How Did Buddhism And Catholic Afterlife

Buddhist and Catholic Afterlife

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." - Siddhartha Gautama (Brainy Quotes). For most of his life, the young Indian prince Siddhartha Gautama (born in 563 B.C.) was sheltered from the world by his father. Siddhartha had no knowledge of any sorrow or any hardship, he had everything a prince could want. But he was unhappy. The first time Siddhartha had a worrisome encounter was when he was 29; he had seen an old man dying. Next he witnessed a sick man in pain. Then he saw a dead man. Lastly, he saw a religious beggar who was homeless. Siddhartha chose to leave his luxurious and easy life in order to find answers. He found the answers he had searched for when he was 35 and was
The Buddha had initially introduced a set of guidelines for living. The followers of the Buddha only saw him as their teacher. The Theravada school of Buddhism stayed close to those primary teachings. The Theravada used the language Pali for its teachings. However, another group of Buddhists looked upon the Buddha as a god ruling over other gods. This group came to be known as the Mahayana school of Buddhism. This group constructed a complex religion with temples, saints, and statues of the Buddha. The Mahayana used Sanskrit for its language. Buddhism as a religion almost completely disappeared as its own faith in India. Hinduism had slowly adopted quite a few of the important teachings and attitudes. However, even though Buddhism was dwindling in India, travelers and missionaries had started to spread the religion of Buddhism to near lands and nations. It actually became the dominant religion in other parts of Asia. Mahayana Buddhism was distributed throughout China, Japan, and Korea. Theravada Buddhism was scattered throughout in Ceylon (which is present-day Sri Lanka), Burma, and Southeast
Their doors were also open for scholars from all parts of Asia. Buddhist monasteries rapidly grew into centers of learning and teaching in India. Catholics believe in heaven, hell, and purgatory as eternal places of rest after death. They do not believe in rebirth. "Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them."" (Revelation 14:13). Heaven is the place all Catholics hope and work hard to end up in after they die. Heaven is eternal joy with God. Hell is the eternal torment for those who do not get into heaven. Purgatory is where Catholics get cleansed so that they can get into heaven. "Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely." (Buddha). Since the Buddhists believe in reincarnation and karma determining what kind of life you'll be reborn into, if one lives wisely they will be reborn into a good life. If not, however, they will be reborn into a bad life. Suitably, Buddhists don't believe that individuals have eternal