- Jainism and Buddhism are similar in a way that they both lead you to the path of ascetism and a few other aspects like reincarnation, nirvana, strict non-violence, etc.
- Jainism and Buddhism, reject the authority (but not the values) of the Vedas.
- Both don't believe in a creator God.
But there are a lot of aspects that are different. For more information check out http://www.answers.com/topic/buddhism-and-jainism
**Edit to this person's response: "Both religions did not engage in proselytizing" is wrong. Buddhism was a proselytizing religion. Ashoka (Chandragupta's son) spread Buddhism throughout Burma, Syria, and Egypt by means of missionaries.
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But most other issues differ:
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Answer 2
All religions are alike because they all believe in some type of god; but Buddhism and Judaism are not alike. They are, in fact, the most opposite. Buddhism is more spiritual, you could say, and Judaism deals more with everyday life.
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These two religions are so apart that it is hard to say that there is any similarity between the two. Judaism is Monotheistic, Buddhism is not. Judaism believes that God revealed himself to mankind so that mankind will be able to correct the world. Buddhism believes Buddha (who was human) revealed the way to escape from the suffering of this world. Maybe one shared thing to the two religions is the key belief in treating other people well (though for different reasons).
Answer 4
Buddhism and Judaism share a few general ideas, but are fundamentally different religions and hold beliefs that run counter to one another. The few similarities that exist include:
Schools and Academies of Study: Both Buddhism and Judaism are complex disciplines with very precise and lengthy requirements for practice. As a result, Buddhist and Jewish scholars have places of teaching and train their disciples for years to understand the very complex knowledge of the religious life.
Spirituality over Materialism: Buddhism and Judaism are both deeply anti-materialistic, holding that Truth is discoverable only when seeing the world in its spiritual essence. The Buddhist achieves this through asceticism while the Jew achieves it through separation, but the intent is similar.
Valuing the Weak: Buddhism and Judaism hold that the elderly, the sick, and children are very valuable even though their material or physical contribution to society may not be very high. The wisdom of the elderly is to be prized, the sick are to be helped and sympathized with, and the innocence of children is valued.
Human Fraternity: Both religions believe that people should be kind to one another and love each other (within reason). The core teachings of both faiths are to be peaceful and good-willed. Political situations such as those in Tibet and Israel make these teachings more difficult to follow.
This World Matters: Buddhism and Judaism do have an afterlife. But contrary to faiths which focus heavily on the afterlife, Buddhists and Jews do not see it as central to their teachings. In Buddhism and Judaism, a person performs righteously in this life solely because they live and for no other reason.
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There are more differences than similarities between the two religiions.
Buddhism was around long before Christianity, and Buddhism draws on Hinduism Christianity and the Islamic faith draw on the sources of Judaism. Given that there was a lot of swapping of ideas along with trade in goods in the ancient world it is easy to suspect a lot of ideas in all of these religions were drawn from some common sources.
Examining some of the big ticket items: of Christianity Buddhism and their source religions.
-Both worship one God (but the Buddha is not a God he is a religious teacher)
-Both Gods are tempted by the devil
-Both walk over the water
-They both have a religious building
-they both have a leader of there religious building (B= Monk C= A Priest)
-They both can worship in groups or individually
There are many more similarities
*There is no God worship in Buddhism. When asked about the existence of a supreme being the Buddha remained silent and did not answer.
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There is actually not a lot of similarity between the two religions except for the feeling that being "good" is better for the followers than being "bad". Examples and comparisons:
Means of salvation:
Holy days/Day of Worship:
Uniqueness of Belief:
Religious Law:
Belief in a deity:
Regular Practices:
Clergy:
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Human Nature:
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While there are some significant differences, Buddhism and Christianity both advocate a peaceful style of human interaction. Where Jesus promoted "love thy neighbor", Buddha encouraged followers to practice compassion for all living things. Jesus told followers to "turn the other cheek" and Buddha told someone who was attacking him "I refuse to accept your abuse". Neither encouraged violence. Both Jesus and Buddha were reacting against the religious and social norms of their societies. Both were more inclusive, focused on love, compassion, and thoughtfulness, and encouraged self-improvement.
