The Origin and Development of Religious Concept as Samanas and Brahmins in India

Abstract

The religious concept in ancient India come in two forms, namely forms of Brahmana
and Samana. The fundamentals of the two religious concepts are very different. As a result, the
ideals of the two religions moved in different directions. The fundamental beliefs of secularism
(Brahmana) that consider human life to be fertile must be a union between male and female.
The secular religion begins with a belief in the creation of the world of God. It state the teaching
that God created the world and the universe and created man and woman to help rule and
preserve the world and rule man in place of God. The idea of the Four Ashramas, the worship of
the lingum, (Hindu phallic symbol of creative power), Kamasutra are the teaching that supports
the concept of secularism. 
While Buddhism rejects this idea. The ascetic religion has its roots in human nature.
Buddhism teaches that human beings can reach liberation. It must be able to destroy the low
instincts of the animal in the world such as lust, anger and delusion. The best way to overcome
low instincts, in particular, sensuality is the ordination. Buddhists therefore praise this approach as
great, calling the Buddha's ordination as the Great Renunciation. Because Buddhism assumes that
human beings will achieve enlightenment through the fusion of the precepts (Sila), concentration
(Samadhi)_and wisdom (Panna) which is the unique quality of each human being without having
to rely on the addition of the opposite sex. Human beings could reach perfection, achieve a
happy life at the level of meditation happiness or Nirvana happiness by practicing Brahmaciriya in
order to reach liberation or enlightenment which is Nirvana.