Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity

Throughout history, many have struggled with answers to ‘the great questions of human experience’. Many have pondered the reasons for birth, life and death, or quested to discover the origins of the universe. Christianity, Buddhism and Humanism all attempt to provide answers to these questions and give reasons behind death, suffering and evil’s existence. But perhaps their most challenging question to answer is simply, ‘Is there a greater power than me?’


Philosophers have forever struggled with the ambiguous answer to the meaning of birth, life and death. Buddhism teaches that life is an ongoing cycle of birth, life, death and then rebirth, so that you are on a continuing spiritual journey with the final purpose being to attain enlightenment and lead all other beings to enlightenment. They define enlightenment as a state of being that goes beyond suffering. Once they have reached this, the journey has ended and they achieve freedom from this ongoing cycle of reincarnati...