Buddhism VS Hinduism

Spiritual brotherhood VS Hereditary priesthood
Personal merit VS Distinction of birth
Logical reasoning VS Vedic revelation
Moral life VS Ceremonial piety
Perfected sage VS the Gods
Anyone can study VS Shudras can’t study
Natively Indian VS Born from foreign Aryanism

Soul is non-existent VS Soul is existent

Buddha refuted the Brahmin claim that only they could attain spiritual virtues. Ashvagosa, the well known Buddhacarita (1st-2nd C AD), said:

- As all sons born of the same father (ekapitrkatvat) do not belong to different varnas, the Brahmanas and others can not be different varnas because they originate from the same Purusa (ekapurusot punnanam).

- There is no distinction (visesa) of any kindin the body of the Brahanas and other varnas as found int he animals, in respect of their feet (pada) or their pudendum (bhaga), organ (linga), colour (varna), shape (samsthana), dung (mala), urine (mutra), smell (gandha) and sound (dhvani).

- There is no distinction in them as in thei apperance (rupa), colour (varna), tail (oma) and beak (tunda) of the birds.

- There is no dinstiction in them in regard of body or its parts.

- Ashvaghosha says “all that I have said about brahmanas is equally applicable to kshariyas; the doctrine of the fourfold order is alteogtether false. All men are of one grade (caste)”.

- In a bold statement, Dharmakirti, a great Buddhist saint-scholar who lived in 7th C AD, says “accepting the authority of the Vedas and someone as the creator, the disire of getting merit throught he holy dip, the vanity of caste, and torturing the body to redeem the sins: these are the five characteristis of stupidity”.