief held by all Buddhist schools is the lack of a creator deity. The foundations of Buddhist tradition and practice are the Three Jewels- the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. Taking "refuge in the triple gem" has traditionally been a commitment to being on the Buddhist path, and in general distinguishes a Buddhist from a

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