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  2. Buddhism and Christianity - Wikipedia

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    [11] [38] Buddhist scholar Masao Abe pointed out that while "the event of the Cross" is central to Christianity, it is not possible for Buddhism to accept its importance. [38] Buddhist philosopher D. T. Suzuki stated that every time he saw a crucifixion scene it reminded him of the "gap that lies deep" between Christianity and Buddhism. [39]

  3. Timeline of Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Buddhist Jataka tales are translated into Syriac and Arabic as Kalilag and Damnag. An account of Buddha's life is translated into Greek by John of Damascus and widely circulated among Christians as the story of Barlaam and Josaphat. By the 14th century, this story of Josaphat becomes so popular that he is made a Catholic Saint. 736

  4. Buddhist influences on Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Most scholars believe there is no historical evidence of any influence by Buddhism on Christianity, [verification needed] Leslie Houlden states that although modern parallels between the teachings of Jesus and Buddha have been drawn, these comparisons emerged after missionary contacts in the 19th century and there is no historically reliable evidence of contacts between Buddhism and Jesus. [28]

  5. Comparison of Buddhism and Christianity - Wikipedia

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    A statue of Siddartha Gautama preaching. Since the arrival of Christian missionaries in India in the 1st century (traces of Christians in Kerala from 1st-century Saint Thomas Christians), followed by the arrival of Buddhism in Western Europe in the 4th and 5th centuries, similarities have been perceived between the practices of Buddhism and Christianity.

  6. Timeline of religion - Wikipedia

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    1217 – 1221: With the Fifth Crusade, Christian leaders again attempted (but failed) to recapture Jerusalem. 1220: Snorri Sturluson authors the Prose Edda, cataloguing the beliefs of Norse Paganism. 1222 – 1282: The life of Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law and founder of Nichiren Buddhism.

  7. Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra - Wikipedia

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    Schmidt-Leukel, Perry (2019), Buddha Mind - Christ Mind. A Christian Commentary on the Bodhicaryāvatāra. With a new translation by Ernst Steinkellner and Cynthia Peck-Kubaczek, Christian Commentaries on Non-Christian Sacred Texts, Peeters, ISBN 978-90-429-3848-9

  8. Buddhahood - Wikipedia

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    A Buddha must live in the palace and enjoy his life with his wife. A Buddha must make a great departure from his palace and become a renunciant . A Buddha must practice asceticism. A Buddha must sit under a buddha tree (like the bodhi tree) on a bodhimanda (place of awakening) A Buddha must defeat the demonic forces of Mara.

  9. Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Buddhism (/ ˈ b ʊ d ɪ z əm / BUUD-ih-zəm, US also / ˈ b uː d-/ BOOD-), [1] [2] [3] also known as Buddha Dharma, is an Indian religion [a] and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE. [7]