is jesus is a buddhist messanger?
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many buddhists consider jesus to have been a bodhisattva, which means a spiritually enlightened being (no bearing on divinity btw) who makes a conscious choice to stay in the living plane in order to help others.
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Buddhism is the only world religion where there is no concept of sin - there is only spiritual enlightenment and regression, but no actual 'punishment'. Which is healthy - a good thing.\n\nJesus is not in the psyche of Asians or Indians. Jesus was a prophet. He believed in his own divinity.If Jesus appeared in Israel today, he'd be put in a psychiatric institution.\n\n Expecting every person on Earth to worship Jesus is f.ucking stupid. It's like me expecting a white man to be fluent in Turkish. How dare you not know how to speak Turkish! Why can't you cook authentic Lebanese cuisine? You're not Lebanese. Duh!
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I'm a Christian, and my boyfriend is Buddhist.  I'm very interested in how the two intersect, and they can and do very easily.  The teachings of Christ and Buddha are similar in many areas.  The book "Living Buddha, Living Christ" by Thich Nhat Hanh is a great examination of that.  There have also been many Buddhist Christians, with the adherents following Christian doctrine and Buddhist philosophy.  I think they work well together.
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well I was a catholic ,then a Christain ,then an atheist and now I do agree with a lot of buddhist beliefs.Buddhism alwyas will put experience over scripture.Buddha was an enlightened person.nothing more.\n Buddhism accepts that science and spirtuality can coexist.......are in fact facets of the same "godhead"
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They both sound really good; HOWEVER, my obsessive-compulsive disorder is making me have to punctuate them for you and make a few minor changes!\n\n"At first glance, one could not possibly understand the similarities between Buddhism and Christianity.  Although both religions differ in their views on man's ultimate destiny, they are both driven by the proclamation that the ultimate responsibility to one's destiny lies solely upon himself.  Unlike Hinduism, both Buddhism and Christianity are known as "world religions" that attribute followers, not merely in one country, but all over the world."\n\nOkay, I started to fix the second paragraph, but then I noticed that in one breath you're saying that both religions "differ from their views on man's ultimate destiny" and in the next breath, you're saying that "they are both driven by the proclaim that the ultimate responsibility to one's destiny lies upon themselves"  which is completely contradictory!  So I couldn't go any further.  You should use the first paragraph...it sounds great!
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Buddha told a story once about a man who had been shot, but wouldn't let anyone remove the arrow until he knew what wood it was made from, who made it, who shot him, whether the man who shot him was married, had kids, ....\n\nWhat a bozo, huh?  Again, a disciple asked Buddha whether or not the saints would be reborn in the Pure Land.  Buddha told him the question had nothing to do with the spiritual life, to get on with his meditation.\n\nSo, how does knowing about the cross make you more loving to your neighbors?
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Right! Each religion says there is only one God, they just disagree on what this God's name is and how it/He should be worshipped. One thing all religions say though is that their god is LOVE and His message is love... nonetheless their most devout followers (are they one's with the most love?) go forth and kill each other in His name. Go figure huh! Incidentally Jesus was a prophet not a God. Read the Bible- he and his apostles are quite emphatic in making the point that Jesus was NOT God. Some christians have other ideas though. It's a power issue.\n\nIt would also be funny to see what happened if Jesus came back because he would NOT be a christian. Christianity was created in the decades/centuries after Christ based upon other folks interpretations of his rumoured teachings. So Christ was not preaching Christianity- it didn't exist at the time and christianity today does not actually conform to his teachings. He'd most likely be a Buddhist if anything.
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he is the one that baptised JESUS... and this question should be in the religion & spirituality category
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Buddhism is a philosophy, and so can be compatible with various religious beliefs. Christianity is a belief system, which makes it incompatible with other beliefs.
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Historically, some Native American shamans had visions of Jesus and spoke with him, receiving messages from him. The remained as they were, loyal to their medicine ways. I believe in Shamanism, so I can relate. Maybe you just need to find a Christian church that's open minded enough to allow for such without question. Maybe you could talk to ministers of several different denominations (NOT fundamentalists) and see what they say. That might be a good starting point. And you could kind of "feel" out any certain group via a web search first, prior to making that phone call to talk with a pastor. (One suggestion would be the United Methodist church. They're pretty open.) Another thought is that you can accept Jesus if that's what you feel in your heart you ought to do and then just not join any church. Or join the one he was a member of. ;-) Let me know when you locate his membership certificate, OK? Another option might be a religion other than Christianism that accepts Jesus. Ahhh, hadn't thought about THAT, had you? Hinduism accepts most world religious leaders as being valid. There's another option open to you. Most people, Christians are one group anyway, think that you can only accept ONE version of the truth and so must be a member of only one faith. Who made up that rule? Hey, you might just make the Guinness Book of World Records as the FIRST Shamanist/Christian/Hindu/or-?. ~ Peace & Blessings ~
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To start with, Christianity has a problem with any faith that does not conform to the doctrines set forth in their bible. Buddhism does not conform to their teachings in any way.\n\nFirst and foremost, the argument is that the bible does not recognizes Buddha as one of gods messengers. And if it is NOT in the bible, it is not the truth. \n\nChristians teach that there is one god and only one god.  => Buddhism teaches that there are many devas and none are worthy pf praise for they are just beings trapped in Samsara. (The cycle of life, death and rebirth.) \n\nChristians believe that Jesus was the son of god and thus, god himself. => Buddhists do not share this belief because gods are not omnipotent creators to be praised. \n\nChristians believe in a soul...a sprit that lives on after the death of the body => Buddhist do not. There is no self that lingers or move on or anything.  There is no 'self'. There is just the essence of the Chita. \n\nChristens believe in a heaven with their god  => Buddhist do not have a belief in heaven. \n\nChristians believe that Jesus died to free them of their sins.  => Buddhist do not believe in sin. There is karma, and only we can change the outcome our actions and thoughts will have on us, not some god.\n\nChristians believe that only the chosen will be liberated and go to heaven. => Buddhist believe that ALL beings can be liberated and attain enlightenment. \n\nChristians believe that the catalyst for their salvation is external to themselves, via god.  => Buddhist believe that the catalyst for enlightenment can ONLY be found within ourselves...our unborn Buddha Mind! \n\nThere are many other arguments, but these are the most prominent. \n\nI hope this helps.
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i have heard from some ppl that during that period , he have travel through Tibet to India to study meditation and Buddhism ..\n\ni mean , its not impossible since Buddhism is earlier than Christianity
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I believe that Jesus is not a God.....He was a Prophet for Israelites but he was took by God to the Sky....the people that crussified by Israelites with help by Romans was his betrayal follower or Hawariyyin named Yahuza .....it took so long...but i believe that Jesus is Prophet and about his marriage with Mary Magdalene.....i was a lil' bit blur about it...
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nope, not at all. jesus is not part of our theology or teaching. he might have (historically) been a jew who wanted to reform judaism, or he might have been a trouble maker who coopted certain mysitical jewish practices. but he was unimportant to judaism and he remains so.\n\nand btw, judaism does not teach that he was a prophet AT ALL.
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One of the meanings of the word Pagan is "Not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim". I do believe Jesus did exist as a person. There are proclaimed Christian-Pagans though. Pagan belief system is a very unique one for it can be personalized for each individual, so if you find the need to incorporate Jesus into it, by all means please do so. (I have included some sites the describe what a Pagan or Paganism is as the sources.
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oh ! you didnt read from the website....?\n\nits buddhism....
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Jesus is a prophet, sometimes compared to God HimSelf\nKrishna is God!