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  2. Comparative religion - Wikipedia

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    Hinduism and Buddhism provide another insight in the form of soteriology. Comparative study of religions may approach religions with a base idea of salvation with eternal life after death, but religions like Hinduism or Buddhism don't necessarily share this view.

  3. Buddhism and Christianity - Wikipedia

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    The crucifixion of Jesus as a single event in history that acts for the atonement of sins is a central element of Christian belief. [11] This, however, produces a strong difference between Christian and Buddhist teachings. [11] [38] Buddhist scholar Masao Abe pointed out that while "the event of the Cross" is central to Christianity, it is not ...

  4. Theravada - Wikipedia

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    Theravāda (/ ˌ t ɛr ə ˈ v ɑː ð ə /; [a] lit. 'School of the Elders') [1] [2] is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. [1] [2] The school's adherents, termed Theravādins (anglicized from Pali theravādī), [3] [4] have preserved their version of Gautama Buddha's teaching or Dhamma in the Pāli Canon for over two millennia.

  5. Comparison of Buddhism and Christianity - Wikipedia

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    The crucifixion of Jesus as a single event in history that acts for the atonement of sins is a central element of Christian belief. [3] This, however, produces a strong difference between Christian and Buddhist teachings. [3] [7] Buddhist scholar Masao Abe pointed out that while "the event of the Cross" is central to Christianity, it is not ...

  6. Buddhism and Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Historically, the roots of Buddhism lie in the religious thought of Iron Age India around the middle of the first millennium BCE. [5] This was a period of great intellectual ferment and socio-cultural change known as the Second Urbanisation, marked by the growth of towns and trade, the composition of the Upanishads and the historical emergence of the Śramaṇa traditions.

  7. Buddhist influences on Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Most scholars believe there is no historical evidence of any influence by Buddhism on Christianity, [verification needed] Leslie Houlden states that although modern parallels between the teachings of Jesus and Buddha have been drawn, these comparisons emerged after missionary contacts in the 19th century and there is no historically reliable evidence of contacts between Buddhism and Jesus. [28]

  8. The Buddha in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    According to Donald Swearer, the understanding of Buddha in Hinduism is a part of his wider and diverse influences. Even within Buddhism, states Swearer, Buddha and his ideas are conceptualized differently between Theravada, Mahayana, Tibetan, Japanese and other traditions.

  9. History of Theravada Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Like in other Southeast Asian countries, medieval Buddhism in Laos included Mahāyāna Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism and Theravāda Buddhism. [76] The political influence of Southeast Asian Theravāda helped make it the main religion of the Laotian kingdom of Lan Xang (1353–1707), which had close ties to the Thai and Khmer realms. [ 77 ]