On major difference is Christianity is focused on the reward of eternal life after death for moral living while Buddhism focuses more on ending suffering in the here and now and the attainment of nirvana. While the meta-physical focus may differ, both seek a more peaceful and loving world.
Buddhists do NOT believe in a heaven or a hell. In Buddhism the life after death concept consists of Samsara and Nirvana. In otherwords, reincarnation and liberation from the never ending cycle of rebirth. The break through or liberation is made when ones Karma is good enough that one is enlightened.
They do not belive in a god like Christians
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Although certain schools of Buddhism do believe in gods, most would reject the idea of monotheism or an omniscient/omnipotent being - unlike Christianity, Buddhism does not teach a story of creation, and is not concerned with the story of creation, rather they believe there is more urgent matters to deal with; ending suffering and reaching enlightenment
Buddhists do not believe in heaven and hell
Buddhists do believe in Nirvana (commonly mistaken for Heaven) - a state in which there is no more suffering, the fire of Samsara (suffering) has been extinguished
Similarities:
Attitude towards mankind: Christians believe all people are created in the image of God, and therefore they are on an equal footing.
Buddhists believe mankind are united and on an equal footing too, but for different reasons: all mankind is capable of achieving enlightenment and reaching Nirvana, and therefore is equal and should be treated so.
Rules: Christians hold the 10 commandments dear and use them as a guideline for life
Buddhists hold the 5+ precepts dear and use them as a guideline for life
(both include points of not harming one another: Christians "Thou shalt not kill" Exodus and Buddhism "I undertake the training rule to abstain from taking life."
Some Christians adopt a pacifist/non-violent view on life (Quakers in particular), that no human life should be harmed in any case. Buddhists agree that life should not be harmed; within the Eightfold Path (a very important Buddhist teaching on how to achieve enlightenment and defeat suffering) is a teaching of 'Right Livelihood' which teaches that people should not take up occupations/jobs that harm other people or create bad karma
Christians generally believe that good deeds lead to good consequences; pursuing a life of good and not of evil, may lead to heaven. In Buddhism, good deeds create good karma which leads to a good rebirth and eventually leads to enlightenment (Nirvana).
There are hardly any similarities trust me. However there are many diferences. Because in Buddhism, they believe in reincarnation, whereas in christianity, you either go to heaven or hell. Christianity is more simple and less complicated than Buddhism. Also, in christianity, Jesus died to save our sins so that we may all live and not perish (die). But in Buddhism, Siddartha (Buddha, the one who became enlightened) quotes: "Don't take my word for it, experience it yourself". Although one similarity is that both religions have only one God.
I'm a Christian, but it's good to learn about beliefs of other religions.
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Catholic AnswerSeveral years ago, Time Magazine published an article on the comparative religions of the world, putting Buddhism in that list. In the next several weeks, they ended up publishing several letters from Buddhists who carefully explained that Buddhism was NOT a religion. Catholicism, on the other hand, is a revealed religion, it is the fulfillment of Judaism, and has been revealed by God, in person, in Our Blessed Lord. Buddhism is a view on how to live a settled life with yourself, it does not address God, creation, etc. In other words, it is a philosophy, not a religion. Catholicism contains a philosophy based on reality (see the works of St. Thomas Aquinas), but their view of reality are radically different than Buddhists. Bottom line? Both teach people to respect others and nature. AnswerThere is actually not a lot of similarity between the two religions except for the feeling that being "good" is better for the followers than being "bad". Examples and comparisons:Means of salvation:
Holy days/Day of Worship:
Uniqueness of Belief:
Religious Law:
Belief in a deity:
Regular Practices:
Clergy:
God's role in salvation:
Human Nature:
Monks, nuns, rosaries, compassion, icons, charitable work, missionaries, halos in art, saints/bodhisattvas, incense, meditation, prayer, reading of holy texts, dislike of extreme monasticism and they both base their ethics on a golden rule
All 3 use prayer and meditation.
Christianity & Judaism have similarities, because Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism.
Buddhism, however, is an offshoot of Hinduism, & therefore not very similar to either Christianity or Judaism.
There are several similarities between Hinduism and Judaism.
Some of the similarities are: Hinduism has a religious symbol called the Om; which literally means Brahman and Judaism has a non-religious symbol called "The star of David" which is an emblem that is modeled after the shield of King David.
