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Islam and Buddhism

to be seen everywhere in this world, of an incomparable creation.

According to the Buddhist deception, it is not even necessary to think
about these things! The only important thing in life, Buddhist texts
claim, is suppressing desires, revering Buddha, and escaping from
suffering.
As a religion, therefore, Buddhism suffers from a very narrow vi-
sion that keeps its believers from considering such basic questions as
where they came from, or how the universe and all living things came

to be. Indeed, it deters them from even thinking about these things and
presses them into the narrow mold of their present earthly life.

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Buddhism's attempt to nullify all human desires is another as-
pect of its narrow philosophy. God cre-
ated the blessings of this world
for human beings' benefit
and pleasure, and so that
they would give Him
thanks in return. For
this reason, Islam does
not command people
to suppress their de-
sires or to endure
pain and suffering.
On the contrary, it en-
joins them to take ad-
According to Buddhism,
hunger, misery and pain
guide the way to the
truth.
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