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The Gospels and the traditional biographies of the Buddha are filled with stories about Jesus’ and the Buddha’s power over nature. For the Buddha miraculous powers resulted from karmic virtue and the perfecting of the mind, whereas for Jesus they were evidence of God’s power working through humans.
- The Parallel Lives of Buddha and Jesus…in Thought
Although Jesus was born to a peasant family in Galilee, and...
- The Parallel Lives of Buddha and Jesus…in Thought
Buddha (Siddhārtha Gautama) insisted he was human and that there is no almighty, benevolent God. He preached that desire was the root cause of suffering and that people should seek to eliminate desire. He was born in present-day Nepal roughly 500 years before Jesus Christ (Jesus of Nazareth). Christ was born in Bethlehem in present-day Palestine.
Although Jesus was born to a peasant family in Galilee, and the Buddha to a powerful ruler who held sway over northern India, both arrived at the same moral destination. Each felt not only that wealth was not the way to heaven and enlightenment, but that worldly riches interfered with an attempt to lead a good life.
Did Buddha and Jesus Live at the Same Time? Buddha and Jesus were separated by about 500 years (Buddha came first). How Can the Similarities Between These Figures Be Explained? Although Buddha and Jesus were separated by centuries and distance—about 3,000 miles—their stories and teachings have many similarities.
8 lip 2017 · They were both enlightened and had same experiances. Buddah went out and told his Father he was going to find the unknowable. He found the enlightenment at least twice as did Jesus. Jesus probably got his start in Egypt and achieved it at the river baptism by John the Baptist who had already achieved it.
Leslie Houlden states that although modern parallels between the teachings of Jesus and Buddha have been drawn, these comparisons emerged after missionary contacts in the 19th century and there is no historically reliable evidence of contacts between Buddhism and Jesus.
Jesus was born when Virgin Mary conceived through the Holy Spirit, one of the three Holy Trinities. He is believed to be the son of God Himself, whereas Buddha remains a spiritual leader at best who attained enlightenment or Nirvana through meditation or the Middle path.
