Buried deep in the Taisho Tripitaka Buddhist Cannon, I found several ancient Christian texts | |
Agent 99
User ID: 77082640 United States 04/06/2021 03:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Jesus was a Buddhist. Most of his teachings were taken from Eastern Religions. Quoting: Harry Dresden . ... huh! ... that would surprise Mary who was a virgin descent of abraham, issac, jacob ... . The Psalms all read very much like Eastern Religions, almost Confucianism with morals. |
Agent 99
User ID: 77082640 United States 04/06/2021 03:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Jesus was a Buddhist. Most of his teachings were taken from Eastern Religions. Quoting: Harry Dresden No, you are incorrect. Every one of His teachings can be found in the Septuagint. To be blunt, it is more likely the teachings of Jesus influenced both Hinduism and Buddhism. The timing just isn't right historically. The Far East was well established BC, and the origins of Christianity came from the plateau below Tibet... with migration to the Fertile Crescent/Silk Route. Ancient man were travelers, so the location really didn't matter. It was the oral tradition that was important. |
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User ID: 79688120 Ireland 04/06/2021 04:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had speculated that Jesus traveled the silk road during his adult life. I even thought about the possibility of him meeting with influential religious leaders in the east. Of course I don't have the time or resources to verify any of that. |
Ordovician
(OP) User ID: 80159447 Japan 04/06/2021 04:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for the great response, friends. I'm a little tired out from all the flipping around the digital Cannon I did earlier, but I'll see if I can work up the energy for a little more translation later. In the meantime, its also interesting to look the other way: Did Buddhism influence Christianity? Perhaps the strongest piece of evidence in this direction is the so-called story of "Barlaam and Josephat." [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] "Barlaam and Josaphat are legendary Christian martyrs and saints. Their life story is very likely to have been based on the life of the Gautama Buddha. It tells how an Indian king persecuted the Christian Church in his realm. When astrologers predicted that his own son would some day become a Christian, the king imprisoned the young prince Josaphat, who nevertheless met the hermit Saint Barlaam and converted to Christianity. After much tribulation the young prince's father accepted the Christian faith, turned over his throne to Josaphat, and retired to the desert to become a hermit. Josaphat himself later abdicated and went into seclusion with his old teacher Barlaam. The tale derives from a second to fourth century Sanskrit Mahayana Buddhist text, via a Manichaean version, then the Arabic Kitab Bilawhar wa-Būd̠asaf (Book of Bilawhar and Budhasaf), current in Baghdad in the eighth century, from where it entered into Middle Eastern Christian circles before appearing in European versions." |
Alien Seb Fiend
User ID: 68742623 Canada 04/06/2021 04:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had speculated that Jesus traveled the silk road during his adult life. I even thought about the possibility of him meeting with influential religious leaders in the east. Of course I don't have the time or resources to verify any of that. Quoting: Penance Due There's long been speculation about that, usually involving the story of a russian explorer dude encountering texts in some obscure monastery talking about Isa visiting India - this being the name Islam uses for Jesus in their language, I guess. This, of course, was strongly discredited by the Church. Anyway if one is interested in seeing some information about this very touchy subject, this documentary is pretty interesting: In it an Indian guru claims documentation in the Indian government about this, but who knows what the reality might be! All we know is that there are "missing years" in Jesus' life story. (Note I have changed the video, I thought it was the full documentary on youtube, but it's a presentation by the author of that documentary, not the documentary itself) Last Edited by Alien Seb Fiend on 04/06/2021 05:05 PM |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77000290 Finland 04/06/2021 05:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nirvana means ??? buddha means ??? anatman means??? tathagata means??? emanuel means ??? christ means??? ahura mazda means??? in buddism, what's the vehicle for consciousness transfer from one incarnation to another ? ... |
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User ID: 71700611 United States 04/07/2021 12:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Jesus was a Buddhist. Most of his teachings were taken from Eastern Religions. Quoting: Harry Dresden No, you are incorrect. Every one of His teachings can be found in the Septuagint. To be blunt, it is more likely the teachings of Jesus influenced both Hinduism and Buddhism. The timing just isn't right historically. The Far East was well established BC, and the origins of Christianity came from the plateau below Tibet... with migration to the Fertile Crescent/Silk Route. Ancient man were travelers, so the location really didn't matter. It was the oral tradition that was important. Jesus is traceable to the garden |
