Was Jesus a Buddha?

[bfdd]

Do you guys think Jesus was a Buddha?

 

[Ika]

wat

 

[JS80]

It's possible. My dad's been touting this theory for a while now.

 

[Babbles]

I've read pieces & heard people talking about this concept, and on one hand I suppose it is a reasonable idea.

On the other hand, typically in Buddhism there is the rejection of the soul (atman) meaning there is no distinction between body, mind, and spirit. I am not all on the up-and-up with the Bible, but I believe Jesus did talk about the soul and Kingdom in Heaven as opposed to physical life on Earth. Therefore that sort of preaching by it's very nature is contrary to a Buddhist teaching. As such I think that would preclude Jesus from being a Buddha.

I think, though, the real "answer" is that it doesn't actually matter.

 

[OCGuy]

Jesus is a gardener.

 

[JS80]

I've read pieces & heard people talking about this concept, and on one hand I suppose it is a reasonable idea.

On the other hand, typically in Buddhism there is the rejection of the soul (atman) meaning there is no distinction between body, mind, and spirit. I am not all on the up-and-up with the Bible, but I believe Jesus did talk about the soul and Kingdom in Heaven as opposed to physical life on Earth. Therefore that sort of preaching by it's very nature is contrary to a Buddhist teaching. As such I think that would preclude Jesus from being a Buddha.

I think, though, the real "answer" is that it doesn't actually matter.

That's actually the "correct" answer.

 

[SparkyJJO]

What? Hardly. Trying to mix totally unrelated religions?

 

[uhohs]

Do you guys think Jesus was a Buddha?

No, if you read/studied His teachings you wouldn't either.

/endthread

 

[techs]

Damn! I ran out of popcorn.

 

[Babbles]

What? Hardly. Trying to mix totally unrelated religions?

There are many interesting similarities. There is a Christian story about a Saint Josaphat that is effectively an identical story to Gautama Buddha. Also remember Alexander the Great got into India and the Greeks brought with them a massive influence of art and ideals - there is a genera of historical art that is Greco-Indian. As such I think it is reasonable to suspect that ideas could have been carried back to the Mediterranean area by the Greeks returning from India. There are many artifacts in both the Middle East as well as India that indicate shared religious symbolism.

 

[darkswordsman17]

The real question is, did he convert to Christianity?

 

[MJinZ]

Do you guys think Jesus was a Buddha?

Fool Jesus was jew

 

[bfdd]

I've read pieces & heard people talking about this concept, and on one hand I suppose it is a reasonable idea.

On the other hand, typically in Buddhism there is the rejection of the soul (atman) meaning there is no distinction between body, mind, and spirit. I am not all on the up-and-up with the Bible, but I believe Jesus did talk about the soul and Kingdom in Heaven as opposed to physical life on Earth. Therefore that sort of preaching by it's very nature is contrary to a Buddhist teaching. As such I think that would preclude Jesus from being a Buddha.

I think, though, the real "answer" is that it doesn't actually matter.

I agree it doesn't really matter, just curious. To the guy who said if I had studied his teachings I would see he isn't, explain yourself. Because not everything attributed to Jesus in the Bible actually had anything to do with Jesus himself.

I'd like to point out that I'm not saying Jesus was a Buddha, I'm just curious what some of you guys think. There are some very similar things in their teachings.

 

[bfdd]

Fool Jesus was jew

Literally anyone can become a Buddha so being Jewish doesn't matter.

 

[IronWing]

Jesus was a skinny dude. Buddha was a rolliepollie.

 

[lxskllr]

The real question is, did he convert to Christianity?

:^D

 

[bfdd]

Jesus was a skinny dude. Buddha was a rolliepollie.

huh?

 

[IronWing]

The real question is, did he convert to Christianity?

 

[IronWing]

huh?

 

[DanTMWTMP]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road A lot of ideas were passed around on the silk road. It's very possible that Jesus was influenced by these ideas, as the new testament is a huge contrast to a very vengeful god in the old testament.

 

[bfdd]

Ironwing, that's A Buddha, not THE Buddha. If you're referring to Buddha as in Gautama Buddha he looks very different.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_characteristics_of_the_Buddha

They know more about how Buddha looked than Jesus.

 

[MJinZ]

Literally anyone can become a Buddha so being Jewish doesn't matter.

Wut? Jews are the chosen people. They are all set for life, why the fuck would they want to become Buddhas?

 

[bfdd]

Wut? Jews are the chosen people. They are all set for life, why the fuck would they want to become Buddhas?

Because afterlifes are for the weak duh.

 

[IronWing]

Wut? Jews are the chosen people. They are all set for life, why the fuck would they want to become Buddhas?

Saves money on the electric bill. Buddha has a radiance extending two meters from his body. Of course then Jesus has the built in reading lamp thing going for him and the saints do too.

 

[pepperbegs]

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