# Differences in religious belief

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-in-religious-belief/82846>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 20, 2001, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-in-religious-belief/82846 "2001-09-20T18:30:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gomez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-in-religious-belief/82846/1 "2001-09-20T18:30:51Z")

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Hopefully we can keep this in GQ territory.

Both Buddhism and Hinduism center around (or involve) the concept of Nirvana, right? I was wondering what the differences in their interpretations of Nirvana actually were. For example do buddhists believe X about Nirvana whilst Hindu’s believe Y about it? Just a few will do. Thanks

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-in-religious-belief/82846/2 "2001-09-20T18:34:08Z")

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Buddhism and Hindu can seem pretty similar at first. [religioustolerance.org](http://www.religioustolerance.org/) is a very good place to read about this sort of thing, and I highly recommend you visit there.