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Originally Posted by Amilius777
He is saying that there is a comparison to Christ and Buddha. Buddha and Christ are spiritual titles- "Awakened One" and "Anointed One".
And doesn't a lot of Buddhists claim that Gautama was a Bodhisattva? Or am I wrong?
If that is the case for Jesus, as an individual he was a Bodhisattva, coming in various lives to uplift other prophets to "Christhood" or "Buddhahood" and in his last life as the Nazarene, he became Christ/Buddha.
Isn't Buddha/Christ/Krishna the name of the Universal Consciousness?
Jesus also studied under masters in India, Greece, Egypt, and Peria. It was at 30 years old his "Christhood" manifested at the Jordan River and thus became The Christ. Just as Siddhartha became the Buddha.
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Hi,
Why bother to compare Christ and Buddha anyway ?
When Buddha was enlightened he refered to himself as a Bodhisattva when he was still on the path.
Buddhists who study and practice with each other offline don't usually refer to Buddha as the 'Universal' Consciousness' and lump him together with Krishna and Christ - that's probably a New Age idea.
Saying Jesus studied under masters in India, Greece, Egypt and Persia is just speculation, there's no historical or Biblical evidence for that.
with kind wishes,
S.