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Tobin S.

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4. A friend and I were talking just the other night about how the teachings of Jesus
Sun May 7, 2017, 11:21 PM
May 2017

can be interpreted in a Buddhist kind of way. The Kingdom of Heaven is within. The one about a rich man and a camel and the eye of a needle could be analogous to teachings about karma and an inflated ego in Buddhism. Love your neighbor as you would yourself. Helping the poor / alleviating suffering. Turning the other cheek is an idea shared by Christianity and Buddhism. Forgiveness. Self sacrifice is a big one in both religions.

If you know a little about both religions you can see the similarities. You can also see it in Hinduism. But those religions arose in different eras in different parts of the world. I'm not much of a student of other religions, but I'd be willing to bet that you can find similarities in the teachings of all of them.

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