Buddhism and Christian Faith

HUM/130

Week 9: Final Assignment
January 22, 2012

Introduction

This paper presents research of the beliefs and practices of Buddhism; describes the worship space of the temple; summarizes an interview this writer had recently with a believer; and finally, compares Buddhism to Christianity.

Religion has been around since the beginning of time, and religion has so many different meanings and different interpretations that people take in. Who created it all? Sometimes we tend to lose track of what is really there. There are so many different types religions and beliefs that each one has its own tale on how this world evolved and what took place that when it comes to beliefs and we should all respect each other’s faith because when it comes down to it we are all seeking the same desires when we all die, or some would say the day we are to be judged by God himself on Judgment day. In this paper I will thoroughly explain the differences and if they share any common beliefs.

Buddhism
In my research and experience with this practice, I have come to learn a whole other philosophy on what others come to believe besides the traditional religions and practices. Buddhism originated from a man name Gautama Siddhartha who later became what we know of him the Buddha Shakyamuni also known as “the enlightened one” he was born into the life of luxury but soon to escape his former life in search for the answers of the world’s suffering and understanding the life’s cycles of birth, aging, sickness, and death. After his passing, his teaching spread across Asia and beyond. † In the 13th century a Japanese Buddhist reformer Nichiren Daishonin declared that the Lotus Sutra is the highest and ultimate teachings of Buddhism, because people from all race, color, gender and social standing can attain this enlightenment through this teaching.