Christianity and Buddhism

Introduction

Christianity (from Ancient Greek Christos, "Christ" literally " the anointed ") is a religion Abrahamic monotheistic based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the biblical canon and other writings of the New Testament .followers believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Messiah (or Christ) prophesied in the Old Testament, who died for the redemption of the sins of mankind, and rose again three days after his death. Buddhism began as an offspring of Hinduism in India. The founder was Siddhartha Gautama. It is not easy to give an accurate historical account of the life of Gautama, as it did not register any life to hundreds of years after his death. Today, much of the story of his life is shrouded in myth and legend that arose after his death. Even the best historians of our day have several different-and contradictory-the life of Gautama. This paper compares the two religions, Christianity and Buddhism, and their central beliefs.

Religious Teachings

The goal of Buddhism is nirvana, a word that means "extinction" of the fires of all desires and absorption of one at infinity. Buddhists do not worship a person or a god, but still a system of thought, meditation and mind exercises based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama ( Buddha , the Enlightened One). His doctrine, transmitted orally during the lifetime of Buddha by his followers, was collected by written long after his death.

The doctrine of Buddha is summarized in the Four Noble Truths, namely:

All existence is unsatisfactory.

The dissatisfaction is caused by the desire for something permanent in the world when there is no permanence.

It is possible to achieve the cessation of dissatisfaction, nirvana.

Nirvana can be achieved by following the Eight Steps.

The Christians believe in the gospels of jesus. The four Gospels of the Christian New Testament can be found in the Book of Gospels. The four gospels include those by Matthew, Luke, Mark and John. Each of the gospels tells us the story of Jesus in different perspectives. Each of these covers vast information about the birth and life of Jesus and shares insights on his teachings for mankind, His victory, His defeats, His parables, His arrest, His trail, His crucifixion, resurrection and finally ascension to heaven. These gospels provide valuable information for mankind to reflect upon and incorporate in our lives for a better life hereafter. Everything one wants to know about the life of Jesus, the four gospels serve the right purpose. It tells us about Jesus' life, teachings, death and resurrection. The individuals can become more like the Christ's identity by following the principles as told by Jesus Christ that are as follows.

You reap what you sow, explains that God can not be fooled by the humans. We will get the rewards as per our deeds.

Small makes big, with God, the small things valued my the humans like choices and belief are rewarded by the God with bigger and better things.

God gives gifts; you choose to use them, ...