Siddhartha Gotama Buddha was a Hindu yogi during the early 6th century B.C. Unsatisfied with his religion, and the inability of its ways to help him overcome craving, he awakened to a new path, the one now called Buddhism.
Since Buddhism stems from Hinduism, they are alike in some ways. For example, both believe in the discipline of yoga, and the benefits it brings. Both believe in rebirth, although they come from different outlooks. However, for the most part they are vastly different.
Buddhism believes in no-thingness, essentially, that nothing really exists, neither this physical world…
