Buddhism Origin

Buddhism is a religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama who lived between the years of 566 B.C. to 480 B.C. and was known as “Buddha, the Enlighten One.” Many people question whether or not Buddhism is an actual religion because Buddhism primarily focuses on practices rather than beliefs. Unlike Buddhism, a biblical worldview requires the knowledge of what the word God teaches while Buddhism teaches individuals how they can realize truth for themselves. A person can develop a worldview from a variety of different sources that contain different meanings to them and over time have varying levels of influence (Weider & Gutierrez, 2013).
The Question of Origin
Buddhism teaches the process of evolution on how mankind came into existence. Buddhist believe that man is responsible for everything he chooses to do and that scientific discovery of the development of man follows the worldview of Buddha. From a biblical perspective, Christians believe in God and that God was the creator of everything. God created man in His own image
Buddhism answered the question of destiny through achieving the state of nirvana or liberation. Nirvana illustrated that there is no eternal soul and once achieved, the cycle of reincarnation is broken. Buddha believed in the concept of Karma and through good Karma and denial of desire one could enter into the state of nirvana (Weider & Gutierrez, 2013). Unlike Buddhism, Christianity believes that all individuals have a soul that have an internal connection with God. Christians believe that heaven and hell are real places where people exist eternally either in the presence of God in heaven or in a state of separation from God, being punished in hell (Weider & Gutierrez, 2013). It is evident in both Buddhism and Christianity that the individual’s ultimate goal is to enter into a place of blissful happiness even though the teachings of both religions are completely different from one