Compare And Contrast Daoism And Buddhism

Reed Hohner

Mrs.Samal

AP World

10/24/15

Daoism and Buddhism, which began in separate parts of the world, developed in vastly different ways, such as their beliefs in the role of government, their beliefs in supernatural affairs such as afterlife and gods, and the way each formed based on other outside influences such as other religions. Daoists believes in following may deities as opposed to the buddhists who do not believe in following any “creator”. daoists attempt to be one with nature as they pursue life and once they die, they believe that there is an afterlife. in buddhism, they believe that one will be reborn again and again through the 31 planes of life based on their past lives karma. in buddhism, there are 26 planes of life that are “good” and 4 that are “bad” and 1 that is nirvana. Daoism is centered around living in tune with nature and it has more influence on culture and religion rather than political

buddhism breaks into three separate branches of the religion. Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana, along with a fourth-Zen Buddhism that grew out of Mahayana and has gained increasing popularity in the West. mahayana in particular changes very often with frequent amendments to fit the growing world . Though the Hindu Vedas were around about 1,000 years before the birth of the Buddha, the creation of Hinduism continued well into the years after Buddha's life. Veda teachings, which were originally associated with Brahmanism, were not written, but passed down through speaking and stories until sometime after Buddha's death wrote them down. Because the two religions were so closely connected in both space and time, the development of Hinduism out of Brahmanism was influenced by the teachings of the Buddha, specifically the ideas concerning release of the mind from its dualistic perspective and freedom from the process of