Well its important to understand that Buddhism and Christianity are not entirely interchangeable . Buddhism focuses primarily on the cultivation of wisdom and compassion in order to gain insight into the nature of things so that you can unravel attachment and conditioned suffering . This is the primary focus of Buddhism To address the suffering and stress of conditional existence . Christianity offers a kind of escape through salvation which ultimately leads to being delivered into a heavenly realm and away from the hardships of trials and tribulations . There is however a school in Buddhism known as the pureland school of Buddhism and they have a similar belief in heavenly deliverance although no heaven is eternal in Buddhism . The practice has many side effects which are wholesome , one of which may be considered being a better you . However , you don ' t get to better until you ' re really good at being the you that you are .