THE BUDDHA AND THE BIBLE

Is Christianity the Proof the Testimony of Buddha's Enlightenment?

Buddha in the Selau sutta of Majjhima Nikaya states that Buddha is the King of Kings and the King of Dhamma, or the King of the Law.

In the Bible, the The Torah and the Old Testament affirms that Melchizedek (lit. "King of the law", a title of the Buddha)was "priest of God Most High." (Genesis 14:18) King David in the Psalms refers to the future King of kings or Messiah as a "priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek." (Psalm 110:1-4.)

Melchizedek is referred to again in Hebrews 5:6-10; Hebrews 6:20; Hebrews 7:1-21: "Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek"; and Hebrews 8:1. The writer to the Hebrews points out that Melchizedek received tithes from Abraham. Since Levi was as yet unconceived by Abraham when he gave tithes to Melchizedek then it follows that the priestly office of Melchizedek is greater than the priesthood of Levi.

And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises" (Hebrews 7:5-6).

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law" (Hebrews 7:11-12).

Hebrews 7:3 in the New Testament refers to Melchizedek as a king "without father or mother or genealogy!"

Indeed, in Buddhism, the Buddhist priesthood, the Sangha, loses their birth identity:

"Just as whatever great rivers there are... on reaching the great ocean lose their former names and identities and are just called 'the great ocean,' so also (those of) the four castes ; nobles, brahmans, merchants, and workers &; having gone forth from home to the homeless state in the Dhamma and Discipline made known by the Tathagata, abandon their former names and identities and are just called 'recluses, the followers of the Sakyan son.' This is the fourth wonderful and marvellous quality in this Dhamma and Discipline...Udana 5.5 Uposatha Sutta The Observance

His name "Siddhartha" literally means "every wish fulfilled". Throughout the most ancient scriptures Buddha proclaims he had visited and guided men/women throughout the world - the ONLY spiritual leader to have made such a proclamation

Does Buddha fulfill the Biblical covenants? Only too well!

BUDDHA STARTS THE NEW TESTAMENT OF THE NEW HOLY LAND AND NEW HOLY PEOPLE!

