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    Christianity and Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism. Each counterpart and their parent religion have similar ideal beliefs on how one must live their lives accordingly. However, within the four religions mentioned, Buddhism is further away from its parent religion of Hinduism because Buddhism believes in finding the Anatman (no Self or I) while Hinduism has strong beliefs in Atman (the soul) or Brahman. In Buddhism, there is no belief system in one or many Gods, unlike Hinduism, it practices having no attachment

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    Did you know that Buddhism believes in suffering? All all these religions have something different about them. But they have a lot more differences than similarities. First, Hinduism and Christianity both have one thing in common and one thing that is different about these two religions. They both have one god that can be many forms. And the difference is that the Hindus god Brahma millions of forms and Jesus is the father, the son and the holy spirit. “There is nothing lost or wasted in this life

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    being to another and provide an opportunity for the community to express and celebrate its solidarity.” In Christianity and Hinduism, ceremonies which commemorate life’s stages are called sacraments; in Hinduism, these are called saṃskāras. Sacraments are the visual aspect of invisible faith and are and expression of devotion to one’s religion. In both Christianity and Hinduism, people live their lives with respect to their religion’s rules, with the aim of reaching salvation or enlightenment respectively

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    Comparing Hinduism and Buddhism Hinduism and Buddhism have different similarities and are in some ways connected to each other. Some of the practices of the two religions are similar in various ways and there are several examples to show this. Hinduism first started in India around 1500 BC. The word Hindu comes from the Sanskrit word sindhu, or river. The Hindu community define themselves as "those who believe in the Vedas", or also "those who follow the way, or dharma, of the four

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    Both Hinduism and Buddhism have components of religion and philosophy intertwined, but for the purposes of examination, a cohesive philosophical argument cannot hinge on the religious metaphysics of the discussion. Hinduism and Buddhism both have similarities when describing life and death. They share ideas of self, impermanence, and lack of attachment, but their metaphysics create glaring differences when they describe how to live life, how to view life and death separately or as a process, and

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    though, how this life after death is achieved or how your experience is with it – is determined by your mortal life. This paper will discuss the different views on the afterlife between Hinduism and Christianity. The main difference between Christianity and Hinduism is what actually happens after death. In Hinduism, “life after death” is almost more considered “life after life.” Hindus believe in transmigration which is the soul’s passage through a series of lives in different species. In Christianity

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    Kaci Caldwell Humanities 2113 Professor Ann Malloy 30 August 2015 Essay 1 As we all know death of humans has been one of the utmost mysteries we would all like to solve. Although the ancient Mesopotamia, Egyptian, and Hindu all believed in an afterlife, their understanding and celebration if any, seems to be a little different. Mesopotamians were afraid of death, although they believed in afterlife they also had strong belief about the spirits still being alive. The Egyptians had an understanding

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    Title: Difference and Similarities between Christianity and Four (4) World Religion, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Muslims and Hinduism. Introduction: In the world today there are many religions of different beliefs with vast numbers of followers. However, some of these religions turn to have similarities and differences which defer them from each another. The following report briefly talks about the differences and similarities between Christianity and other four (4) major world religions and they

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    aforementioned religions are Hinduism and Christianity. These religions have made out women to be lower than men in both similar and different ways. Hinduism and Christianity put women in a negative light and it effects the women in their communities. Like most religions the perception of women has evolved over time. Sometimes it was for the better other times it is for the worse. An example of this is exemplified in Hinduism. According to A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism by Klaus K. Klostermaier

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    Running Head: The Comparison of Hinduism and Abrahamic Religions The Comparison of Hinduism and Abrahamic Religions By Christa Dunwoody Abstract 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

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