The history of Christianity and Buddhism
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Doctrines and Teachings
Christianity Change Over Time:
- Main goal is to reach Nirvana (enlightenment)
- Release form suffering
- Do bad things = bad consequences
- Do good things = good consequences
- 4 noble truths:
- 1.) the truth of suffering
- 2.)the truth of the cause of suffering
- 3.) the truth of the end of suffering
- 4.) the truth of the path that leads to suffering
Easier to get into the religion now.
Christianity spread throughout the whole world.
There are about 2.2 Christians in the world today.
Christianity is a little bit different now then when it started by how they study and view other people.
Absorption
Christianity Absorption:
Christianity
- Christianity made it so some people changed religions.
- Christianity helped women and had a better view of women.
- Brought the idea of one god.
Christianity Doctrines
and Teachings:
- Adopted some of Hinduism’s traditions to be accepted into Hindu culture
- Many political leaders joined Buddhism.
Buddhism
- Beliefs: Belief in God the Father, Jesus Christ as the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit.
- The death, descent into hell, resurrection and ascension of Christ.
- The holiness of the Church and the communion of saints.
- Christ's second coming, the Day of Judgement and salvation of the faithful.
- Afterlife: Judgement after death, heaven.
- It will affect anyone in the afterlife if they are a good person and try to learn about it.
- Christianity is more of quiet contemplation than an active industrious lifestyle.
Christianity is the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices.
Buddhism Origins
Origins
Buddhism is a religion that has many traditions beliefs and spiritual practices which is based on the teaching of the Buddha.
- Buddhism is a religion that has many traditions beliefs and spiritual practices which is based on the teaching of the Buddha.
- It was founded by Buddha (siddhartha gautama) Tathagata “thus-gone”
- Sakyamuni sage of the Sakyas was a prince father king suddhodana mother queen maya
- 563-483 life of the buddha
- Buddhism was founded in India
- Found enlightenment under a tree.
- Interested with human suffering.
Buddhism changes over time:
- Originated in Jerusalem in the first century. Started when
- Jesus came to Earth
- Jesus Christ is the founder.
Dissemination
Christianity Dissemination:
Changed to fit the westway
There was Zenzen buddhism
Taoism buddhism
Changed due to the time and area
Christianity was spread by Jesus’s disciples, emperors, kings, and missionaries.
Started in India.
Then went to Ceylon, Burma, Nepal, Tibet, central Asia, China and Japan.
Buddhism spread to china through the silk roads (trading routes.)
Sent out monks to teach the word of Buddha.