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Is Buddhism just Hinduism stripped for export?
While "Buddhism" is already quite a difficult terminus, since there is a host of sects, schools, vehicles and apart from that another host of indigenous practices that infiltrated Buddhism in places ...
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Did the Buddha ever mention the Upanishads or the Vedas?
The original Vedas themselves have little that a Buddhist would consider "wisdom", I think, being comprised mainly of battle hymns, sacrificial procedures, and ceremony. They are mentioned ...
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Does Buddhism have a concept of avatars?
Because Buddhism denies the notion of "self" it does not have a concept of Avatar, as someone literally being a reincarnation of e.g. Ananda (Buddha's favorite student).
Tibetan Buddhism does have a ...
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Is Buddhism just Hinduism stripped for export?
I don't believe Watts's view would withstand much scrutiny from either Hindu or Buddhist scholars. Clearly Buddhism arose in a broader Hindu context, but I don't see any evidence of the former being ...
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Is there a connection between Lord Buddha & Hinduism?
Prior to the Buddha (born 563 or 480 BCE), was the historical Vedic religion (1750 - 500 BCE), followed by the shramanic movement (500 - 200 BCE), and the beginnings of the Upanishadic movement within ...
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Is there a connection between Lord Buddha & Hinduism?
Of course there is connection between Lord Buddha and Hinduism! Lord Buddha grew up studying many teachings of Hinduism as well as Jainism. But he was not satisfied with the answers he was getting. He ...
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Did Buddhism oppose Vedic religion?
In his Great Minds of the Eastern tradition lecture series Grant Hardy identifies 6 orthodox schools of Indian philosophy (Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshik, Mimāṃsā, Vedanta). He also identified 3 ...
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Relationship between Buddhism, Hinduism and Yoga?
Hinduism & Yoga aren't 2 different things. They are the same.
Yoga is one of the 6 main Darshanas of Hinduism. I.e it provides it's own path for liberation. Other Darshanas(Advaita, etc) too use ...
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Why did Buddha praise the vedic Agnihotra as the foremost sacrifice?
Your quoted text is from M.N. Selasutta, that buddha taught to selabrahmaṇa:
aggihuttamukhā yaññā sāvittī chandaso mukham.
Sacrifices have the agnihotra as foremost; of meter the foremost is ...
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Is Buddhism just Hinduism stripped for export?
There's an interesting talk given by Bhante Sujato regarding this.
(This is a very brief overview and I highly encourage you to view the full talk)
According to Ven. Sujato, there are several ...
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Does Buddhism have a concept of avatars?
Some forms of Mahayana Buddhism teach that Buddhas and high level Bodhisattvas are able to send out multiple forms into the world to help people called emanations, and I would say that for all intents ...
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Relationship between Buddhism, Hinduism and Yoga?
In Buddhism God is irrelevant. His existence or non existence doesn't affect the suffering that a being experiences here. Suffering is the problem that is caused by desire and attachment. Mind being ...
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Have any Buddhist thinkers responded to the critique of the Brahma Sutras?
I think Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika is the work you are looking for. Just like Brahma-sutras does not mention specific Buddhist sutras it debates with, Mulamadhyamakakarika does not mention ...
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Can one follow Hinduism and Buddhism at the same time?
In Buddhism the main teachings you have to have faith in is the 8 Fold Path divided into 3 trainings, which is to develop higher virtue, higher mind and higher wisdom.
No religion is incompatible ...
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The Oldest Traditional Buddhist Lineage?
Every "official" Chan/Zen master (that is, a master recognized and authorized by an older master) keeps a list of his ancestral teachers going back all the way to the Buddha Shakyamuni. I have such ...
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Did Buddhism oppose Vedic religion?
From my reading it appears he didn't oppose Vedic religion though he dismissed the Brahmins of his times as being false Brahmins.
In the brāhmaṇavagga of the aṅguttara nikāya 5. 20, and the Dhp. 26 ...
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Relationship between Buddhism, Hinduism and Yoga?
Now this answer is about the historical development of Buddhism. In the mid of the last millenium BC there was a general movement in India, the so called Śramaṇa-movement. Cp. http://en.wikipedia.org/...
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Comparison of Nirvana, Tao and Brahman/Atma
The Hindus had developed Samadhi (Concentration / Mastery over the Mind / Higher Mind) up to the the 8th Jhana, and also had a strong moral basis, but Buddhism went one step further and introduced ...
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Can one follow Hinduism and Buddhism at the same time?
Can one follow Hinduism and Buddhism at the same time?
Theravāda branch of Buddhism (in its truest sense) is in stark contrast with Hinduism, but it may not be so for the other branches of Buddhism. ...
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How do I refute the claim that the Buddha was actually preaching Vedanta?
This is a modified version of the answer that I posted on Hinduism.SE comparing the Buddhist Madhyamaka (by Nagarjuna) and the Hindu Advaita Vedanta (by Adi Shankara). Usually, the emptiness in ...
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Did buddha said anything about upanishad?
Only the three Vedas (presumably Rg, Yajur and Sama Veda) are mentioned in the Pali suttas (the discourses of the Buddha). No other Hindu texts are mentioned.
It so happened that a
brahman student ...
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Is Buddhism just Hinduism stripped for export?
In addition to what @to mentions:
Buddhism differs from Hinduism. Hinduism has the notion of Atman as a central teaching. Buddhism does not.
Though Hindu practices you can reach Samadhi at the most....
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What are the main arguments in favor of the Anātman view over the Ātman view?
The idea of Atman tends to be defined as having three characteristics:
permanent
controllable
satisfactory
When it is any of those things, it can be seen as Atman.
In SN 22.59 the Buddha explains ...
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Is Buddhism just Hinduism stripped for export?
Though Hinduism (as we call it today) and Buddhism originated in India, they are different.
I am from India and a Hindu Brahmin by birth..
The Answer to the question "Is Buddhism just Hinduism ...
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Relationship between Buddhism, Hinduism and Yoga?
Not too sure about Yoga. But I believe the core teachings of Hinduism are based on Nithya, Sukha, Athma. Which is the exact opposite of Buddhist teachings. So they are fundamentally very different. ...
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Relationship between Buddhism, Hinduism and Yoga?
You have tried to show the similarities between Hinduism and Buddhism (i am not talking about Yoga as I have not studied it much comparing to other two subjects. And also because I am doubtful about ...
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Did Buddhism oppose Vedic religion?
The Buddha disagreed with Vedic teaching in certain respects, but he wasn't opposed to everything. He rejected the idea that there was any sort of intrinsic value to people's Varna, or caste, and he ...
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