Buddhism Art Vs. Hinduism Art

The word ‘Buddhism’ come from Siddhartha Gautama, later know as the Buddha. He imposes rigid ideas about social order derived from the Verdus. He believed social equality and personal access to the spiritual realm. His believing and desire has been extinguished by cultivating non- attachment as ‘Stupas’. Hinduism became the dominant religion in India much later that Buddhism was established. Hinduism emphasis ritual sacrifice, evolved in its thinking. There are more than one religion in Hinduism, and established by Indian’s belief about religions in Hindu.

Both Buddhism and Hinduism Arts are based on Indian’s belief about a life cycle. Each their God or Gods who five them liberation from the life cycle, which repeat their life over and over as the three stages: life (creation), death (destruction), and rebirth. Each side also adds or put their religion’s creator into their art pieced as shown in next to the third and fourth paragraph. These art pieces are their symbols and there more following art pieces about their creators. Creator’s pose in art work has meanings like footprints in art work means the direction that creator goes to.

Buddhism Art represents an eight fold path of moral and ethical behavior to see the true nature as shown in next to this paragraph. It is one of Sanchi’s eight memorial mounds called stupas. It is a solid earthen mound and represents gateway of the life cycle, the honor of their religions, and shelter as a woman in this stone shows the power of the women and blessing of the animals, natures, and people who enter this gate. The man stone in meditated position indicated his present as a symbol and means his first sermon to the people.

To contrast Buddhism Art, Hinduism Art represents many gods as shown next to this paragraph. This stone is being called ‘Vishnu Dreaming the Universe’. There is goddess Lakshmi who holds a man’s foot who wear a cylindrical crown, it represents the energy of the female. The man who is in meditation position is god Brahama, who represents the creation of space and time by thinking. According to the textbook, he has been saying ’may I become many’. The total meaning of this stone is that ‘god guarantees their liberation from the life cycle with pure consciousness.

Theses two different arts have a very interesting meaning about life cycle, and it is well shown peoples'’ belief at this time.