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Is Buddhism A Religion
of times contradictory to each other... However, even when they are contradictory they form a variegated collection of beautiful bouquet. Thus Hinduism is not a singular thought process with amalgamated and unitary system of thought the like of which is found in Bible or Qurran. If this is so, every type of oriental thinking is found in any one of its branches, and pointing to that branch one can say that this is Hinduism which is followed in another name.
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Jainism and Buddhism do not believe in the existence of any authority - personal or impersonal called God - which created and sustains this universe and its multifarious activities. Generally speaking almost all the branches of Hinduism do believe in the existence of some super power shaping the destiny of everything of this universe. Sankhya of Kapil's tradition did not believe in any such super power, and like Jainism which analyses this universe into "Jiva and Ajiva", it believes in "Purusha and Prakruti". But when Yoga was joined to Sanhkya, belief in super power was introduced. Adi Shankara
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