Also, Hinduism is the oldest religion of its type (polytheistic religion) while Judaism is the oldest religion of its type (monotheistic religion). Hindus believe that all gods are one (manifestations of the main god: Brahman) while Jews believe in one god: HaShem.
There are several thousans of religions in the world so a comparison would be difficult. Points to consider are:
The men are not allowed to shave the corners of their heads.
However, more significant similarities are:
1. Both religions are monotheistic
2. Both religions do not allow icons in worship
3. Both religions have dietary laws
they are both religions
Between Hinduism and Buddhism there is some common tradition and the Buddha was a Hindu, but generally Hindus believe in a God and Buddhists do not. I am a Buddhist. As to Islam it is an Abrahamic faith just like Christianity and Judaism are, meaning they trace there heritage back to Abraham and all believe in the same creator God. After that there are other similarities in the 3 but far more differences.
the similarities is big and small
There is definitely NO similarity or similarities on Canada and Fiji culture.
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Judaism and Islam have many similarities. Hinduism does not fall in this category because Hinduism is an Ancient South Asian Religion and Culture. Judaism and Islam believe in One God. Hinduism does not fall in this category, because they believe in many gods. Judaism and Islam have too many similarities to list. It would be wise to search "Similarities between Judaism and Islam" or see the related question below.
Judaism, Hinduism, Mormonism...
Hinduism AND Buddhism have many similarities. Such as concept of Moksha (liberation) or Nirvana (Liberation) via meditation.
I think this is just too big a question for me. I will say that within each of these traditions there isn't one simple explanation to compare with the simple explanations in the other traditions.
Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity
Some essay topics about religion are "What are the similarities and differences between Christianity and Judaism", "Does god really exist", and "Is there an afterlife".
Hinduism, Buddhism, and some smaller religions such as Zoroastrianism.
There are many differences and some similarities between Christianity and Hinduism. the similarities include:Both teach high moral valuesBoth have a godhead that actually consists of three gods in one - For Christianity, God the Father, Jesus and the holy GhostFor Hinduism, Brahma, Shiva and Vishnuboth have demons, usually as symbols of evilIn Hinduism there are many hells In Christianity there is only one hell, but the Catholic Church also teaches purgatory and limbo.
one, I would have to say, is non-violence.
Between Hinduism and Buddhism there is some common tradition and the Buddha was a Hindu, but generally Hindus believe in a God and Buddhists do not. I am a Buddhist. As to Islam it is an Abrahamic faith just like Christianity and Judaism are, meaning they trace there heritage back to Abraham and all believe in the same creator God. After that there are other similarities in the 3 but far more differences.
Buddhism takes Hinduism as its cultural context. As a consequence many of the references are common to both religions, -e.g. a cycle of death and rebirth, nirvana. Buddhism then pulls away from Hinduism in the rejection of a supernatural or deity inspired involvement with humans. In th e same WA Christianity and Islam have similarities to Judaism and use its cultural references as a base, but pull away from some of its beliefs.
Hinduism-monistic-no single founder-reincarnation, endless cycle of rebirths-karma, What goes around comes around..-Originated in IndiaJudaism-No single founder, based on national revelation-The Ten Commandments revealed to Moses-Chosen to keep the Torah-reincarnation, some souls are reincarnated into new people-Monotheistic-Originated in IsraelSimilarities-both very ancient religions-both are actually monotheistic. In Hinduism, every god is a personality of the one God Narayana. In Judaism, the entire Universe is part of G-d. Indeed, we are all an aspect of G-d.- both have sacred writings (Vedas in Hinduism, Tanakh in Judaism)-both are a caste system, by there society. Similarities of there society-related caste system.-- in Hinduism there is the Priestly class, the warrior class, and others-- in Judaism there currently is a Priestly tribe, the Levites, the High Priest subgroup of the Levites - Kohens, Yehuda tribe, Benyamin tribe, and the Yisrael tribe. Although these tribes are in place, there is minimal impact on life outside of certain religious ceremonies and life cycle events. There is no issue in marrying between tribes, etc.- In Hinduism, the Priestly class cannot marry outside their cast. Marrying outside the caste is strictly forbidden.- In Judaism, the Kohens are not supposed to marry converts, divorced women (although this isn't often followed).-Hope it helps :)