Buddhism Vs Hinduism

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One of the oldest religions in the world developed from Vedic religion and is mainly followed in the South Asian continents and Caribbean. It comprises of various rituals, cosmology, pilgrimage to sacred sites. Hindu sacred texts are divided into two sub categories which are Shruti and Smriti. It discusses about different philosophies about yoga, Vedic yajna and etc.

The most important scriptures include the Vedas and Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita which talks about sources of eternal truths. The four main elements that bind hinduism together are Puruārthas, the proper goals or aims of human life, namely
Dharma (ethics / duties), Artha (prosperity / work), Kama (desires / passions) and Moksha (liberation / freedom / salvation), karma …show more content…

It is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion which basically says that there is no other god but the only one incomparable God(Allah) and Muhammad is his prophet. Islam is worlds second most followed religion with 23% of the world’s population known as Muslims, mainly followed in the Middle Eastern countries or the Arabian peninsula, horn of Africa and south asian continent, Indonesia being the largest Muslim majority country. Islam teachings cite that Allah is all-powerful and merciful, unique and only god. He is the one who guide the entire mankind through various prophets, Muhammad being the last one. He revealed scriptures, set of rules and scriptures in the holy book called Quran. It comprises of all the accounts of Muhammad called hadith. Followers believe that Islam is the actual versions of the ultimate faith and originality as Allah himself revealed it several times through several prophets including Adam, Moses, Jesus and etc. They consider Jesus to be one of the prophets of Allah rather than son of God or God himself.

Practices include the obligatory acts of worshiping which are the five pillars of Islam and follows the islamic rules and law and talks about every aspect of life ranging from society and environment.

They have various Acts of worship such as Testimony and Prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage and Recitation and memorization of the Quran and each of this symbolizes the five

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