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There is hardley any difference!

The Buddha, was enlightened Hindu satgurus(gurus) who's teachings later split of and became a separate religion.

I mean they both believe in many things including;

a. They both believe in Karma.

b. They both believe in Dharma.

c.They both believe in Reincarnation.

d.They both believe in Maya.

e.They are both Non-Dualist.

f. They both believe in gurus

g. They both have a form of self denfence

h. They both see enlightment and nirvania as their goals

i.They both practice yoga and meditation

j. They both follow a similar way of life

k.They both believe that belief in a particular guru(sant/satguru) is abloutsley vital for one to attain nirvania, enlightment or both

l.They both worship in simlar styled temples

m.They both deney the Indian casting system

o. both believe in the atman/jiva(soul or inner self)

p. Both use the term yogi

q. Both have orange as their natational colour

God

I mean many would probably say that Hindusim and Buddhism are different over their views of god, but actually buddhism does have a dharmic god like equivalent, it is called Nirvania.This is the case because in Hinduism it is believed that god is a peaceful place, home to the soul(atman/jiva) and free of suffering, and buddhism believes in this but calls it Nirvania.

Words

I mean in Buddhism the words sant/satguru are not used but similar words are used and sants/satgurus are in Buddhism, they just have different names!

Vedas

Buddhism doesn't really deney the Vedas,it just that the Buddha did not like the Hindu-Vedic priests who read books about animal sacrifice, which many forms of Hinduism deney too!

Atman

The atman(soul) does appear in Buddhism, but it is shown through different ways, to avoid confunsion betweeen the dharmic atman and Aberhamic soul.

Dharma

Both Hindus and Buddhists follow the 8th fold path of Dharma, and Hinduism believes iin many very similar things to the three universal truths and four noble truths in Buddhism.

So to answer your question there is hardley any difference other than a couple of separated names and cermonies like Bodhisattva or Buddha is used for an enlightened soul in Buddhism but a Sant/Satguru is used in Hinduism.

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Those religions are about 99% different. The only thing they have in common is lack of salvation through both. Shintoism believes in peace and respect. Hinduism does not choose peacefulness for some reason and there is a lot of apathy in Hinduism-lack of care.

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