Research Paper- How to begin it?

Question

I'm writing a paper about Hinduism and Buddhism and I'm not sure how to start out the paper in a nice creative way.

Any ideas? =]

Answer 1

Start with a quote--maybe from Buddha or a book

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse is a book about Buddha

Though I don't know how you'd incorporate Hinduism and Buddhism in the beginning with just a quote....

Answer 2

Maybe you could start with something like, "Although Hinduism and Buddhism are prevalent in different parts of the world, there are a few similarities between the religions."

If I had time I could think of something better.  Then, after you detail the similarities, you could put, "The differences between these two religions outnumber the similarities.  The followers of Buddhism believe that ..... whereas the Hindi people....."