Upon initial thought, Buddhism seems largely different from Christianity but at the core, the basic fundamental virtues of the two philosophies are actually quite similar. The essential goal of both religions is to lead individuals toward spiritual enlightenment. When comparing the two theological principles there are many parallels; but the differences, which are quite specific, gives resonation to the understanding that there is a slight division in purpose. Buddhism is a Dharmic religion that
CHAPTER - I INTRODUCTION “History has come to a stage when the moral man, the complete man, is more and more giving way, almost without knowing it, to make room for the commercial man, the man of limited purpose. This process aided by the wonderful progress in science, is assuming gigantic proportion and power causing the upset of man’s moral balance, obscuring his human side under the shadow of soul-less organization.”- Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism, 1917. Aristotle felt that the purpose of