somesaypip

Life for an Aussie chick in North West Cambodia. Local work in sports, education and development.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Sayings of Jesus & Buddha

Jesus: Those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it.
Buddha: With the relinquishing of all thought and egotism, the enlightened one is liberated through not clinging.

Jesus: There is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile.
Buddha: Stealing, deceiving, adultery: this is defilement. Not the eating of meat.

Jesus: As he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" But when he heard this, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick, for I have come to call not the righteous but sinners."
Buddha: The bodhisattva made his appearance at the fields of sports and in the casinos, but his aim was always to mature those people who were attached to games and gambling. To train living beings, he would appear at crossroads and on street corners. To demonstrate the evils of desire, he even enetered brothels. To establish drunkards in correct mindfulness, he enetered all the taverns.

Jesus: Do unto others as you would have them do to you.
Buddha: Consider others as yourself.

4 Comments:

  • At 4:53 am , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Jesus: Alive
    Buddha: Dead

    Hallelujah.

     
  • At 11:05 pm , Blogger Cal said...

    Good stuff. Thanks.

     
  • At 2:06 pm , Blogger Unknown said...

    Dear Pip, what's your point? That Buddha was a copycat? ;-) Or that the other teachings of Jesus transcended the best of the Buddha's best advice?

     
  • At 12:31 pm , Blogger pip said...

    Hi all-
    I'm not sure that I always have a point... (Sorry if this sounds too much like an answer without answering!) I might try to explain a little more in another post.
    Thanks for questions/ comments.

     

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