The Essence of the Faith in Buddhism and Christianity

It can be said that the human life is a path of being lost in life and death, bewildered by vexations, and plagued by transgressions. Religious inquiry arises when we become aware of these problems and are greatly challenged by them. And when one becomes deeply aware of the problems of death, suffering, and sin, and penetrates through them to be embraced by the compassion of the Buddha and the love of God, there is religious liberation and salvation.

In particular, religions of faith, such as Christianity and Pure Land Buddhism, start from the awareness of sin and attempt to obtain salvation from it by entrusting it to the Absolute, such as God or Buddha.

This paper describes the way all the beings are kept alive by the work of the Absolute, the fundamental life of the universe, in this place of salvation.