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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. But the miracles themselves are remarkably similar.
- 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
In 1880, Ernest De Bunsen made similar observations in that with the exception of the death of Jesus on the cross, and of the Christian doctrine of atonement, the most ancient Buddhist records had similarities with the Christian traditions.
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.
Rather it seeks to provide a brief overview of the beliefs of Zen Buddhism and their views of Jesus Christ. The Buddha is widely perceived to be more mystical than Jesus Christ in the eyes of Christians and Jesus Christ is perceived to be more of a reincarnation to some Zen Buddhists.
Within the Eastern Buddhist tradition of China, Vietnam, Korea and Japan, the traditional date for Buddha's death was 949 BCE, [1] but according to the Ka-tan system of the Kalachakra tradition, Buddha's death was about 833 BCE.
As a Jesus scholar and a Christian, I address two central subjects raised by the essays, the first more historical and the second more theological. I briefly compare the historical Jesus and the Buddha and then reflect about the exclusivist and abso-lutist claims made about Jesus by the most common forms of Christianity.
Buddha taught that he was not a "god", but only a man, a truth seeker. But on his death bed Buddha taught that there would be a future Messiah, " Lord of Mercies", who would be able to free men of their sins .
