Such a man would need repentance and faith in the one true God (Jn. “The fool has said in his heart, there is no God” (Ps. His rejection of a creator God would classify him as a pagan unbeliever, however adept he was at philosophical speculation. According to Christ, Buddha would certainly not have been spiritually enlightened-far from it. If we could bring Jesus and Buddha together for a discussion, neither Jesus nor Gautama would find the other’s worldview acceptable. 3:10).Īlthough ecumenically minded people would find it difficult to accept, the Jesus Christ of history is not merely un-Buddhist He is anti-Buddhist.

2:10 5:8-9)-indeed it is by suffering alone that the world is redeemed and through which (in part) God sanctifies His people (1 Pet. His worldview is thoroughly based on moral absolutes and it is by His moral standards that all creatures, heavenly and earthly, will be judged and required to give an account (Jn. Jesus Christ utterly rejects polytheism and paganism (e.g., Mt. It is impossible that these could come through Buddha and his philosophy, or through Bodhisattvas and their sacrifice of remaining in the world, or through any other self-achieving method (cf., Mt. 14:6) because Jesus is “the true light” of the world (Jn. Spiritual enlightenment and salvation come only by Him (Jn. 14:5-6) He is God’s unique and only Son (Jn. He not only believes in a creator God, the creator God is His personal Father (Jn. He denies the possibility of self-perfection and refers to himself alone as the Savior of the world (Mt. He believes in a loving, infinite-personal Creator who makes moral demands upon and judges His creatures (Lk.

He stresses sin and repentance before God (Jn.

3:16) is thus dismissed as remnants of beclouded consciousness.Īfter all, one could expect that in Buddhism the biblical Christ would be rather objectionable, for he rejects what Buddhism accepts and accepts what Buddhism rejects. So what is there to save? And no genuine Savior can exist either, for we must ultimately save ourselves.

What Christian belief in a personal Savior from sin represents to Buddhism is a serious form of personal ignorance. For the most part, however, His Gospel teachings are largely ignored and a more convenient Jesus is accepted: one who, along with the Buddha, smiles serenely.īut on the other hand, there is a sense in which Buddhism explicitly rejects Jesus Christ. It does acknowledge what most men do: that He was a great person. As a whole, Buddhism has little directly to say about Jesus Christ.

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