The idea of a Karma Wheel is not biblical. Karma is associated with reincarnation and reincarnation is also not biblical. Karma is supposed to be the summation of good and bad deeds in our lives that then determine what level of incarnation a person has in his next...
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Buddhism
Do Buddhism and Christianity have common ground in ethics?
Buddhism and Christianity are starkly different religions that offer almost wholly opposite views of the world. They differ on pretty much every essential doctrine. Some will argue, however, that behind all of this, both religions hold to very similar ethics. They are...
Desire, suffering, and eternity: A contrast between Eastern philosophy and the gospel
A central concept in Buddhism and many forms of Hinduism is the idea that our desires are the root of all our suffering and are what keep us bound in the cycle of death and rebirth. Humanity's problem is volition, want, desire, will, yearning, craving, or thirst....
Is Karma an adequate foundation for morality?
Karma is a prominent teaching in many Eastern religions (such as Hinduism and Buddhism) that has become increasingly appealing to people in the West. The word "Karma" means "action" or "doing."[fn]Walpola Rahula, "What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition...
The Historical Reliability of Buddha and Jesus
It is not uncommon to see Buddhists in the west raise all sorts of skepticism about the historicity of the life and teachings of Jesus while taking as a given the basic traditional narrative of the life and teachings of Buddha. Philosophy professor and Buddhist...
Is Buddhism Compatible with Christianity?
Buddhism and Christianity make mutually exclusive truth claims at nearly every essential point. There is simply no way to combine these two systems without completely redefining one or both of them. Since the 1960s, however, as Buddhism has made increasing inroads...
Buddhism and the Problem of Language
Buddhism has a paradoxical relationship with language. It is a religion passed on through oral instructions from teachers to students, and it has a vast array of sacred texts where its teachings are preserved and explained through the written word. Buddhism has always...
The Eightfold Path: The Buddhist Way of Enlightenment
The "Eightfold Path" in Buddhism is the way prescribed by Buddha to live a holistic life of self-discipline by which one can reach enlightenment and realize nirvana. It is the last of the so-called "four noble truths" that make up the central core of Buddhist...
The Arrow Parable and the Search for Truth
If you read just about any book about Buddhism, you will come across the famous "arrow parable." Buddha is said to have utilized this parable when one of his disciples asked him questions that went beyond what Buddha saw fit to answer, such as questions about the...
Does it matter that Buddha came long before Jesus?
In the modern West, people often consider ideas that are new, novel, and more recently discovered through the most up to date studies and methodologies to carry the most weight. In the Buddhist East, however, this is not the case. It is common among Asian Buddhists to...