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User ID: 76731271 Canada 04/07/2021 12:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for the great response, friends. I'm a little tired out from all the flipping around the digital Cannon I did earlier, but I'll see if I can work up the energy for a little more translation later. Quoting: Ordovician In the meantime, its also interesting to look the other way: Did Buddhism influence Christianity? Perhaps the strongest piece of evidence in this direction is the so-called story of "Barlaam and Josephat." [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] "Barlaam and Josaphat are legendary Christian martyrs and saints. Their life story is very likely to have been based on the life of the Gautama Buddha. It tells how an Indian king persecuted the Christian Church in his realm. When astrologers predicted that his own son would some day become a Christian, the king imprisoned the young prince Josaphat, who nevertheless met the hermit Saint Barlaam and converted to Christianity. After much tribulation the young prince's father accepted the Christian faith, turned over his throne to Josaphat, and retired to the desert to become a hermit. Josaphat himself later abdicated and went into seclusion with his old teacher Barlaam. The tale derives from a second to fourth century Sanskrit Mahayana Buddhist text, via a Manichaean version, then the Arabic Kitab Bilawhar wa-Būd̠asaf (Book of Bilawhar and Budhasaf), current in Baghdad in the eighth century, from where it entered into Middle Eastern Christian circles before appearing in European versions." The pure unaltered teachings of all higher consciousness beings who came into this low consciousness part of reality throughout the ages have one commonality, that is to teach us a way of living to be more kind, compassionate, and respectful to each other and all things. It is through our unaware human biases that those very similar teachings were fractured into many different religions and spiritual sects. And those biases were sometimes intentional for personal benefits, and sometimes unintentional through misunderstanding, misinterpretation, or mis-translation. All the pure teachings guide us to uncover and realize our true nature that is unconditional love, compassion, and joy. That is to guide us to evolve spiritually to higher consciousness having greater wisdom and maturity, being more able to make better and more benevolent choices. Then we could have "Heaven" on Earth. This long process of spiritual discovery and evolution is not exclusive to Earth. All higher consciousness worlds had gone through what we have been going through, and there are many. It is the fun but immensely challenging adventure we willingly signed up for with great passion. It is how love and light will forever spread and expand. All the best. |
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Alien Seb Fiend
User ID: 68742623 Canada 04/07/2021 12:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1 Peter 3:8–9 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. 9 Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. |
House of Kings
User ID: 79051631 United States 04/07/2021 12:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | THIS my friend is awesome research and wonderful information! Thank you kindly for sharing this with us. You know I cannot recall the buddist prophecy, but I remember after watching the beautiful series of the Life of Buddha with Himanshu Soni, I searched something in regard to Jesus and there is some buddist prophecy of them knowing Jesus was to come and he would be pierced! You would have to look it up. Fantastic work though and I hope you share more with us as you further your research! Blessings to everyone! |
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House of Kings
User ID: 79051631 United States 04/07/2021 12:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for the great response, friends. I'm a little tired out from all the flipping around the digital Cannon I did earlier, but I'll see if I can work up the energy for a little more translation later. Quoting: Ordovician In the meantime, its also interesting to look the other way: Did Buddhism influence Christianity? Perhaps the strongest piece of evidence in this direction is the so-called story of "Barlaam and Josephat." [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] "Barlaam and Josaphat are legendary Christian martyrs and saints. Their life story is very likely to have been based on the life of the Gautama Buddha. It tells how an Indian king persecuted the Christian Church in his realm. When astrologers predicted that his own son would some day become a Christian, the king imprisoned the young prince Josaphat, who nevertheless met the hermit Saint Barlaam and converted to Christianity. After much tribulation the young prince's father accepted the Christian faith, turned over his throne to Josaphat, and retired to the desert to become a hermit. Josaphat himself later abdicated and went into seclusion with his old teacher Barlaam. The tale derives from a second to fourth century Sanskrit Mahayana Buddhist text, via a Manichaean version, then the Arabic Kitab Bilawhar wa-Būd̠asaf (Book of Bilawhar and Budhasaf), current in Baghdad in the eighth century, from where it entered into Middle Eastern Christian circles before appearing in European versions." The pure unaltered teachings of all higher consciousness beings who came into this low consciousness part of reality throughout the ages have one commonality, that is to teach us a way of living to be more kind, compassionate, and respectful to each other and all things. It is through our unaware human biases that those very similar teachings were fractured into many different religions and spiritual sects. And those biases were sometimes intentional for personal benefits, and sometimes unintentional through misunderstanding, misinterpretation, or mis-translation. All the pure teachings guide us to uncover and realize our true nature that is unconditional love, compassion, and joy. That is to guide us to evolve spiritually to higher consciousness having greater wisdom and maturity, being more able to make better and more benevolent choices. Then we could have "Heaven" on Earth. This long process of spiritual discovery and evolution is not exclusive to Earth. All higher consciousness worlds had gone through what we have been going through, and there are many. It is the fun but immensely challenging adventure we willingly signed up for with great passion. It is how love and light will forever spread and expand. All the best. GREAT post!!! |
