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Jesus and Buddha Comparison
Title: Jesus and Buddha Comparison
Category: Society & Culture / Religion
Details: Words: 661 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Jesus and Buddha Comparison
Jesus and Buddha both had dramatic experiences that transformed them into teachers and eventually led the founding of religious traditions. Both became teachers of an enlightened wisdom. Jesus became a wisdom teacher and social prophet, while Buddha’s teaching became individualistic. This difference is emphasis provides the background for the conflicting views on the soul, literal death, resurrection and afterlife.
The basic doctrines of Buddhism include the “four noble truths” and the “eightfold path.” The …showed first 75 words of 661 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 661 total…People are depicted as constantly evolving in a cycle of life and death that is totally dependent on the mental and physical actions of the person. There is no defined process or stages for reaching nirvana. There is no divine intervention to assist in this passage. This passage to nirvana also requires a shedding of the personality that was unique to an individual. This doctrine appears to provide little comfort or hope of reaching nirvana.
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