The Buddha was a man, Siddhartha Gautama, who pondered why there was suffering and discontentment in the world and became enlightened. He taught his followers the path to this enlightenment and contentment. He died and left this world about 2,420 years ago.
Shiva is a primary Hindu Deity. He is the Destroyer/Transformer God among the Hindu Trinity (Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva) and is regard as one of the five primary forms of God.
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No...Shiva is a Hindu God...Vampires are mythical creatures who drink human blood.
My intuition tells me Shiva is pictured in deep meditation because the Hindu leaders want people to recognize the importance of meditation. The promise of Shiva and Buddha and Mahavira is that if you go into meditation, you too will be able to attain to a high level of consciousness, just like we did.
Lord Shiva may be related to Jainism in some way. Some Hindu Puranas say that Shiva is no else than Rishabdeva, first Jain Tirthankar (though there are many differences between the two).
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Shiva Natraja certainly tells a story. One time lord Shiva got very angry and started to dance, all the earth began to shake and was about to be destroyed due to the power of this dance. This image is known as Nataraj form.
Lord Shiva wears a snake around his neck, the type of snake is a cobra usually cobras are related to toughness and Shiva is the destroyer of Hindu Gods.
Jataka refers to the accounts of the former lives of Buddha Gautama Siddhartha.
It's difficult to give exact dates because a majority of their festivals and holdays are based on the moon calendar. There's Manali, which is a week-long sports festival in January, and Shiva Rati, which is a festival of Shiva in February. There's also Buddha Purnima in May, which is the birthday of Gautama Buddha, and there's the Minjar (Harvest) Festival, which is a weeklong celebration in July. Hopefully that helps a bit:)
Yes they did cry one of the most beloved men in the world died for the sins of world. The Buddha, Shiva, kali and all of the Hindu deities cried and wept for him,until he came back from the dead and they rejoiced from him.
Buddha is a man, he has only two arms. Shiva, the Hindu god of death, the Destroyer, has eight arms each with a different object:a cobraan antelopea scepter with Nandi on topa damru or druma drum sticka bella tridentan axe.