Catholicism Vs Buddhism

“The man who formulated Buddhism was Siddhartha Gautama, who was born a Hindu about 560 B.C. (Ridenour, 2001). Investigating Buddhism and Siddhartha’s life cannot be without describing the four sights Siddhartha encountered and the religious journey of discovery it began. Beyond looking at the four sights, and why they stirred Siddhartha to seek religious answers, Siddhartha grew spiritually while contemplating his beliefs and the newly gained knowledge. Such reflection is a meaningful exercise for all who want to grow spiritually.

Sot’aesan himself speaks of the influence of not only Buddhism on his new religion, but also of other Eastern religions. In his essay, Bongkil Chung explains that Sot’aesan began to see the relationship between his new religion and Buddhism only after his enlightenment, “upon perusing the basic scriptures of other religions to check his enlightenment, he thought that his search for truth and essence agreed with that of the Buddha, and he declared that Sakyamuni Buddha is the sage of all sages” (64). In his essay “Dialogue and Synthesis: Sot’aesan’s Perspective and Examples”, Bokin Kim only further gives credence to the idea that Sot’aesan’s “awakening to the Truth after his long search was formulated as Won Buddhist teaching in the context of multi-religious faiths and practices” (90). Kim also notes on the same page that Sot’aesan was unique in his emphasis on dialogue rather than conversion. Sot’aesan saw the Truth permeate all religions in general, and he did not seek to convert people, but to make them aware of their common spiritual beliefs.

The young Buddha encountered suffering. “He saw and old man…(the prince wanted to know)...is this some transformation, original state or mere chance?.. (driver said) ..it was old age…(prince said will this evil come upon me? )”(Kinnard, p. 8) On other trips Siddhartha “saw a deceased man and then a dead man” (Kinnard, p. 8) These visions represent Shakyamuni’s first encounter with suffering, with dukkha, and the experience transformed the happy prince into a brooding young man.” (Kinnard, p. 8) On the forth trip he encountered a “wondering ascetic”. (Kinnard, p. 8) In this he saw a way out of suffering.

Jesus testimonies to an intense relationship to a single deity, that he referred to as his father. This relationship was believed to have given Jesus the ability to perform miracles to the dead and sick, healing them or bringing them back, all in his God’s names. Buddhists have denied any supernatural methods, believing that they must end suffering with self efforted ethical living. Christianity and Buddhism have similar core beliefs, but Christianity walks toward the path of a God while Buddhism does

From these shared experiences, the community as a whole can hope for a shared and united future full of God's promises. Preaching within this context poses opportunities to describe God's grace throughout the shared faith journey while proclaiming the Word of God. The second aspect of about the Asian American tradition derived from the text is the influence of ancient religions such as Confucianism, Buddhism, and shamanism. These religions are evident in the cultural ethos and religious practices among Asian Americans. Being aware of the impact these religions have made in the formation of the

The King Ethelbert allow the monks to preach and show what they believed in for later allowing the monks to establish a base in where they would preach (Krasskova 19). Pope Gregory knew it was not going to be easy to transformed their beliefs so rapidly, so he allow them to keep those beliefs with a touch of Christianity, blending the two religions together in one, since most of what Christians preach had some similarities to the pagans beliefs. Many of the pagan values fit well into the new Christian teachings. We can understand how the early English viewed the new religion by reading the poetic versions of Bible stories that they eventually created (Staver, Johnson 155). Establish the monasteries to preach and monk also nuns would settle, they would educate the children’s in order to grow with those Christian beliefs that were thought in them, by that then the Christianity had been well establish in England.

First, Ashoka respects all faith. The article says,”He became a Buddhist and worked to spread the beliefs of that faith throughout the region”(Background Document). Ashoka saw what Buddhism was and how it brought enlightenment and he set on a path to bring this faith into India. But he didn't just want one part of India to become Buddhist he

He talked about the religion’s importance for a country. The most important thing was Bush divided America into the righteous sight clearly to persuade people to believe his ideas and behaviors were true; all the things he did were serving the Americans. He associated his position with the listeners’ values. It included his affirmation that the men and women should be treated equally, the equality of all person regardless of race or color, and the affirmation of freedom for America and freedom to be expanded to other

An important factor for a successful social system is the establishment of religious tolerance. By incorporating this into an everyday style, this will give citizens the right to any means of practice. In The Sleeper Awakes, the White Council found any religious grounds no longer necessary by “traversing the religious quarter for the easy transit” (Wells 160). The White Council disrupted many sanctions to fulfill their personal interests. In Thomas More’s Utopia, many religions exist among the belief of one God.

In China there are three prominent religions that are followed, Daoism, Confucianism and Buddhism. Daoist are usually concerned with unity with the natural universe and everyone is born good. Confucianism is the establishing of human laws and rights that are maintained to prove that all humans are good. Buddhism takes the path of spiritual development hoping to see the true nature of reality because they believe that nothing is fixed or eternal. Confucianism and Daoism are both oriental religions that mostly follow Buddhism, their language is Mandarin or Cantonese and the influence was spread over East Asia for almost two eras '.

They believed that religion gave them the right to conquer new land, because they “came to serve God and to get rich, as all men wish to do,” which Bernal Diaz del Castillo said while working with Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico. Mendicant friars, Jesuits, and priests traveled across the New World to preach Catholicism in hopes of converting the non-Catholics. Religious values were one of the main motivations for conquistadors, because they felt more powerful and superior. The progress of Spanish colonization was shaped by several factors involving war, disease, and religion. The main motivation for colonization during this time period were the “Three G’s” - gold, gaining riches and wealth; glory, success during war; and gospel, spreading religion.