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Buddhists and Christians have sometimes, in a search for common ground, pointed out some intriguing parallels between the "life stories" of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, and Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha.

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JimEspo
Sept. 14, 2006, 5:53 p.m.
Contributor posting this article neither endorses the intention nor the scholarship of the article posted and presents it for the sole purposes of learning and discussion of the thesis of the article in an attempt to find common ground with believers of all traditions.
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PastorCamille
Sept. 14, 2006, 10:34 p.m.
you just can't get enough of the discussion, can you jimespo?
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anarchy
Sept. 14, 2006, 11:05 p.m.
There are some who believe that Jesus traveled to the east to learn from yogi's. Like the apearance of the 3 wise men from the east at his birth. Also being born under the star which would represent the opening of the third eye and gaining enlightenment.
Is it true? Who knows...
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samsara15
Sept. 15, 2006, 2:14 p.m.
Some people say all kinds of things about Jesus. Some people say Jesus and Khrisna are one and the same. Since we have little direct evidence even for the existence of a historical Jesus, it's open season on whatever anyone cares to speculate. One thing for sure, the historical evidence has been completely garbled up by all the blending and merging of religions that took place in late Antiqity, plus all the forgery of religious texts.
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anarchy
Sept. 15, 2006, 7:14 p.m.
Yes, Jesus lived for a short time and everything was documented after his death. The same with Moses, his tales are larger than life. Taking on the Pharoah, parting the red sea, and freeing the Jewish tribe. Very dramatic and written to paper long after the actual events. Could they be an exaggeration of what actually happened? Hyped up to make it apear that these people had superhuman powers?
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friskielee16
Sept. 15, 2006, 10:31 p.m.
Jesus was a buddhist. GOD BLESS BUDDHA AND THE CITY AND IN THE COUNTRY.COM
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friskielee16
Sept. 15, 2006, 10:35 p.m.
Isn't it a shame that we can't post stories without a disclaimer due to the sensitives. Jimespo you need to get a pair of you know what!
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JohnChasWebb
Sept. 19, 2006, 5:19 p.m.
Both Christianity and Buddhism have a significant common thread. The commonality is that there are accessible transcendental (beyond the senses) inner realms (Christ quote: "The kingdom of Heaven is within") that are attained by redirecting our consciousness to go within rather than to the treadmill that is 'without'.
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Chelxorz
Dec. 4, 2006, 10:08 a.m.
I never heard of any wars fought in the name of Buddhism...
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Expat
Dec. 23, 2006, 6:22 p.m.
There is no end of positive things that Buddhism contirbuted to the Bible and maybe to Jesus thinking. The common thread shows that God is One, whom We have made many.