Buddah was searching for the truth. Jesus searched for nothing. He declared Himself to be the Truth. A big difference, yes ?Originally Posted by Musicology
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Buddah founded no religion. He founded, instead, a philosophy. A big difference, yes ?
No, though it depends who you ask. The millions of Buddhists around the world consider it to be a religion. Some non-Buddhists consider it not to be. Whether the religion/ philosophy criteria is agreed upon depends upon your point of view. Theists probably consider non-theistic religions like Buddhism as not qualifying.
Interestingly, Buddhism is open to interpretation like this. A non-Buddhist is free to use the tools employed in Buddhism for their own purposes eg. meditation. Also it's attitude to logic and its systematic approach based upon observation means it appeals to many types of people without requiring a commitment to concepts such as Karma and reincarnation. One such application can be found in psychology, which has lifted many ideas.
And Buddah (unlike the biblical Jesus) performed no miracles.
No. There are numerous examples of "miracles" (though these are not Godpowers/God endowed powers but a side effect of spiritual attainment), performed by the Buddha, such as him visiting Tusheeta Heaven to teach Gods, and the story of his conversion of Angulimala - an Indian serial killer - (though Angulimala had been deluded into it).
Buddah predicted nothing.
No. It is said that The Buddha predicted the birth if Padmasambhava. Predictions are common in Buddhism. The Western spread of Buddhism was predicted by Padmasambhva.
The birth of Buddah was not anticipated in the world.
No, his Mother Mayadevi, dreamt that an auspicious white elephant entered her side at his conception. this was interpreted as being a Buddha. This is different from the prophetic tradition in Judaism though.
A big difference. Buddah fulfilled no prophecies. Jesus fulfilled thousands.
No. It was predicted by an astrologer that he would either become a Chakravartin King - of the world, or a great spiritual leader.
The only conclusion we can arrive at by fairly considering these two different things is that Buddhism is a philosophy. While Christianity is a revelation, of true religion. Consistent with what came before. Again, a difference is that Buddhism has no atonement for human sins or a relationship with the Creator of the universe while Christianity does.
Again it is a matter of opinion about philosophy/ religion. The term true religion is an opinion. Buddhist tradition says that there have been Buddhas before, and that the religion is rediscovered.
Buddhism has no concept of sin, but good and bad karma created by the individual which stains their essential purity.
fairly considering
Has it been a fair consideration?
You're right that there is no relationship with a creator God because the idea of a creator God is not accepted in Buddhism.
So I agree that the two are different, and you can't be both, but not for many of the reasons you give.
A big difference. Buddah fulfilled no prophecies. Jesus fulfilled thousands.
Did Jesus fulfil the Judaic Pophecies?
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Christians and Buddhists can share many ethical values and... compromise. But if you go really deep into the subject, too many divergences will emerge. Of course, you can combine some Christian ideas with Buddhist ones but... strictly speaking, you'll be neither Christian nor Buddhist then
