What do Buddhist think about Jesus?

Some high level Buddhists have drawn analogies between Jesus and Buddhism, e.g. in 2001 the Dalai Lama stated that "Jesus Christ also lived previous lives", and added that "So, you see, he reached a high state, either as a Bodhisattva, or an enlightened person, through Buddhist practice or something like that." Thich ...
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Is Buddhism compatible with Christianity?

Christians preach of one God, creation and salvation, while Buddhists believe in reincarnation, enlightenment and nirvana. "The beliefs aren't compatible at all," said Stephen Lahey, an Episcopalian minister and religious studies professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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What religions don't believe in Jesus?

Judaism. Judaism rejects the idea of Jesus being God, or a person of a Trinity, or a mediator to God. Judaism also holds that Jesus is not the Messiah, arguing that he had not fulfilled the Messianic prophecies in the Tanakh nor embodied the personal qualifications of the Messiah.
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Was Jesus influenced by Buddhism?

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.
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Where did Jesus go in India?

According to the scrolls, Jesus abandoned Jerusalem at the age of 13 and set out towards Sindh, “intending to improve and perfect himself in the divine understanding and to studying the laws of the great Buddha”. He crossed Punjab and reached Puri Jagannath where he studied the Vedas under Brahmin priests.
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Who is Jesus according to Hinduism?

For Hindus, Christ is an acharya. His example is a light to any of us in this world who want to take up the serious practice of spiritual life. His message is no different from the message preached in another time and place by Lord Krishna and Lord Chaitanya.
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What religion is based on Jesus?

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.
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What religion believes in Jesus only?

Jesus Only, also called Oneness Pentecostalism or Apostolic movement, movement of believers within Pentecostalism who hold that true baptism can only be “in the name of Jesus” rather than in the name of all three persons of the Trinity.
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Do Hindus believe in one God?

While the majority of Hindus (61%) and Jains (54%) say there is “only one God with many manifestations,” most Muslims (66%), Christians (68%) and Sikhs (57%) say there is “only one God.” Meanwhile, fully one-third of Buddhists do not believe in God at all.
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Did Jesus know about Buddha?

Historical evidence indicates that Jesus knew about Buddhism, simply because both he and it were in Judea during the same time.
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Can a Buddhist believe in God?

Buddhists do not believe in any kind of deity or god, although there are supernatural figures who can help or hinder people on the path towards enlightenment.
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Did Jesus and Buddha live at the same time?

The book raises the fascinating question: How could Jesus, living 500 years after Buddha and 3,000 miles away, embody teachings so similar in nature to his predecessor? Borg said some historians believe that Buddhist principles had filtered through the Roman Empire by the time of Jesus.
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Do Hindus believe in Allah?

ame Is Truth.” Christians, Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus all believe in one God. They each understand God in their own way, using their own holy books to explain what God is (and sometimes isn't).
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Who is most powerful god?

Indra also called Śakra, the supreme god, is the first of the 33, followed by Agni.
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Who is the oldest known god?

Inanna is among the oldest deities whose names are recorded in ancient Sumer. She is listed among the earliest seven divine powers: Anu, Enlil, Enki, Ninhursag, Nanna, Utu, and Inanna.
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What religion Is not believe in God?

An atheist denies the existence of God. As it is frequently said, atheists believe that it is false that God exists, or that God's existence is a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.
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Who created Christianity?

Christianity originated with the ministry of Jesus, a Jewish teacher and healer who proclaimed the imminent Kingdom of God and was crucified c. AD 30–33 in Jerusalem in the Roman province of Judea.
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Which Veda talks about Jesus?

Below is a document about the Son of God in one of the Hindu scriptures. In the book called Bhavishya Purana there's a very nice and concise overview of the mission and mood of Jesus the Son of God.
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Why did Christianity fail in India?

The reason for the suppression of the real strength of Christianity in India, as Jenkins put it, “is because of systematic and widespread persecution by Hindu extremist sects, often operating in alliance with local governments and police authorities — violence that receives virtually no publicity in the West.”
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Is Jesus and Krishna same?

Hindus believe that Jesus, like Lord Krishna, is just another avatar of the Divine, who came down to show humanity in the righteous way of life. This is another point where Krishna resembles Christ, a figure who is both "fully human and fully divine."
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Who can defeat Shiva?

Ifrit is the perfect summon to use against Shiva because Ifrit's attacks exploit Shiva's weaknesses. While Ifrit will attack Shiva automatically, you and your party can use your own ATB Points to make Ifrit use more powerful fire attacks against the ice queen.
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Who is Shiva in Hinduism?

Shiva, (Sanskrit: “Auspicious One”) also spelled Śiwa or Śiva, one of the main deities of Hinduism, whom Shaivites worship as the supreme god. Among his common epithets are Shambhu (“Benign”), Shankara (“Beneficent”), Mahesha (“Great Lord”), and Mahadeva (“Great God”).
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What do Hindus call Allah?

Both believe in the existence of an entirety supreme power, either called Brahman or Allah. Brahman is a metaphysical concept that is the single binding unity behind the diversity in all that exists in the universe. Allah is the Arabic word for God in Abrahamic religions.
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Who is the oldest religion?

The word Hindu is an exonym, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, many practitioners refer to their religion as Sanātana Dharma (Sanskrit: सनातन धर्म, lit.
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Can Buddhists believe in Hindu gods?

Buddhism does not see Hindu gods as such (they are however accepted and viewed with a subordinate stance) and does not specifically believe in gods while Hindu religion adheres to several deities.
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