Hinduism and Buddhism

• Hinduism• Karma, Dharma, Samsara, Moksha, Atman• Brahman• Caste and Dalit• Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita• Buddhism• Four Noble Truths• Eightfold Path• Nirvana• Theravada and Mahayana• Bodhisattva• Comparison – Hinduism and Buddhism• Laws of Manu

• Critical Thinking Questions

1. How did Buddhism challenge a Hindu conception of the individual and the world yet how did Buddhism accept elements of the Hindu conception of the universe?

2. Why did Buddhism splinter into two diverse understandings of the dharma and yet how are these diverse understandings of the dharma similar?