What is the difference between Taoism and Buddhism?

Buddhism is atheism and Taoism is theism. Buddhism and Taoism believe that everyone can become a Buddha or a god. However, the Buddha is only above the realm of human beings in thought, and like human beings in body, he will also be born and die, and the Taoist god is a fairy with super powers.

Buddhism advocates learning the macro world and learning all kinds of knowledge. The so-called diligent study of the five senses, Taoism focuses on internal cultivation, aiming at becoming immortal, relying on alchemy and other auxiliary means. The purpose of Buddhism is to awaken and eliminate pain.

2. Different attitudes towards life and death.

The goal pursued by Buddhism is to break away from the "nirvana" of life and death. Taoism generally holds a positive attitude towards life. This is the biggest difference between Taoism and Buddhism and even other religions.

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Taoism advocates taking life as truth and pursuing longevity and immortality. Taoism believes that human life is made up of vitality, and the body is the residence of the spirit. To live forever, we must cultivate both form and spirit, that is, "internal cultivation" and "external cultivation"

Buddhism advocates "no life" and believes that reality is the suffering of all beings. It can be seen that Taoism advocates pursuing real life, while Buddhism advocates abandoning the pursuit of realistic material and paying attention to spiritual cultivation and yearning for the afterlife.

4. Different attitudes towards the afterlife and this life.

Buddha says the afterlife, while Tao emphasizes this life. Taoism pays more attention to this life, while Buddhism pays more attention to the afterlife. Taoism does not deny the afterlife, but believes that people in this life should live without regrets, and the people in the afterlife are no longer themselves.

5. Different backgrounds

Buddhism comes from India and Nepal and is located in the west. Taoism was born in China and is located in the west.

6. Different attitudes towards the soul

Buddhism believes that everything is air, and the Hindu classic Bhagavad-gita says that the soul is the foundation and the body is the clothes. People die, just like reincarnation, just like a person changing clothes, so pay attention to the next life.

Taoism inherited China's original view of soul, and you are not yourself after reincarnation.

7. The Tao says Jin Mu is fire and water, while the Buddha says it is feng shui and fire.

Taoism originated in China. Since ancient times, China has paid attention to dividing things into four images: Shaoyang, Lao Yang, Shaoyin and Laoyin, and the latter four images are transformed into five elements, which are the five forms of things development. Buddhism says that feng shui and fire are Indian thoughts and are made of matter. It is precisely because feng shui fire is composed of matter that Taoism will also say feng shui fire when it talks about matter.

8. Different beliefs

Taoism is a native religion in China, with "Tao" as its highest belief. The concept of worship of ghosts and gods in ancient Taoism in China is based on the thoughts of Huang and Lao Taoism. Buddhism is about enlightened practice. Only with prudence and wisdom can you have the opportunity to be enlightened, and it depends on the efforts of the practitioners themselves.

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