The Beginning Of Buddhism And India - 1216 Words

The beginning of Buddhism started in 5th century B.C. in India (Violatti). Siddhartha, also referred to as Buddha, was said to have seen the suffering of the world and set out a way to fix it. He was said to have reached a state of enlightenment that was said to have begun at the end of attachments. These attachments were said to have been able to be achieved through a large amount of meditation and analysis of the world (Violatti, Buddhism). Buddhism does not have a direct set of books to follow but there are two books Sutras (Sanskirt) and Suttas (Pali) that are said to have been the words of Buddha and many Buddhist live by those words (â€Å"Buddhist Sacred Texts†). Hinduism had a different start then Buddhism, it was said to have started†¦show more content†¦What people are brought back as is said to be determined by what they had done in their previous life, Buddhist are more likely to call it rebirth. Hinduism says â€Å"Just as a man discards worn out clothes and puts on new clothes, the soul discards worn out bodies and wears new ones† (2.22) (V. Jayaman) This is talking about reincarnation because it is believed that a person’s soul take over a new body whether it is of an animal or if it comes back as a person. The Buddhist thinking on reincarnation is â€Å"The constant state of flux, renewal and metabolic change that we experience physically (birth, old age, sickness, and death) and in our minds (the forming, existing, changing and ceasing of thoughts) are what we call the wheel of rebirth† Master Hsing Yun (Peto). Yun was talking about how what people do during their life and the changes they go through effects how they are going to be reborn. When comparing Hinduism and Buddhism on reincarnation they are very similar, even though it is more commonly called rebirth by Buddhism. Both of them believe that what they do in their life affects what they come back as in their next life. Enlightenment can occur during meditation and is a realization in a person that allows them to make a change and see the world in a different light and many believe it is a liberation of a person’s soul. It may make people to go on a mission or go live in exclusivity so