Buddha And Buddha Symbolism

The Kannon Bosatsu, or Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, is a carved wood statue of a Bodhisattva figure standing about two and one half to three meters tall. This statue shows a high level of detail on the Bodhisattva 's body, and is carved so smoothly that it could be mistaken for a stone carving. The show of skilled craftsmanship can be seen around the shoulders with the interaction of the cloth with the jewelry the Bodhisattva. The statue is placed on an ornate pedestal to cause the figurine to appear taller, giving it a feeling of authority, which contrasts with its calm, expressionless face. While the figure appears to be standing in a meditative state like the Buddha, the jewelry present all over the body of this figure distinguishes this figure as a Bodhisattva instead of a Buddha. In his book, The Story of Buddhism a Concise guide to Its History and Teachings, Donald S. Lopez Jr. establishes the importance of imagery in Buddhism. One major point he makes concerning the worship of Buddhist figures, is that the disciples of Buddhism not only believe that the figures are a mere representation of Buddha, but that the figures actually become and are animated by Buddha, an argument which seems to hold merit as truth.

More importantly, the main beliefs in both religions have points in common. Buddhism and Christianity teach people and help them to escape the sufferings, and both of them

“Hellenistic and Roman art may have even influenced the portrayal of the Buddha” (Clark, n.pgs). Initially the Buddha was only represented symbolically, not with a human image. A new Greek influenced anthropomorphic image of the Buddha may have been designed to reflect the human aspects of his life and

Christianity and Buddhism are two very prominent religions dating back from early years up until today. Both are offshoots of other religions-- Christianity from Judaism, and Buddhism from Hinduism. The Buddhists follow the teachings of Gautama Buddha, while Christianity is centered upon the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christianity is monotheistic while Buddhism is nontheistic. Christians believe that Christ is the son of God, while Buddhists do not believe in God as the creator of the universe.

Buddhism and Christianity are closely related in many unique ways. While their founders exhibit significant differences in when they began their existence in the world, their teachings hugely resemble each other. Gautama Buddha was reported to have lived about 600 or 500 before Christ was born. Buddha was born in Nepal, India while Jesus was born in Bethlehem, which is currently located in Palestine. Both Jesus and Buddha espoused altruism and always insisted in service of others. They emphasized the need for giving than receiving and both believed in love as the only tool of defeating hatred. Both teachings contained the need not to judge others. A key difference between the two was how Buddha taught followers to lose one’s self to receive Nirvana while Jesus encouraged his people to lose one’s self in order to receive an everlasting life (Talim, Jeffrey & Anant, 67). This assignment attempts to highlight the similarity between Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount and Gautama Buddha’s Jataka Tales.

In this picture of the Buddha, it passes on ‘compassion’ by demonstrating to us that Buddha's eyes are not shut. He is mindful of his environment. The general look all over is one of generosity and empathy. There are contrasting records right now covering of the Buddha's head. In India, according to their tradition, they say that when the Buddha shaved his head as an indication of his renunciation, the hair developed back in tight twists. In Japan, the story says that while he was situated in reflection, the sun beat downward on his shaved head. To start with the fish and afterward frogs attempted to offer him covering from the sun. They proved unable. Be that as it may, snails came and lined up on his head to keep it secured from the sun amid

If a Christian follows Buddhist traditions, then one must assume that there is an overlapping of similarities in both teachings; a Christian’s worldview must be complementary to that of a Buddhist’s. Though I am arguing the similarities between Christianity and Buddhism, I do not completely shut down the obvious differences between the two traditions. Christians are devoted the Jesus Christ’s teachings, while Buddhists believe in the Buddha’s teachings. Jesus is God in human form while Buddha was a human being who reached supreme insight under the Bodhi tree. Roderick Ninian Smart, a Scottish writer and university educator of religious studies, argues in his book, Buddhism and Christianity: Rivals and Allies, “Jesus saved humanity through his deeds and death, while the heart of liberation for Buddhists is through the Eightfold Path” He then continues to defend

