And Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. John 12:44
SO WHO SENT JESUS?
Siddhartha Gautam Buddha
BUDDHA
Jesus wearing Saffron (Buddhist) robes? Coptic Christianity from Alexandria, Egypt shows the influence of Buddhism.
WHEN THE FIRST UNIVERSAL SPIRITUAL LEADER SAYS THIS, YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS UP!!
Buddha says in the most ancient of Buddhist texts, the Pali Tipitika in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta of the Digha Nikaya:
There are various kinds of assemblies, O Ananda; assemblies of nobles, of Brahmans, of householders, of bhikkhus and of
other beings.
When I used to enter an assembly, I always became, before I seated myself, in color like unto the color of my audience
and in voice like unto their voice. I spoke unto them in their language and then with religious discourse, I instructed, quickened,
and gladdened them.
But when I spoke, they knew me not and would say, Who may this be who thus speaks, a man or a god?
Then having instructed, quickened, and gladdened them with religious discourse, I would vanish away. But they knew me not,
even when I vanished away
The Mystery of Jesus -- he came, he preached the Dhamma or the Law and well...he disappeared! Just as the Buddha said!
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might
believe through him.
In other words, the Gospel was a Testimony -- a testament that "The Light" had taken on flesh in the middle east.
The Lord had come there -- the New Testament is the proof of Buddha's enlightenment -- the TESTAMENT of Buddha's claims in
the Tipitika!!!
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Another reference from the Agganna Sutta of the Digha Nikaya, says to his disciple Vasettha:
"Tathgatassa h'etam Vasettha adivacanam Dhammakayo iti pi ...":
O Vasettha! The Word of Dhammakaya is indeed the name of the Tathagata
Here is the Gospel of John:
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not.
Jesus (aka Buddha) disappears from the tomb, just as Buddha says in the Tipitika:
John 20:1-10
1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Mag'dalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone
had been taken away from the tomb.
Buddha said:
Then having instructed, quickened, and gladdened them with religious discourse, I would vanish away. But they knew me
not, even when I vanished away
Even the angels wear saffron robes!
Jesus Refuses to Tell Who the Father is:
John 8:12-20
12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness,
but will have the light of life." 13 The Pharisees then said to him, "You are bearing witness to yourself; your
testimony is not true." 14 Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true, for I know
whence I have come and whither I am going, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am going. 15 You judge according
to the flesh, I judge no one. 16 Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone that judge, but I and
he who sent me. 17 In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true; 18 I bear witness to myself, and the Father
who sent me bears witness to me." 19 They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You
know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father also." 20
Many scholars have noticed the similarities between Buddhism and Christianity -- the number of similarities are astonishing
-- so much so many consider it too many to be a mere coincidence.
One of the most astonishing coincidences is the concept of Jesus being the son of God of the "word of the law made
flesh" according to the Gospel of John. St. John is the "witness" to this being. Jesus is known as the son
of God and claims he is the law.
Only in Buddhism do we find a similar concept of Buddha's sons being called "Buddha vachanam" or Buddha's word
-- this is found throughout the Pali Tipitika!
The Gospel of John states: 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with
God in the beginning.
Buddha in the Anupada Sutta of MN 111 states clearly:
"If a person, rightly saying it of anyone, were to say, 'He is the Blessed One's son, his offspring born of his mouth,
born of the Dhamma, created by the Dhamma, his heir in the Dhamma, not his heir in material things,' he would be rightly saying
it of Sariputra if he were to say: 'He is the Blessed One's son, his offspring born of his mouth, born of the Dhamma, created
by the Dhamma, his heir in the Dhamma, not his heir in material things.' Sariputta, monks, takes the unexcelled wheel of Dhamma
set rolling by the Tathagata, and keeps it rolling rightly."
§ 100. {Iti 4.1; Iti 101}
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "I am a brahman, responsive to requests,
open-handed, bearing my last body, an unsurpassed doctor & surgeon. You are my children, my sons, born from my mouth,
born of the Dhamma, created by the Dhamma, heirs to the Dhamma, not heirs in material things.
Buddha himself traveled the world and preached in various forms -- was his word made flesh perhaps born as a Jew in Israel?
There are various kinds of assemblies, O Ananda; assemblies of nobles, of Brahmans, of householders, of bhikkhus and of
other beings. When I used to enter an assembly, I always became, before I seated myself, in color like unto the color of my
audience and in voice like unto their voice. I spoke unto them in their language and then with religious discourse, I instructed,
quickened, and gladdened them. But when I spoke, they knew me not and would say, Who may this be who thus speaks, a man or
a god? Then having instructed, quickened, and gladdened them with religious discourse, I would vanish away. But they knew
me not, even when I vanished away
WAS JESUS THE WORD OF BUDDHA???
John too says, that they recognized him not:
10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognise him.
11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God
13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
John clearly states: the world recognized him not!
In fact, John acts as a witness to the Lord's (Buddha) enlightenment!
HOW POWERFUL IS BUDDHA'S WORD??
"Ananda had asked the Blessed One how far his voice would reach in the universe. The Lord had answered that the Enlightened
Ones were immeasurable and could reach further than a thousandfold world system (with a thousand suns, a thousand heavens,
and a thousand brahma worlds), even further than a three-thousandfold world system. They could penetrate all those worlds
with their shining splendor and reach all beings living there with their voice.
Ananda was delighted with this description, so all-encompassing and transcending all horizons, and he exclaimed: "How
fortunate I am, that I have such an almighty, powerful master!" (AN 3.8)
