Hinduism and Judaism Religions, mythology and theology are truly fascinating for numerous people and scholars all over the world. Uncountable stages are opened for clergies, materialists, scientists, atheist, agnosticists to debate and discuss. In the west, Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox East churches are occasionally arguing about correct religious teachings. At the same time, in the east, Dalai Lama even purposes a merge of scientific world and spiritual world in universe in an single atom. In the Eastern spiritual world, Buddhism and Hinduism are vigorously believed by asian people. It’s hard to say that one of these two Indian originated religions is developed upon the other one. There are frequent misunderstandings between Buddhism …show more content…
How come? In ancient civilizations, stories were told orally one generation by one generation in clans. As Hindus became more and more civilized, a system of stories, describing supernatural forces, was passed on and widely spread. Veda, as a collection of eulogy and sacred songs appeared. Veda was the most basic document in Brahmanism. When Brahmanists combine their own beliefs in Veda with ideas about Karma in The Upanishad, Hinduism finally took a desired shape. So was Buddhism. The story of buddha was written down by his followers and then built up the basic teachings of Buddhism. Then, the next step is to spread these stories to people. During the age when Mahayana prevails, in about 1st century, these stories were brought to China, Japan, Mongol and so on. Obviously, stories play a key role in spreading teachings of both 2 religions just like preaching to the converted. However, Buddhism and Hinduism still vary greatly from each other in the process of spreading themselves. On the one hand, In the Buddhism, there is a leading, cult figure - Prince Siddhartha whereas Hinduism does not include an important …show more content…
Karma can be simply understood as a system of causality. A person can benefit from benevolence, and, as well, can suffer retribution for his sins. Karma takes control of a person’s future life after transmigration of his soul based on his behaviors. Karma, indeed, can be very powerful for those Hindus followers as they understand that crimes you commit this time may determine your life in the next cycle such as birth in a lower caste next time. Karma, in both Buddhism and Hinduism, is the destiny which a person cannot evade easily. In Buddhism, Karma is even believed to be the infinite suffering. Probably owning to the publish of Upanishad, Buddhism and Hinduism shared this same idea. Upanishad, a conventional hindus classics, was a collection of sacred text in Brahmanism and Buddhism. A key religious system built up in Upanishad is Karma. Upanishad points out that a person should not pursue maximum of wealth, health. Instead, they should try to cast off the infinite karma cycle that leads to suffering. The way for people to escape Karma is to reach the ultimate, ideal life: by continuous meditation, asceticism, giving up worldly pleasures and attending religious practice, there, finally, will be a merge of a person’s soul and Brahman to an organic whole. At this point, the truth that gods, universe want to teach is no longer blocked by the worldly ignorance, and people will finally live