Buddhism and Hinduism

1. I choose to watch the videos on Buddhism and Hinduism because i had previously learned about both of these religions in my past. For me this offered a new chance to learn more about them and to see how they use art to futher there understanding and worship of the religion itself. Also im close friends with someone who is Buddhist and I found it interesting to see a comparison between what i have learned from them to what I was shown in the videos.
2. For the video on Buddhism it was clear that the main point of focus in the art they use to show respect for Buddha was large temples with pictures and sculptures of Buddha himself or images of the many forms Buddha can take. However for Hinduism there is much less of a emphasis on images to define the religion with the focus of the religion being that nothing in this world can be taken with you, they make much simpler places of worship than the massive complexes for Buddhism.
3. The video on Buddhism explained many things from the reading in further. The one thing i noticed that it expanded on was, how Buddha and Buddhism attracted followers from all walks of life. To Ensure all of the followers where able to understand clearly upon reaching the temples of worship they were designed with sculptures to explain the life of Buddha. This way even those who were unable to read could see first hand and understand the walking life of the Buddha. The video on Hinduism was able to show how those who follow Hinduism are more likely to adapt the idea of not one life but millions of years of life. So they firmly believe they cant take material items with them into the next life. This thought causes them to be more likely in there art work to be more simplistic or if they are complex it often is to show the path to the next life through reincarnation.
4. I felt the films were extremely helpful in giving a basic understanding of Buddhism and Hinduism. Both films were able to very clearly explain the main focus of the religion and the efforts went to by each to demonstrate the love for the religion and how they worship it. Also both videos were able to show the difference between Buddhism and Hinduism which are often thought to be the same or extremely similar when in fact they both have large differences. All in all I found the videos to be very useful.