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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Buddhism vs. Hinduism', 1.
Extract

Buddhism and Hinduism have differences in their positions on the self and desires. In light of Buddhism and Hinduism's positions on self and desires, I would rather follow Hinduism. In Hinduism, the place that we are striving for is Brahman. In Buddhism, the place that we are striving for is Buddha-nature. However, these are not the same thing they are only structurally parallel. They both represent our deepest potential in their respective traditions. Also Brahman and Buddha-nature both dwell within.
The Hinduism position on the self is vastly different from Buddhism position on the…

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