I think both varies in there Own ways and both I believe would easily grab the eye balls on themselves. As some of the differences- both were created in different century in different era (one renaissance and other Modern Art era), Buddha's Sucplutre is created using Bronze only whereas other is been created using Bronze and Gilt, one is sculpture of god where other has dragon, 'bagaku' dancers,and Chinese Lions. Where there is much different about them there is some that's Common, as both are part of Asian Art, both of falls into the category of Cultural Art and were made in Sculpture form (using Casting method). I don't think one is better than another, but I personally found Inlaid Shakudo and Gold Koro and Cover to

In this essay, two world religions will be compared to see how similar and/or how different they are; these two religions are Confucianism and Buddhism. Confucianism speaks about the wise thoughts that Confucius came across throughout his life. Buddhism speaks about how to acquire great knowledge throughout life. Confucianism was founded by a Chinese man, but Buddhism was founded by an Indian man. These quick comparisons show how the religions differ, but more detailed comparisons will be seen throughout the essay.

At first glance the traditions of Christianity and Buddhism appear very different from each other. One centers around a God that was at one time physically manifest on earth in the human form of his "son" Jesus Christ, the other primarily worships a historical figure that gained divine status through enlightenment. This assessment is broad at best, especially in the case of Buddhism where the Theravada and Mahayana traditions differ significantly. Christianity also has division within itself, the most prominent being between the Roman Catholic and Protestant systems. There are however, despite obvious differences, some very interesting similarities between Buddhism and

Understanding this, it may be possible that the reason the Bodhisattva is able to postpone nirvana is because they keep the materials like the jewelry and other materialistic items, which prevent the Bodhisattva from reaching Nirvana. In order to reach nirvana the Bodhisattva would have to rid himself of the jewels and other materialistic items like the Buddha and be in the most simplest state possible. This can be seen in both statues as the Bodhisattva seems to have a necklace and earrings, but the Japanese one has more details and the jewels are emphasized more. Both Buddha's are in their simplest form with no jewelry and only have simple robes. Both Buddha's have elongated earlobes and an urna between their eyes.

A thing that appealed the people of the Classical Period about this two religions and led to the spread and evangelization of them was the fact that they both promised their followers salvation. As it is stated in the paragraph before their followers state of salvation was achieved when reaching the Nirvana or Heaven. During the Classical Period people were in a state of chaos, the lower class was losing the lands they used for agriculture, middle class’ trade was being affected, and upper class were losing power. These three different social classes needed the hope of salvation, the one that Buddhism and Christianity could give them. Another thing that appealed about these two religions, specially to the lower class was the Universality of it. You were spiritually equal to Buddha or God no matter what, not even social class or race. Also, both of them were against slavery. At last, was how personal it was. You could directly interact with God or Buddha by praying or meditating, which supposedly will help you and direct you throughout your life.

How would you compare the lives and teachings of Jesus and Buddha? Well, Buddha never considered himself to be a god of any type. He just thought of himself as a person to shower other people with gifts and wealth. As far as Jesus, he was looked at as “The way, the truth, and the life.”.

Between the two religions they both had a different start. Buddhism started when Siddhartha Gautama, who previously lived a rich and luxurious lifestyle, decided to make a change in his life. He wanted to be able to feel pain and suffering that was felt all around the world by everyone else. After being able to find it, he decided to try and find a cure for it through meditation. Siddhartha Gautama, otherwise known as Buddha created the “Four Noble Truths,” as well as the “Eightfold Path” to help people live a peaceful life. Buddhism was modified later on to create three main versions of the religion which are Theravada, also known as the “Way of the Elders” or the “Small Vehicle.” Mahayana Buddhism, which was called the “Great Vehicle” and finally Tibetan Buddhism which also goes by the “Diamond Vehicle.” Yet Christianity formed in a different way,

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that Jesus Christ and Gautama are the two personalities that have positive and significant influences to people, and have rerouted the course of human history. One influences the eastern part of world and the other influences the western part. As the common people, we might only know their differences in conductions. However they were actually doing the total different religious belief and spiritual world. This statement does not means they are entirely different. In order to know Buddha and Jesus deeply, people need to look at several aspects to compare the differences and similarities. But in the recapitulative conception, their purpose was the same: to instill love and light to people in the world.