Religions are an important aspect of many lives of the people around the world. Religion is a cultural aspect in different countries, meaning different things to different people. When comparing religions there are six areas that are looked at these are; the absolute, the world, humans, the problem for humans, the solution for humans, and life after death. There are many religions around the world, some religions branch off of other religions. When looking into these religions I came to see why many are similar. 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. …show more content…
The Buddha did not address that there was a god, though what I found interesting he did not dismiss that there was no god, he believed there were higher beings. These religions, both worshiped many divines some were even similar. They both believed in the same divine the Brahma. I discovered that they both viewed the Brahma as the highest. All though they might view the Brahma differently, it is interesting to see these two separate religions worship the same higher being. I was not surprised to discover that they have different beliefs on their absolute even if they worship the same being. Nirvana is a goal that many people hope to reach, and this is said to be true in these two religions as well. Many have the goal to reach enlightenment this is said to be the same for Hinduism and