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   Surrender the Name to CaliforniaDead   
   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   
      
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