A Compare & Contrast of Hinduism & Buddhism

By:Global History & Geography 1Mr. Schnabel

Compare & Contrast• Comparing is about identifying

____________ between 2 or more things

• The __________ must be specific things, not too vague– Everyone already knows that

Hinduism and Buddhism are both religions and that they both have “sacred texts”

• Contrasting is about identifying the _________ between 2 or more things

• The _________ should be major things, not just little details– One major divide between Hinduism

and Buddhism is the different beliefs they have concerning karma, as well as the caste system

Origins: Similar

• Both Hinduism and Buddhism developed in India

• Hinduism originated around 3500 years ago

• Buddhism developed _______ years ago, and spread out of India to more places than Hinduism

Founder(s): Different• Hinduism has no one, single

founder, but developed over centuries

• The founder of Buddhism was ________ _________ (called the Buddha, or “_____________ One”), pictured in the images here

Sacred Texts: Different

Hinduism• Main holy works of

literature are the ______s and the __________s

Buddhism• The main text is the

__________ (a.k.a., the “Three Baskets of Wisdom”)

Beliefs: Similar• Both Hindus and

Buddhists believe in

Beliefs: DifferentHinduism Buddhism

Customs & Rituals: ___________