Comparing Christianity and Buddhism
Compare and contrast Buddhism and Christianity What a similarities does Christianity and Buddhism share? Any Christian or a Buddhist will be able to tell the differences instantly but not the similarities between these two religions. Two of the most followed religions in the world today, Buddhism and Christianity both had an inspiring leader at different parts of the world at different time sharing similar teachings such as treating others and way of life, yet extremely different with Christianity and Buddhism having different belief systems such as afterlives, sacred texts and Christians believing in a supreme-God whereas Buddhists do not believe in a God being. Among few similarities that Buddhism and Christianity share, there is one major aspect from each religion that they share in common, which are the teachings taught by their leaders, Jesus and Buddha. For instance, out of the “Four noble Truths” from Buddhism, the second noble truth teaches that all suffering has a cause. Buddha had a strong belief that all humans were to suffer but there will be good outcomes. This is similar to Jesus’s teaching because humans are constantly suffering by temptations of Satan but in the end, God is just giving people trials in life to become tougher. Also Christians believe that God always had an amazing plan in life for each person. These are the similar teachings that the two religions share. Christianity and Buddhism both share different beliefs about their afterlives. Buddha accepted the Hindu reincarnation and karma. Also Buddha taught his people that the goal of the religious life is to escape the cycle of death and rebirth. Buddha believed that what keeps people bound to life is their desire for something left in the world such as . If one success to letting everything go without any regrets, then he reaches Nirvana, no longer have to come back to earth in another reincarnation. On contrary, Christianity believes that once someone dies, the person either