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Giving someone something through impassion that could harm themselves is not compassion at all. Compassion needs to be grouped with wisdom to assess situations correctly. It is best to act in non- violence whenever possible, but there is an extent to which this goes. If a dangerous situation comes into play and the only way to keep harm from an individual is to take action, then that step must. This act would then be deemed non-violent if it was necessary to save a life.
Compassion and non-violence tie in with karma and rebirth n a sense that through non-violence and compassion an individual can be reborn into a prestigious position or gain enlightenment. Reincarnation is looked at differently in Hinduism and Buddhism. Hindus believe that the same soul moves on though each life, but Buddhist believe that a new soul is given each time a person is reborn. Buddha used lighting candles as an example of reincarnation in Buddhism. When lighting a candle with a the flame of the candle that came before it, the flames were connected in some way, but aren’t the same flame.
Buddha taught that the soul was an illusion and you must break free from the cycle of reincarnation to top the illusion of soul. On the contrary, Hindus believe that the soul was matter and moved hosts after one passed away. In Buddhism, karma is shaped by the past and present, but Hinduism says that the present is only affected by the past and the future is affected by the present. To put it in simpler terms, Buddhist karma is complex and Hindu karma is linear. All actions have a reaction that can occur in this life or the next.
Unfair treatment of others will result in mistreatment of yourself. In Hinduism, there is little room for mistake with karma. One must minimize their karma to have good fortune. The past affects the present and the present affects the future. That means that you cannot change your karma with present actions. In Buddhism, the past and present affect the present and present and future affect the future. That means that present actions can change karma and put an individual back into balance.
While Hinduism and Buddhism were alike in that they both practiced impassion and nonviolence because it affects karma, they were different because while Buddhism believes that souls don’t move on and karma is affected by past and present, Hindus believe souls do move on after death and karma is linear. Buddhists Comparative: Buddhism and Hinduism By Berkeley-Fernando views on reincarnation, where Buddhists believe that a soul is an illusion and Hindus believe that it moves on after each life. Karma to Buddhists could be affected by past and present action, but Hindus believed that it was only affected by the past.