How Do Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism Relate?

How Do Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism Relate?

They developed in the same place at the same time.

IDOL WORSHIPPERS
PANTHEISM/PAGANISM
BELIEVE IN MULTIPLE gods
DISCARD GOD WORDS AND ACCEPTED SCHOLARS HANDIWORK.
DON'T WANT TO GO HEAVEN.

Their understanding of the universe, life & meditation are more grounded than middle eastern religions. Mainly because they reject the idea of God in the AbrahamICCense of playing an intervention, Hinduisms cosmic beliefs of the universe are so far the closest to sciences understandings still (oscillating universes, infinite etc).

they aren't real...
(Mg that was mean)
but really historically they where thought of around the same time.

This is very complex, but to try and put it simply:

There was a religion called Brahmanism (because the priestly caste were called Brahmin's) that was based on the Vedas (their revealed scriptures). There later arose in India several movements of enunciate spiritual seekers who used various ascetic practices and yogic meditation to discover for themselves the truth that would end suffering. Some of these movements acknowledged the authority of the Vedas but many did not Jainism and Buddhism were the most successful of those movements that did not acknowledge the authority of the Vedas.

Hinduism as we know it today is what Brahmanism grew into, especially after the rise of the Bhakti or devotional sects beginning around the 4Th century BCE. Gods like Vishnu, Shiva, or the Goddess Devi came to be more important than the old Vedic gods (like Brahma and Indra and Agni) and Vedic sacrifices.

If you care to read more, here are some articles I wrote to sort all this out for myself:

http://fraughtwithperil.com/ryuei/2010/10/20/indian-religion/

http://fraughtwithperil.com/ryuei/2010/10/20/indian-philosophy/

http://fraughtwithperil.com/ryuei/2010/10/20/the-buddha?s-critical-assimilation-of-brahmanism/

Namu Myoho Renge Kyo,
Ryuei