Astronism is a new religion and organised philosophy founded in 2013 in England by Cometan while Buddhism is an Asian religion and philosophy founded by Siddhartha Gautama in northeastern India some 2,500 years ago. What could these two religions possibly have in common? Cometan explores this question in his newest lecture in the 'Astronism versus' series. Cometan compares his religion with Buddhism across seven major disciplines: cosmology, theology, philosophy, soteriology, teleology, hamartiology and eschatology. Astronism and Buddhism share the aim of wanting to understand the world and humanity's place within it, particularly the tendency of human beings to be naturally subjected to or to subject themselves to suffering. Astronism and Buddhism have divergent understandings of suffering with Buddhism generally aiming to alleviate all suffering by retreating from the material world. Astronism agrees with Buddhism that materiality is the cause of suffering but instead teaches the embracement of suffering and the use of the material world to elevate human beings through the astronomical world to transcosmise to God beyond and thus escape the hardships of cosmic limitation.

Thank you for watching Episode 11 of Season 4 of A Conversation with Cometan. Stay tuned for Episode 12 coming Monday 19th June.

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