Comparing Buddhism And Sikhism

Buddhism and Sikhism have more differences than similarities. In the following paragraphs, we will see many differences and few similarities.

“Buddhism has sometimes been described as being "trans-theistic (Leupp, R, 2017)." Buddhists worship Buddha and believe in karma, fasting, and reincarnation. They do not worship a god, and believe each and every Buddhist should follow their own, individual wisdom in order to pursue enlightenment and nirvana (Van Voorst, R., 2013). Buddhists have been known to fast to the point of weakness in order to reach these specific points in Buddhism. This religion believes in the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path both discovered and created by Buddhism founder, Siddhartha Gautama. The Four Noble Truths explain suffering and the phases of suffering. The Eightfold Path helps Buddhists to avoid suffering in their lives and gives them rules to live by in order to reach joy.

Their leaders and teachers are called Gurus. “Sikhism condemns blind rituals such as fasting, visiting places of pilgrimage, superstitions, worship of the dead, idol worship etc. (Van Voorst, R. (2013).” The Sikh people are called Punjab’s and their book of scripture used is called the Guru Granth. Sikh dress requirements consist of the five K’s: kesh, kanga, kirpan, kara, and kachha which is uncut hair, a small comb, a sword, a stainless-steel bracelet, and underpants respectively (Sikhs.org,