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|    Re: Similar Teachings Between Buddha and    |
|    20 Nov 19 07:53:13    |
      From: dx7066801@gmail.com              On 10/22/2019 11:46 AM, CaliforniaDead wrote:       > The original teaching of the Buddha is that: "The Buddha is       > everywhere. In you and in me." This is the same teaching about       > who God is.       >       >       > Identical Teachings of Buddha and Christ       > 1."Do to others as you would have them do to you." (Luke       > 6:31)       > "Consider others as yourself." (Dhammapada 10:1)       >       > 2."If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other       > also."(Luke 6:29)       > "If anyone should give you a blow with his hand, with a stick, or       > with a knife, you should abandon any desires and utter no evil       > words." (Majjhima Nikaya21:6)       >       > 3."But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good       > to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who       > mistreat you."(Luke 6:27-28)       > "Hatreds do not ever cease in this world by hating, but by love:       > this is an eternal truth. Overcome anger by love, overcome evil by       > good ... Overcome the miser by giving, overcome the liar by       > truth." (Dhammapada 1.5 & 17.3)       >       > 4."He will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for       > one of the least of these, you did not do for me." (Matthew       > 25:45)       > "If you do not tend one another, then who is there to tend to       > you? Whoever would tend me, he should tend the sick." (Vinaya,       > Mahavagga 8:26:3)       >       > 5."Put your sword back in its place, Jesus said to him, for all       > who draw the sword will die by the sword." (Matthew 26:52)       > "Abandoning the taking of life, the ascetic Gautama dwells       > refraining from taking life, without stick or sword." (Digha       > Nikaya 1:1:8)       >       > 6."My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.       > Greater love has no one than this: to lay down ones life for ones       > friends." (John15:12-13)       > "Just as a mother would protect her only child at the risk of her       > own life, even so, cultivate a boundless heart towards all beings. Let       > your thoughts of boundless love pervade the whole world." (Sutta       > Nipata 149-150)       >       > 7."For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came       > through Jesus Christ." (John 1:17)       > "The body of the Buddha is born of love, patience, gentleness and       > truth."(Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra 2)       >       > 8."He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a       > mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is       > the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of       > garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in       > its branches." (Matthew13:31-32)       > "Do not underestimate good, thinking it will not affect you.       > Dripping water can fill a pitcher, drop by drop; one who is wise is       > filled with good, even if one accumulates it little by little."       > (Dhammapada 9:7)       >       > 9. "Why do you look at the speck of saw dust in your brothers eye       > and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to       > your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when       > you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite,       > first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to       > remove the speck from your brothers eye." (Luke6:41-42)       > "The faults of others are easier to see than one's own; the       > faults of others are easily seen, for they are sifted like chaff, but       > one's own faults are hard to see. This is like the cheat who hides his       > dice and shows the dice of his opponent, calling attention to the       > other's shortcomings, continually thinking of accusing him."       > (Udanavarga 27:1)       >       > 10."They said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the       > very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to       > stone such women. Now what do you say?" He said to them,       > "Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a       > stone at her." (John 8:4-7)       > "Do not look at the faults of others, or what others have done or       > not done; observe what you yourself have done and have not done."       > (Dhammapada 4:7)       >       > 11."Your eye is the lamp of your body. If your eye is healthy       > your whole body is full of light; but if it is not healthy, your body       > is full of darkness. Therefore consider whether the light in you is       > full of darkness. If then your whole body is full of light, with no       > part of it in darkness, it will be as full of light as when a lamp       > gives you light with its rays." (Luke 11:34-36)       > "As a man with eyes who carries a lamp sees all objects, so too       > with one who has heard the Moral Law. He will become perfectly       > wise." (Udanavarga 22:4)       >       > 12."Your father in heaven makes his sun rise on the evil and on       > the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the       > unrighteous." (Matthew 5:45)       > "That great cloud rains down on all whether their nature is       > superior or inferior. The light of the sun and the moon illuminates       > the whole world, both him who does well and him who does ill, both him       > who stands high and him who stand slow." (Saddharma Pundarika       > Sutra 5)       >       > 13."Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of       > God."(Luke 6:20)       > "Let us live most happily, possessing nothing; let us feed on       > joy, like the radiant gods." (Dhammapada 15:4)       >       > 14."If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions, and give       > the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven."       > (Matthew 19:21)       > "The avaricious do not go to heaven, the foolish do not extol       > charity. The wise one, however, rejoicing in charity, becomes thereby       > happy in the beyond."(Dhammapada 13:11)       >       > 15."He looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the       > treasury; he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. He said,       > "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of       > them; for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she       > out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on." (Luke       > 21:1-4)       > "Giving is the noble expression of the benevolence of the mighty.       > Even dust, given in childish innocence, is a good gift. No gift that       > is given in good faith to a worthy recipient can be called small; it       > effects us so great." (Jatakamala3:23)       >       > 16."Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die."       > (John 11:26)       > "Those who have sufficient faith in me, sufficient love for me,       > are all headed for heaven or beyond." (Majjhima Nikaya 22:47)       >       > 17."Those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who       > lose their life for my sake will save it." (Mark 8:35)       > "With the relinquishing of all thought and egotism, the              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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