Buddha	Bible
Buddha's Beautiful Body of Gold and Light! Sn 3.11 Nalaka Sutta The Sakyans then showed to the seer named Asita their son, the prince, like gold aglow, burnished by a most skillful smith in the mouth of the furnace, blazing with glory, flawless in color. On seeing the prince blazing like flame, pure like the bull of the stars going across the sky the burning sun, released from the clouds of autumn he was exultant, filled with abundant rapture; MAJJHIMA NIKâYA II 5. 2. Selasuttaü (92) To the Brahmin Sela 551. The bhikkhu with good looks is like a statue of gold What is the use of your recluseship when so handsome? O! Gotama, king of kings, win over the humans and rule". 554. The Blessed One said: ßSela, I am the righteous king, incomparable, Righteously I turn the wheel, not ever to be stopped.	Ezekiel sees Buddha As a Figure in GOLD glowing with an internal fire-- glowing with his rainbow body of light! [f] and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. 27 I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
1) The New Covenant Laws will now be written inside of everyone! One would need to meditate using the Holy Eightfold Path -- ONLY FOUND IN BUDDHISM! Vipassana Buddhist meditation literally means to "see in various ways"! No other book except for Buddhist Holy Books teach meditation explicitly in various Suttas.	"The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to ^{[ declares the LORD.} 33 "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men." (Jer 31:31) Hebrews 10:16 "THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEART, AND ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE THEM," He then says, Hebrews 10:17 "AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE."
A1)The Buddha said, that He had discovered a long but lost path leading to an ancient abandoned city (SN 12,65). -- this city is the bliss of Nibbana!	The Holy Land is a wilderness and desolate. Isaiah 64 1) 10Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. *Add your content here*
2) The New Covenant Holy Land will be called a NEW NAME FORMED BY THE LORD'S OWN MOUTH -- IT WILL BE LIKE A GEM or Jewels! Buddhist takes the following oath: I look for no other refuge; Buddha is the True refuge; with this TRUTH may I be victorious! and Buddhists take an oath onto the "ONE True Lord" Isaiah 65 is the greatest prediction of Buddha Dhamma -- a new Holy people who are free from pain and suffering and who free others by non-violence(Buddhism is about freeing oneself from pain and suffering forever and "reside in the city of Nibbana"!)	Here is Isaiah 65: 15 The Lord GOD shall slay you, and the name you leave Shall be used by my chosen ones for cursing; but my servants shall be called by another name 16 By which he will be blessed on whom a blessing is invoked in the land; He who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth; For the hardships of the past shall be forgotten, and hidden from my eyes. 17 Lo, I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; The things of the past shall not be remembered or come to mind 18 Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness in what I create; For I create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight; 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and exult in my people. No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there, or the sound of crying; 25 3 The wolf and the lamb shall graze alike, and the lion shall eat hay like the ox (but the serpent's food shall be dust). None shall hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the LORD. And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: *Add your content here*
In Buddhism The Holy People known as the 1)Those who hear the Lord - Savak means "hearer", every Sutta of Buddhism begins with "Thus Have I heard" 2)Sangha (The New Holy People and Holy Land) is called a Jewel (Ratna) and an unequalled Holy Land! 3)Each member of the True Sangha has a DIAMOND MIND! i.e. Buddhist Sangha are like diamonds! (AN 3:25) The new people of God are called the BLESSED ONE'S SANGHA(The Holy Sangha of the Lord is Part of the Tiratna or Three Jewels of Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha in which Buddhists take refuge) in the "Sangha" of the Blessed One! The Sangha of the Blessed one is like a Jewel and "Anuttara = unequalled Punna khetam = Holy land lokassati" = of the world!! These are people of who have obtained TRUE Faith and confidence in Buddha...this recollection is chanted to this day and is found throughout the ancient Tipitika!	New name of Holy Land/people will be by Lord's Own Mouth and will be like Jewels in a crown! On that day the LORD their God will rescue them as the flock of his people. They will certainly sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown. (Zech (9:16) "And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels" (Mal 3:17) "And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God." (Isaiah 62:2-3)
The Sangha is named by the Lord himself -- it is called the Lord's Sangha. NO, the new Holy people are the TRUE Buddhists NOT Christians...Christian was a name given by people in the New Testament NOT BY GOD in a FOREIGN TONGUE! TRUE Buddhists are those who have TRUE faith and love for he Lord, not the atheistic people calling themselves Buddhists.	And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch." -- BUT NOT BY THE LORD! Acts 11:21-26 ISaiah 28:11 Indeed, He will speak to this people through stammering lips and a foreign tongue, The Lord spoke unto His people in the new language of Pali!
3)Buddha created one of the most peaceful religions of all - eschews violence! A Buddhist is to bear violence with loving kindness and let others reap the fruit of their own evil kamma. Buddha also stopped animal sacrifices.	3) VIOLENCE IS ENDED: Isiah 60 18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. Isaiah 66 3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Recalling Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha and the Heavens Cleanses Like Soap -- makes one like Gold! AN 3.70 Muloposatha Sutta And how is the head cleansed through the proper technique? Through the use of cosmetic paste & clay & the appropriate human effort. And how is the body cleansed through the proper technique? Through the use of scouring balls & bath powder & the appropriate human effort. And how is clothing cleansed through the proper technique? Through the use of salt earth & lye & cow dung & the appropriate human effort. And how is gold cleansed through the proper technique? Through the use of a furnace, salt earth, red chalk, a blow-pipe, tongs, & the appropriate human effort.	The Lord will Cleanse Like Soap and Fire! Malachi 3 1 “Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the LORD of hosts. 2 “But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3 “He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the LORD offerings in righteousness. 4 “Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years. malachi/3-3
THE LINEAGE OF ARYAS: Buddha is born from the Arya King Suddhodhana; His teachings are called the 4 Arya Truths, and the Arya Eightfold Path. Similarly, Buddha Dhamma is called the Lion's Roar (Simhanada!)	Judah is called, Gur Arya (a Lion's roar) in Genesis 49, Judah 49:8 'Judah, your brothers shall submit (yodu) to you. Your hand shall be on your enemies' necks; your father's sons shall bow to you. 49:9 'Young lion, Judah, you have risen from prey, my son. He crouches, lies like a lion, like an awesome lion, who will dare rouse him? 49:10 'The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor legislation from his descendants. Nations will submit to him until the final tranquility comes.
*Buddha gives us all the fig tree :* Bodhi is another name of the holy fig tree and by practicing the eightfold path and something called the "Bodhi Pakkhiya Dhamma", or the teaching of the Bodhi one gains the Holy fig tree.	Micah 4:4 each of them will sit under his vine and under his fig tree, with no one to make them afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.