Was Jesus a Buddhist?
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Description: A sermon by Rev. Jim Sanderson at the Jenkins Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on 1998 October 11. Outlines similarities and differences concluding that Jesus wasn't a Buddhist.
A sermon by Rev. Jim Sanderson of the Jenkins Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 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. Jesus' mother Mary was visited by a divine being, Gabriel, who told her how she, a virgin, would conceive and give birth to the divine Son of God. Maya, Gautama's mother, had a dream vision in which a white elephant approached her and entered into her to emerge nine months later as the future enlightened one. The white elephant was a symbol of holiness. Jesus was born in a poor setting but his birth was attended by angels and kings. Buddha came into the world in a sacred garden. He emerged from his mother's side. His birth was attended by goddesses. His mother was herself a queen so the royalty angle was there too. Jesus was hailed by Simeon, an elderly devout man as the future savior when he was taken to the temple for circumcision. Similarly an elderly holy man came to visit the newborn prince Siddartha and burst into tears on meeting the boy.
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| Keywords: | jesus, kingdom of god, christianity, buddha, buddhist, nirvana, nirvanah, sermon, jenkins, unitarian universalist, unitarian, universalist, jim sanderson |
| Description: | Was Jesus a Buddhist? - a sermon by Rev. Jim Sanderson at the Jenkins Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on 1998 October 11 |
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