Concepts and Elements Hinduism Buddhism
6th Century BCE in eastern part of
Origins (Date and Place) 1700 BCE in India
Ancient India
Founder/s No founder Siddhartha Gautama
Number of God/s and
Brahman and Deities No God
their Name/s
Holy Writings/
Vedas Tripikata
Scriptures
Diwali, Holi, Ramnavmi or
Feast Days and Bodhi Day, Magha Puja Day, New
Rama Navami, Maha
Celebrations Year's Day,Wesak or Buddha Day
Shivaratri
Dharma, Sangha, Meditation,
Puja, Japa, Dhyana,
Rituals and Ceremonies Mantras, Mudras, Pilgrimage, Prayer
Pilgrimages
Wheels
MOKSHA
Human beings can create
good or bad consequences
Only a human can attain
for their actions and might
enlightenment as a fully
reap the rewards of action
Nature and Purpose of enlightened Buddha. Enlightenment
in this life, in a
the Human Person as an arhat can be attained from the
future human rebirth or
realms of the Śuddhāvāsa deities.
reap the rewards of action
in a heavenly or hell realm
in which the self is reborn
for a period of time.
Cycle of death and rebirth called
samsara. Through karma and
Reincarnation and Karma
Afterlife and Salvation eventual enlightenment, they hope
to escape samsara and achieve
nirvana, an end to suffering.
Divisions and Sects
Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Mahayana, Theravada, Vajrayana and
Shaktism and Smartism. Zen Buddhism.
Truth is eternal.
Brahman is Truth
The basic doctrines of
and Reality.
early Buddhism, which remain
The Vedas are the
common to all Buddhism, include the
ultimate authority.
four noble truths : existence is
Everyone should
suffering ( dukhka ); suffering has a
strive to achieve
Central Stories cause, namely craving and
dharma. ...
attachment ( trishna ); there is a
Individual souls are
cessation of suffering, which is
immortal.
nirvana ; and there is a path to the
The goal of the
cessation of suffering
individual soul is
moksha.