Comparitive Religion : Hinduism and Christianity

“If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: Search after truth through non-violent means. A man may not believe in God and still call himself a Hindu. Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth... Hinduism is the religion of truth. Truth is God.”

At the beginning he was very faithful to his religion but slowly as his journey continued, he became less and less faithful to his god and eventually stopped believing in him at

The concept of the 'self' is critical to a great many religious traditions. Understanding one's own individual position within the context of the universe helps to drive one's relationship to the divine, to the pedestrian and to one's fellow man. This is the orientation that helps define atman in the Hindu tradition. Here, this layered 'self' is a critical dimension of one's spiritual enlightenment. Finding and recognizing one's 'permanent self' from within is an essential part of this path. A concept tantamount to the soul, the atman is, in Hindu tradition, said to be the vestige of humanity that remains even when the body is expired. This makes it an essential premise also of transferring the self during the cycle of reincarnation.

He realized then that this experienced showed him the way to realization. Instead of punishing his body to find release from the confines of the self, he would work with his own nature and practice purity of mental defilements to realize enlightenment.

Every religion has unique characteristics that set them apart from one another. The differences vary from the origins to the specific ways of worship. Two religions that show many levels of differences are Christianity and Hinduism. Although there is a variety of topics to compare, the afterlife seems to be the most enticing. As we look into what occurs after one passes in theses religions, there will be a clearer understanding of how these two systems of worship are alike and how they contrast.

The differences between Hinduism and Abrahamic Religions are many. The primary difference of beliefs is that Abrahamic Religion believes that there is one God. Hinduism beliefs vary being Pantheistic, monotheistic and polytheistic it is one of the most complex religions of the world. In the comparison of Hinduism and Abrahamic Religion differ on their concept of God. Along with their differences on the concept of God the Hindu’s and Abrahamic Religions also differ on their concept of man’s destiny. Finally Hindu’s and Abrahamic Religions also differ on their concept of Salvation.

Britain ruled over India and religion was a constitute for nationality in a way they had an ideal of living in harmony with Muslims and Hinduism. As both are separate in their belief and worship, they opposed each other in a form of political background and who should run the country. As religion began to be a big part of the conflict, the creation of the nation was started with wanting independence. As a result, Muslims feared Hinduism would dominate and flee them into another land.

A universalizing religion is a religion that is found everywhere with followers distributed widely around the world. The holidays and events are strongly connected to the founder’s life. An extremely dominant universalizing religion is Christianity.

Then because of his suffering he took it willingly Wildly some would say, others and brothers looked on sadly But he was happy, and God blessed his love and loyalty; Nature saw him God saw him Miracles and good

The yogas are active spiritual paths, a way for people to achieve illumination by the Divine Spark within us all. The word yoga literally means “union” and is related to the English words "join" and "yoke". Through yoga, we “unwrap” the Divinity within, thereby allowing our true spiritual natures to shine forth ever brighter. There are numerous types of yoga; here is a short explanation of some of the main ones:

He started to practice very difficult yogas and meditations, since nothing else he had learned had worked for him. He tried to destroy all his thoughts and stop his breathing. These didn’t work. He looked and felt as though he was dying, not reaching enlightenment. He thought perhaps a stricter diet would help him on his path to enlightenment. He became so thin and emaciated that his stomach touched his back. Yet, he

Another reply is “Hindu is one who believes eternity of universe and eternity of laws and who believes Mukti and Moksha as the ultimate goal of life and can be achieved by, 1.Karma Yoga, 2.Gjana Yoga., 3.Bhakti yoga ,and 4.Raja Yoga.”

Once upon a time, there was a prince named Siddhartha Gautama. The prince’s birth was unusual. His mother had a dream that a white elephant entered her womb foretelling that her baby would be a Buddha. His father ruled the Shakya clan. King Suddhodana Gautama wanted Siddhartha to become a great ruler rather than a religious leader, so he created a protected environment for the young price. Despite his father’s efforts Siddhartha expressed signs of spiritual proclivity. He was unbeatable in martial arts and learned how to meditate so deeply as to levitate. Siddhartha grew progressively curious of the outside world, to the point of finally urging his father to allow him a chariot ride outside the confines of the place walls. In order to shelter the prince King Suddhodana rid the countryside of any of the four elements that might inspire the prince to consider religion. The king ban all the sick and old from sight, funeral processions became prohibited and all religious artifacts removed from the kingdom (Corduan, 2012). However, the Hindu devas had other plans for prince Siddhartha. They took the four forms that the king had so carefully admonished. One became an old man on the verge of dying, another took the form of a man with a disfiguring disease, the third sight was a funeral procession for a decomposing corpse and a holy monk displayed the serenity of a life of renunciation. Among the many troubling thoughts the young man had was the

Post-Jesus’s death Paul created a mission preaching the teaching of Christianity. The acts of Paul spread the belief of Jesus to Jerusalem and Israel. After three years of studying Jesus’s life, he realized that his life was all a deific plan. Paul also realized that, “Jesus was a cosmic figure who entered the world in order to renew it” (Molloy, 344). Paul arranged his focus to be more of the meaning of Jesus and what he calls the cosmic Christ.

delighted in an extraordinary fame amid his life, and whom the Hindus have ever viewed as