How close and how different are the teachings of Buda, Jesus, Krishna and Muhammad ..

How close and how different are the teachings of Buda, Jesus, Krishna and Muhammad?

I don't know enough about the Buda's and Krishna's teachings.

 

Buddha, Jesus, Krishna asked to love god,have devotion and faith for god and get rid of our desires using our will power

I do not know about Muhammad's teaching.

 

Buddhism, Christianity and Hinduism are very different in nature and their view of God.
Buddhism has no creator God and instead concentrates on achieving a higher level of awareness. Hinduism has different Gods and Krishna is considered one of the reincarnations of God.
Judaism, Christianity and Islam belong to the same of philosophy of religion and believing in one almighty God. Judaism and Islam have a lot of similarity to each other.

 

well there is no account of where jesus was between a certain time so when .
There was some speculation that he did spend some time in india but i havent looked much into it

 

yes they were the same in some sence of teaching, Muhammad Teaching are revolutionizing and He change the World, He just Did what no there can Do.

 

they are all just a bunch of fantasy nonsenseical teachings. there is no need or use for any of these ridiculous "teachings" which i call mockery's of human history

 

gworld, I would add:

Although Buddhism theoretically regards God or gods as irrelevant, in practice many Buddhists do everything from worshipping the Buddha himself, to worshipping Hindu gods, to lighting candles in Catholic churches.

Hinduism is difficult to generalise about because there is so much variation in belief. I think most modern Hindus are pan theists NOT polytheists.

The key differences between Judaism or Islam and Christianity are the idea of the Trinity and incarnation, which are more familar to Hindus than to other monotheistic religions.

That said, pingpong, there is still no evidence that Jesus travelled to India. Certainly we do not know what he was doing for the first thirty years of his life, but he was probably at home working as a carpenter like Joseph.

Now, while world views and beliefs are different, ethics are similar. This is because they are simply human ethics. A far better explanation than anything I could write can be found in The Abolition of Man by CS Lewis. He quotes from all the major religions and many philosophers and contrasts their common ground with moral relativism.

 

There is a fantastic book I have called "Mankind's Search For God". Basically, this book gives great detail to a lot of religions doctrines and beliefs. It is a completely unbiased publication. You would be surprised what you find in there.

Col

 

Don't know about Buddha and Krisha.

But Muhammad and Jesus share many similar ideas...

 

This religions are followed by the most of world population.
Sometimes it seems that they share same ideas but express them in a different ways.
Hinduism in my opinion is more different from all the others.

 

They all differ from each other.

 

The fact remains that most religions are based on attaining a higher spiritual level and peace.
I again stress that MOST religions have their ideals as this, but it may vary from religion to religion

 

They all teach to worship one GOD. You can find that in hindu scriptures too. Some's teaching remains the same some's got changed through the course of time.

 

wmghori, sorry that is wrong.

Buddhists are not required to believe in a God at all, and in its pure form Buddhism regards God as, at best, an irrelevance.

Hindu's are mostly pantheists (see http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pantheism/) which is such a different view that it is misleading to classify it as "worship of one God" together with Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

Stephen, "higher spiritual level and peace", yes, but what they mean by this is VERY different. For Christians the aim is a perfect relationship with God, for Buddhists it is a self-sufficient perfection.

 

graemep: hindu scriptures like bhagwat geeta and other vedas clearly mention to worship one GOD. Its actuall teachings got change during the course of time.

 

Hi col , I am happy to say that i too have this book and it has been great in helping me understand other religions without spending a life time searching them out.

 

Well, seeing how Jesus said He is God and He had the power to forgive sins, the teachings are radically different.

Right they were. It is blasphemy to ascribe to yourself attributes that belong to God alone. Jesus also said "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life". Christianity is radically different than any other religion.

 

None of the important ones. It's all smokescreen because islam borrowed so liberally from The Bible, NT and OT. But, as usual, they got so much of it wrong that in most cases the only similar things are actually the names.

 

Yes, but when a book says there is only one God, it is still not clear whether it means a monotheistic God or a pantheistic God - please note, pantheism should not be confused with polytheism (belief in many Gods), for more, please look at the url in in my previous post.

 

Here it is, good thread

The teachings are almost exactly the same, to the letter. It varies slightly in prayer and such. However, old constantine and the Romans got everyone together and wrote their own bible.
I am of the personal opinion, no proof to back it up, that Buddha and Krishna had the same teachings but they got corrupted over time