Captain S >
User ID: 79581678 United States 04/07/2021 01:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Best thread I've read in a long time OP. Thanks. Makes you feel like Indiana Jones discovering hidden knowledge reading this thread. ODERINT DUM METUANT every dogma has its day USN-DS3 - 1999-2015 happy to be back on this rock |
MirroredParadigm
User ID: 57172992 United States 04/07/2021 01:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The pure unaltered teachings of all higher consciousness beings who came into this low consciousness part of reality throughout the ages have one commonality, that is to teach us a way of living to be more kind, compassionate, and respectful to each other and all things. It is through our unaware human biases that those very similar teachings were fractured into many different religions and spiritual sects. And those biases were sometimes intentional for personal benefits, and sometimes unintentional through misunderstanding, misinterpretation, or mis-translation. All the pure teachings guide us to uncover and realize our true nature that is unconditional love, compassion, and joy. That is to guide us to evolve spiritually to higher consciousness having greater wisdom and maturity, being more able to make better and more benevolent choices. Then we could have "Heaven" on Earth. This long process of spiritual discovery and evolution is not exclusive to Earth. All higher consciousness worlds had gone through what we have been going through, and there are many. It is the fun but immensely challenging adventure we willingly signed up for with great passion. It is how love and light will forever spread and expand. All the best. GREAT post!!! Seconded and selfishly taking up room to easily find my way back. I thank the OP for filling his thread with rare, absorbing knowlege. It's also lovely that there is little condemnation, so far, from those thinking that they hold the only key to truth. The closer one gets to the original teachings of the religions, the more interesting it usually is. Doubly so for the initial Christian teachings, though they may be the most difficult to find. Questions are good. Answers may not be. |
Daozen
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78176591 United States 04/07/2021 01:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had speculated that Jesus traveled the silk road during his adult life. I even thought about the possibility of him meeting with influential religious leaders in the east. Of course I don't have the time or resources to verify any of that. Quoting: Penance Due There's long been speculation about that, usually involving the story of a russian explorer dude encountering texts in some obscure monastery talking about Isa visiting India - this being the name Islam uses for Jesus in their language, I guess. This, of course, was strongly discredited by the Church. Anyway if one is interested in seeing some information about this very touchy subject, this documentary is pretty interesting: In it an Indian guru claims documentation in the Indian government about this, but who knows what the reality might be! All we know is that there are "missing years" in Jesus' life story. (Note I have changed the video, I thought it was the full documentary on youtube, but it's a presentation by the author of that documentary, not the documentary itself) I read a lot of this book... I have an original copy. It's called The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ by Nicolas Notovitch. It's incredibly interesting, very good visual descriptions with the journey he took to get to Ladakh and the people's he encountered. A very visual account... I actually think it would make a great screenplay. |
thinking...
User ID: 78212432 United States 04/07/2021 02:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Luminous religion. Hmm. Matthew 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. Of course, that is talking about the third eye. Very interesting, OP. I never knew that any Christian sect had established itself in China. In his poem Human Pride, Marx admits that his aim is not to improve the world, reform or revolutionize it, but simply to ruin it and enjoy it being ruined: With disdain I will throw my gauntlet full in the face of the world, And see the collapse of this pygmy giant whose fall will not stifle my ardor. Then will I wander godlike and victorious through the ruins of the world And, giving my words an active force, I will feel equal to the Creator. “Looking for consciousness in the brain is like looking in the radio for the announcer.” – Nasseim Haramein, Director of Research for the Resonance Project |
Only Me
Strawberry Girl User ID: 79665715 United States 04/07/2021 03:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Did part of the bible come from that text, because it looks like it did. I apologize in advance if that was an incredibly stupid question **shuffle feet Goodbye, halcyon days... There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. |
Layne Staley
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