ipl-logo

Compare And Contrast Buddhism And The Four Noble Truths

735 Words3 Pages

I chose to use the Four Noble Truths and Noble Eightfold Path for the question of “How Should I Live My Life?” The Four Noble Truths focus on suffering, its existence, its cause, and how to be released from it. Buddha believed that you cannot escape suffering, you can only life and experience it. But that does not mean that you should let it rule your life. The Four Noble Truths are ways for people to respond to the suffering in their lives. The First Truth states that suffering happens when we live our lives; it is counterproductive to let it rule our lives and if we know why suffering happens, then we would be able to lessen it. The Second Truth states that tanha, or desire, is the reason for our suffering because the world is ever changing and we cannot be permanently satisfied. The Third Truth states that one …show more content…

Jesus suffered on the cross for us, to save us from our sins. In Buddhism, they understand suffering exists and you could choose to do something about it. Christianity is more about our God suffering for us because we are human and make mistakes, while Buddhism is more about the suffering of humans and what you could choose to do about it. Buddhism does not really have a God so it is understandable to see this difference between the two religions. Christianity has a bigger focus on God and how He is in our lives, how He suffers for us, how He loves us unconditionally. Buddhism does not have a God so they focus more on the person and how suffering affects their life, what they need to do for themselves, how you need to love yourself before you could love others. Buddhism has a certain autonomy that is different from other religions because they do not have a god. Christianity has a certain kind of weight that can be lifted off your shoulder because you do not have to deal with suffering yourself because Jesus suffered for and with

Show More
Related
450 Words | 2 Pages

These two major figures influenced the lifestyle of billions of people from all over the world. Throughout the book Hanh shows a deeper connection between Christianity and Buddhism by renewing the reader's understanding of the main importances of the two religions. Hanh also highlights the importance of being open minded about other religions and emphasizes that people need to be open to the commonalities and or similarities seen

Read More
330 Words | 2 Pages

According to Hindu and Buddhist scriptures both believed in karma and reincarnation. Both religions have a common goal of life to attain nirvana or salvation, although they adopted different paths to reach their goal. Buddhism denies the authority of the Vedas and dislikes animal sacrifice, while Hinduism

Read More
777 Words | 4 Pages

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...'".

Read More
76 Words | 1 Pages

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.

Read More
854 Words | 4 Pages

Religions have existed for millenniums, cultivation and sculpting the old world into what it is today. Each religion is unique in its own sense, meaning that each religion is its own mix, it’s own jam. Every one of these jams, or religions, have been spread across nations. Some jams are smooth like butter, finding easy acceptance and even easier assimilation, whereas some jams are chunky and laden with difficulties. Buddhism’s jam was one of interesting circumstance, containing a vary of smooth and chunky consistency.

Read More
695 Words | 3 Pages

The right to understand what causes suffering, the intention of personal desires, the act of not harming another human being, the right work assuring that it does not harm anyone including oneself, noble efforts to improve through moderation, the right to mediation which allows for one to absorb reality and nature, the right contemplation allows and promotes inner peace. Following the Four Truths along with the Eightfold path can ultimately aid in achieving happiness and inner peace for its

Read More
1363 Words | 6 Pages

These sets of laws were part of the first sermon preached by Buddha in the fifth century B.C.E. The first truth is sorrow, “Birth is sorrow, age is sorrow, disease is sorrow, death is sorrow, contact with the unpleasant is sorrow, separation from the pleasant is sorrow, every wish unfulfilled is sorrow”. The second truth is the arising of sorrow, “it arises from craving, which leads to rebirth, which brings delight and passion, and seeks pleasure- the craving for sensual pleasure, the craving for continued life, and the craving for power”. The third truth is the stopping of sorrow, “It is the complete stopping of that craving, so that no passion remains, leaving it, being emancipated from it, being released from it, giving no place to it”. The fourth truth is “the way that leads to the stopping of sorrow”.

Read More
484 Words | 2 Pages

Buddhist believe in the teachings of Buddha, who was originally Hindu until enlightenment. Buddhist highly believe in the 4 Noble Truths and the 8 Fold Path. There are many religious things that fall off of Buddhism like Confucius and Taoism. In Document 5 it says that’s Buddhist should be respected because they are encouraging and are at different levels of

Read More
644 Words | 3 Pages

The first principle is to live a moral life. The second principle is to be aware of your actions and thoughts (and how they affect others). The last principle is to develop wisdom and reach enlightenment. On top of these 3 principles, there are also 4 “noble truths”. The first noble truth is a rather realistic viewpoint, and the viewpoint is that suffering is a normal part of life.

Read More
472 Words | 2 Pages

Buddhism/Hinduism vs. Christianity: Afterlife The concept of afterlife is different for many. Some would say there is a heaven or hell, or some would believe in the concept of reincarnation. The answer varies from different peoples perspective in terms of their religion or personal opinion; yet despite these differences it is agreed that different concepts of afterlife in different religions can have a certain degree of similarity or comparison. Although Buddhism/Hinduism and Christianity are three different religions in terms of where the soul enters in afterlife; they do have many similarities such as a reward and punishment system and second chances to redeem oneself.

Read More
754 Words | 4 Pages

Therefore, a new branch of Hinduism emerged and is now known as Buddhism. One of the two similarities between the two religions is Symbolism. Moreover, the two religions figured out the how to avoid death. On the other hand, a difference between Hinduism and Buddhism is the fundamental ideology. Buddhist strive to achieve nothingness and they believe that there is no god while in hinduism, they do.

Read More
467 Words | 2 Pages

Buddhism has a lot more followers they have over 300 million and Judaism has like 15 million. Buddhism was found in 500 b.c. and Judaism was found in 1300 b.c. So now that you have read your essay I hope you have learned more from the religions Buddhism and Judaism. These are two very different religions and they are very old.

Read More
889 Words | 4 Pages

They have the same beliefs but worship and view some aspects in different ways. Hinduism and Buddhism are sometimes mistaken as being the same religion, though they are similar. They both originated in India. Buddhism came to be by breaking off of Hinduism and now has their own beliefs.

Read More
650 Words | 3 Pages

. One of the differences between these two religions is that Hinduism believes firmly in Atmna, which means the soul, and in Brahman, which refers the eternity of the soul. Buddhism on the contrary, doesn’t, has a concept about themselves or salvation. As well as that

Read More
961 Words | 4 Pages

o 1.0 Introduction  As everybody knows that religion has importance in everybody lives as religion defines their personality. Two religions, Buddhism and Hinduism are almost similar to each other. They have many similarities and differences also. This report consists of similarities and differences between this two religions.

Read More

More about Compare And Contrast Buddhism And The Four Noble Truths

Related Topics

Open Document