Studen t S a m p l e

B ud d h is m – Th e ir
Shinto &
a nc e s, l i k e n es s, &
signific
dissim il a r it ie s
e: Ja ne(Jay)
s h a K earney
Nam 500
y & G eography to 1
: W o r ld H isto r
Course Name
Date: 2/5/2023

Buddhism
 Buddhism
Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
4 noble truths + eightfold path = nirvana
Became known as Buddha once he achieved enlightenment from “starvation and self-
mortification”
4 Noble Truths/”4 core beliefs of Buddhism”
Suffering exists
The origin of this suffering is pain
There is a end to suffering
To stop the suffering would be the Eightfold Path
Eightfold Path
Shintoism
 Shintoism

“Largest religion in Japan” = 80% of Kami

population •“are apart of nature”
No founder •Not human
No text •“Humans can become kami after death”
Nobody is right or wrong in their •There are multiple kami as they can
beliefs and practices represent “something of nature or a
Torri (shrine gates) is a symbol of concept”
Shinto
Nature should be worshipped
because it holds “spiritual power or
tama”
 What's Alike?
•Both aren’t totally advocating for peace
•Both build communities with the establishment of
buildings of prayer and offerings in religious events
like “festivals, weddings, and funerals”
•Both have believers that have different beliefs
•Buddhism has 3 branches that have different beliefs
on who and how they can achieve nirvana
•Shintoism has believers worshipping different kami
= not the same kami
•Both have symbols that represent their religions
•Shintoism = Torri, Sumo wresting, Purification
rituals, kami statues at shrines
•Buddhism = Buddha that have a big belly or skinny
underneath a tree
What's
Different?
•Shintoism doesn’t have a founder
•Buddhism doesn’t worship nature
•Shintoism doesn’t have a oral or written text
•Buddhism originated in India
•Shintoism originated in Japan and it’s the
only country that has this religion specifically
•Shintoism prides itself in not trying to
understand nature while Buddhism strives in
trying to understand the earth and the
people that reside there to end suffering and
achieve enlightenment and eventually
nirvana by dying.
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6 February 2023
Kearney, Janesha. Photograph of Drawing of Tenjin Kami. 5 February 2023.
Kearney, Janesha. Photograph of Drawing of The Noble Eight Foldpath. 5 February 2023.
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