Indian religions

Hinduism:
Gods: Yes, many gods responsible for many aspects and ideals including creation and destruction.
Reincarnation: Yes, and the goal is to escape its cycle. You must achieve enlightenment to do so, or a God can help you.
Has a caste system. The higher caste you are, the closer to enlightenment you are.

Buddishm:
Gods: None
Reincarnation: Yes, and the goal is to escape its cycle. You must achieve enlightenment to do so.
There are no such things as souls, aka indestructible individual ego-entities .

Sikhism:
Gods: 1
Reincarnation: Yes, and the goal is to escape its cycle, only God can help you escape.

Jainism:
Gods: No "gods" with powers, but there are "perfect" semi-mythical individuals that have acheived perfection.
Reincarnation: Yes, and the goal is to escape its cycle. You must achieve enlightenment to do so.

>>2396161
There are higher realms of existence with beings that are basically gods in Buddhism, but none of them are absolute powers in themselves

>Reincarnation: Yes
Conceptually rebirth is meant to represent a midpoint between reincarnation and annihilation but in practice a lot of Buddhists treat the two synonymously. The nonself can be hard for some to understand.

Side question: Buddhists do not believe that plants or minerals are conscious incarnations themselves, but I hear some other Indian religions do. Which ones?

>>2396161
Also, sikhism seems to take direct influence from Islam in their emphasis on monotheism. Jainism is very pluralistic.

>>2396161
>Buddhism
>Gods: None

>>2396563
No supreme beings, but yeah there are god-like deities, especially in Mahayana.

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>>2396161
>Gods: None
faggot

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>>2396563
>>2396591
Theravada Buddhism doesn't have any gods. And even in the Mahayana tradition, what makes you think the 'devas' are gods? They don't have any control over the human world, and are quite weak. They live in realms that are comparatively 'blissful', but they don't wield any power.