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Buddhism and Hinduism A description of the two most influential and practiced religions in all of India. Why over 1300 million people follow these religions throughout their lives and a summary of their beliefs, goals and sacred texts. Buddhism Buddhism is practiced widely throughout the world and has about 350 million followers. The founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, was born to a local king or noble in the Himalayan foothills historians say and was later know as the “Enlightened One.” It is based on The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path while the ultimate goal is to achieve supreme peace, or Nirvana. Hinduism Hinduism can be traced back to before 1500 B. C., as old texts such as the Vedas are dated around that time. Many people think believe it is the oldest religion but some people even use it just as a series of customs or beliefs. The Brahman is the highest being spiritually. All people gather good karma throughout their life and attempt to reach this Supreme Being. In order to reach his, they must follow one of the three paths to reach this salvation or release. lorem ipsum dolor issue, date Buddhism and Hinduism Buddhism Hinduism The beliefs of Buddhism are based on The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. The Four Noble Truths are suffering exists, suffering arises from attachment to desire, suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases, and freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path. This Eightfold Path is consisted of the right understanding, the right intent, the right speech, the right action, the right livelihood, the right effort, the right mindfulness, and lastly the right concentration. The main goal of Buddhism is to have positive karma. They believe everything you do creates karma whether it is positive or negative, and that your next birth is decided largely on the karma you collected in your previous life. There is also a cycle called “samsara: that people go through which consists of death, rebirth, ignorance and suffering. In order to liberate themselves from this, people must have enough good karma to reach supreme peace or nirvana. Lastly Buddhism uses the sacred texts that Buddha’s followers made by collecting and recording Buddha’s teachings into a text called Tripitaka. Hinduism is over 3,500 years old and a very complex religion. The main gods are Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Shiva, the Destroyer. There are however many different gods that take many different forms such as humans or animals and each of the gods above have many different forms as well. If you practice Hinduism, the goal of life is to achieve maksha, or union with Brahman. However, on your way to this, you must reach atman, which is another way of saying Brahman, which means your essential self. If you cannot reach maoksha in one life, then you will get as many chances as you need, as Hindus believe in reincarnation. In order to be born into the circle of life into a better position than last time, you must have good dharma, which is the religious and moral duties of an individual, and good karma, which refers to all the actions in a person’s life that affect their fate in the next life. Also, key morals such as ahisma or nonviolence must be followed throughout life. Lastly, Hindu texts such as the Vedas, Upanishads, and Bagavad Gita are used to teach lessons and reinforce ideas. 2 2