The world has many different religions. Out of these, Buddhism and Hinduism are the most popular beliefs in the general population. Hinduism is the oldest known religion and is very rich with literally hundreds of gods, symbolistic rituals and beliefs. It is believed to have been established around 1500 B.C. but one person never founded Hinduism, as it evolved over a long period of time. Buddhism on the other hand has a definite founder, Siddhartha Gautama who is otherwise known as the Buddha or Enlightened One who lived from 565 to 483 B.C. Both these religions originated in India. Siddhartha Gautama was a Hindu who found Hindu theology lacking and after years of searching for truth created a religion now known as Buddhism. Because of these basic similarities, the two religions have much in common, but in the same light they differ immensely.…
Both Buddhism and Christianity started from, or became known by some religious leader, both of these religious leaders spread their religious ideals similarly. In northeastern India 500’s BCE, a man named Siddhartha Gautama had discovered how much poverty and sickness was in the world, so he searched for a way to find enlightenment. His search led him to enlightenment and the discovery of the basis of Buddhism. Gautama, now known as Buddha, then went and spread the word of his findings to convert the people. Christianity had started similarly when Jesus of Nazareth told his teachings to twelve men called apostles. From there the two religions also spread similarly, by missionaries. Buddha spread his religion throughout northeast India and converts would spread it further. Many converted merchants spread Buddhism to China by the Silk Road. Jesus and his apostles became missionaries and spread Christianity throughout Europe from Israel.…
The political and religious havoc in England in the 1620s led to the Great Migration. Governor John Winthrop led as many as 900 or 1000 Puritans over to Massachusetts Bay to practice Christianity in 1630. On the 17th of September, the city of Boston was founded. The existing New England Company was then changed to the Massachusetts Bay Company. However, right after moving to America, nearly 200 died the first year and almost the same amount returned to England the year afterwards. In the next decade though, better living conditions allowed more than 20,000 English Puritans to immigrate over to Boston.…
Similarities between the rise and spread of Buddhism and Christianity include their spread over trade routes, their appeal to the lower class, they were born from another religion, and they were spread by missionaries. Both Christianity and Buddhism were able to spread along the silk roads. Christianity spread from its origin in the Middle East through the Roman Empire, to Eastern Europe, and to parts of Eastern and Southwest Asia. Buddhism originated in India, and spread along the silk roads to Southeast Asia. Buddhism appealed to the lower class and women. It was less dependent on the higher class (Brahmins) and disregarded the caste system. Christianity also appealed to the lower class and women. Christians were more accepting of slaves and women than most Roman societies. Most of those societies were male-dominated, and run by the ever-expanding slave class. Christianity sprung from Judaism. Buddhism sprung from Hinduism. Both Buddhism and Christianity were spread along trade routes by missionaries.…
Buddhism and Hinduism both became popular in Ancient India during the Mauryan Empire, probably due to the idea that one could achieve perfection and escape their worldly troubles. Buddhism and Hinduism both have a state enlightenment and a belief in nonviolence, but Hinduism has many gods and a rigid caste system, while Buddhism is more free, rejecting the caste system and the idea of gods.…
Religion evolved from Brahmanism to Hinduism in India during 1500 B.C.E. and 300 C.E. because of challenges to the Vedic beliefs. The religion stayed the same in terms of Polytheistic practices and Brahmin power but changed in terms of less strict social classes and opportunities for worshippers to have contact with Gods.…
The changes in the diffusion of Buddhism and Hinduism through 600 CE greatly impacted these religions such as the popularity of the religions in India and where the religions was being diffused; however, a few continuities existed such as they both originated in India.…
\Hinduism must have originated between 4000 B.C. and 10000 B.C. in India. Because there was no founder of the religion, and Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world so we don’t know the exact time when it started. The spread of Hinduism was because of the trading with countries nearby. Additionally also because there were business between Western india and East Africa for…
During the time period of the twentieth century in Europe and the Middle East there were significant changes occurring in major forced migration movements such as Muslims during the Balkan Wars and many Jews during World War II. ‘Superpower’s’ (or successful dominant European countries) citizens never migrating away from their homeland remained constant.…
As Buddha went around India spreading Buddhism his followers spread the religion too. Another way is that Buddhist missionaries taught Buddhist principals many took the religion with them and spread it. Buddhism shared some beliefs as Hinduism but in different ways. The appearance of Buddhism stimulated a resurgence in Hinduism, which may be why Buddhism failed to take a permanent hold in India. However, Buddhism was largely…
Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism were all major religions in the Indian empires. People just sought a way of living, a guide through life that suited them best. New religions and philosophies appealed to the interest of the new social classes. All of these were very influential in day to day life and shaped the way of thinking and ruling of the empires of their times.…
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Buddhism spread not only in India but in other parts of Asia also. In the…
Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation mostly in present day Pakistan and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history. Four religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—originated here, whereas Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and also helped shape the region's diverse…
Since dawn of history, India has been the cradle of religious developments. In the early medival period, two parrelel movements in Hinduism and Islam representing the Bhakti and Sufi movements emerged in India.…