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Kabul Museum. Mosaic of early missionary to the East St. Francis Xavier. The history of Buddhism goes back to what is now Bodh Gaya, India almost six centuries before Christianity, making it one of the oldest religions still being practiced. [11] The origins of Christianity go back to Roman Judea in the early first century.
Buddhist influences on Christianity. A Greco-Buddhist statue of Siddartha Gautama (Buddha) preaching. The Greeks are believed to have introduced the practice of figural representations of the Buddha. (See Greco-Buddhist art.) Buddhism was known in the pre- Christian Greek world through the campaigns of Alexander the Great (see Greco-Buddhism ...
Maitreya (Sanskrit) or Metteyya (Pali), is a bodhisattva who is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in all schools of Buddhism, prophesied to become Maitreya Buddha or Metteyya Buddha. [ 2 ][ 3 ] In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, he is also referred to as Ajitā (Invincible, Unconquerable).
Search For The Historical Jesus. Down-to-Earth Books, 2006. ISBN 1-878115-17-0; Tricia McCannon. Jesus: The Explosive Story of the 30 Lost Years and the Ancient Mystery Religions. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc., 2010. ISBN 978-1-57174-607-8. Charles Potter. Lost Years of Jesus Revealed., Fawcett, 1985. ISBN 0-449 ...
Irreconcilable foundations. See also: God in Buddhism, God in Christianity, and Crucifixion of Jesus. There are inherent and fundamental differences between Buddhism and Christianity, one significant difference being that while Christianity is at its core monotheistic and relies on a God as a Creator, Buddhism is generally non-theistic and ...
The religious perspectives on Jesus vary among world religions. [ 1 ] Jesus ' teachings and the retelling of his life story have significantly influenced the course of human history, and have directly or indirectly affected the lives of billions of people, including non-Christians. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] He is considered by many to be one of the most ...
Kings of Sri Lanka were often described as bodhisattvas, starting at least as early as Sirisanghabodhi (r. 247–249), who was renowned for his compassion, took vows for the welfare of the citizens, and was regarded as a mahāsatta (Sanskrit: mahāsattva), an epithet used almost exclusively in Mahayana Buddhism. [ 39 ]
Barlaam and Josaphat, also known as Bilawhar and Budhasaf, are Christian saints. Their life story was based on the life of the Gautama Buddha, [ 1 ] who historically lived several centuries before Jesus (and thus before Christianity). Their story tells of the conversion of Josaphat to Christianity. According to the legend, an Indian king ...