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What are the main differences between Sikhism and Buddhism?
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TUTORIAL 6 'BUDDHISM' 26 November 2003 A1: What are the main differences between Sikhism and Buddhism? Buddhism dates back to 530 BC and is thus 2500 years old. Sikhism is the youngest of the world religions. It's history dates back to the year 1469. Most of the world's religions believe in the existence of one Omnipotent reality, called by differing names. Buddhism however talks about self-origination and not the Supreme Reality (No creator, no God). The Sikhs worship only one Almighty God in his abstract form. They are not allowed to worship any idols, images or photographs. This is a sentence from the Guru Granth Sahib and teaches Sikhs a bit about those who believe and do or believe in God; 'By forgetting the Supreme Lord, all the ailments cling to the man. The non-believers in the Omnipresent Lord suffer separation from Him, birth after birth.' (Guru Arjan Dev, Majh, pg. 135) Buddhism...
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