Good and Evil in Christianity and Buddhism Christianity and Buddhism are in many ways incompatible with each other. There is a clear contrast between the two types of religious teachings. According to Christianity, evil is neither created, natural, or a necessary element. It is a separate entity that sustains itself by misusing God’s resources and in following a wrong direction. The first noble truth, according to the Buddha, states that the only reality of human existence is the all-pervading reality of suffering .The only possibility of escaping suffering is to know the true nature of things and so to escape the vice of ignorance and karma. According to Christianity, God created all things but this does not make him the creator of evil. Christians believe that beings such as, God, The Virgin Mary and Saints can posses the power of salvation. Buddhists believe that this is not possible and that only through personal effort can good be produced and bad reduced in the life of an individual. Christians say that an individual can only be saved by having faith in Christ. Buddhists do defend accomplished beings such as Buddha himself, but still believe that personal salvation is only acquired through ones own efforts. There is believed to be no external force that can cause salvation or damnation. In Christianity, evil has its origins in the fall from grace of Lucifer and the angels who followed him, and they will do whatever it takes until the end of time to usurp Gods authority and concur his dominion. Evil reaches humanity through the medium of temptation by the devil— that is, evil is nothing more then a failure to obey the word of God. The issue of suffering between these two religious systems differs conceptually, although they both acknowledge the reality of suffering. Buddhism teaches that the end of suffering is reached when the individual has achieved the