Hindu And Buddhist Afterlives: Similarities And Differences

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I would like to do my paper on the similarities and differences in Hindu and Buddhist afterlives. The Hindu and Buddhist religious are very often confused with each other and they have quite similar views on afterlife but they also conflict very much. Neither religion believes in a heaven but they both believe in a circle of life, death and rebirth. I will focus my research and my paper on the fact the both believe in a cycle of life, death, and rebirth but they have different views on reaching enlightenment. Buddhists believe the cycle of rebirth and death is determined by karma. Good karma will lead one to be reborn into a happiness realm while bad karma will lead one to be reborn into an evil realm. They also believe that after enough good