Buddha
verses Christ
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The
4 Noble Truths vs the
4 Key Principles of Life
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One
New Man ~~~ July, 2, 2016
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~~~~~Someone
posted a number of wants they had in regards to this life and it
triggered me to think of a recent study we did in regards to The
Four Key Principles of Living,
which was triggered in response to our study of Buddhism which
relates back to this person's wants. Since her stating of
all these various wants tied so directly into Buddha's 2nd so-called
Noble Truth, we thought we’d share some of our thinking in regards
to how the teachings of Buddha fairs when compared to the teachings
of Jesus. And so, we begin with Buddha’s teaching in regards to our
unfulfilled wants & desires.
~~~
Buddha
vs. Jesus
.....(1)
The 2nd
Key Principle of
All Life that Buddha taught about 2500 years ago was that
our unfulfilled wants and
desires are
primarily what leads
to our suffering (Life
is suffering).
.....(2)
I would disagree greatly with his 2nd Major Point of All Life! What
I would say could and might in fact be the 2nd
Principle of Life on
this planet is that God
has a Wonderful Plan available
to all who will seriously embrace it!
.....(3)
In fact I would disagree with all of Buddha's choices for Life's 4
Key Principles.
.....(4)
Buddha says Principle
1 is that Life is Suffering.
I would say the 1st
Principle of Life would
be that There is a Wonderful,
Powerful God who
exists, is in control and relates to everyone and everything
everywhere.
.....(5)
Buddha's
2nd Key Principle,
we've already discussed; that our unfulfilled
wants & desires lead to our suffering,
and again I would say instead, that the 2nd Key Principle could be
easily seen to be that there
is a Good & Mighty God who desires to implement a Glorious Plan
for all who
would embrace it!
.....(6)
Buddha's
3rd Principle is
that we
need to get rid of our desires and wants and
then we will cease to suffer and instead will be happy, at peace and
a blessing to mankind.
.....(7)
Again, I don't believe he is right on this one. I would say the 3rd
Key Principle of Life would,
in fact, be that there
is something blocking, hindering, preventing us from
experiencing God's Wonderful Plan for
our lives, something between us and His Stellar Blueprint.
.....(8) And
finally, Buddha's
4th Principle of Life is
that we
need to acquire the right understanding, right attitude/desire
and put this right understanding and attitude into action in
a right way and only then will we truly be moving towards
a State of Eternal Bliss, or Nirvana, as it’s termed.
.....(9)
But once again, we would disagree and say that the 4th
Principle of Life could
easily be said to be that this Wonderful God who is in control has
provided A Beautiful Means to bridge the gap between His Amazing
Plan and us!
~~~
The
Conclusion:
Christ, Him Crucified and Resurrected!
~~~~~So,
furthermore, I
would just like to say we and millions and millions of others down
through the millennia have encountered, embraced, kissed and are now
partnering with this wonderful God who we call by many names, but our
favorite name, for many of us for Him, is Jesus; who is the
firstborn of creation, the very expression of God Almighty, the Great
I Am of both the Jewish and Christian Scriptures!
~~~
(1st
Key Principle)
~~~~~In
addition, we would also like to point out that this extremely
powerful loving God’s plan, is simply to bring all those who are
seriously willing into His enjoyable, growing, loving, intimate and
fruitful family.
~~~
(2nd
Key Principle)
~~~~~Also,
let us just say that we have come to understand that there definitely
is something hindering us from being an intimate member of Christ’s
lovely family, and that is Sin, our Id, Ego and/or our Super Ego when
it’s off God’s track (unconnected to Him, going our own way,
doing our own thing irrespective of God’s desires, His voice,
His trans-formative power, His love and so forth).
~~~
(3rd
Key Principle)
~~~~~So
finally, but not least, this amazing Creator, Shepherd, crucified,
but resurrected Liberator and Ultimate Guide has provided a way to
bridge the gap between we, His wretched, sinful, rebellious children
and His Beautiful Family, the Body of Christ and that way is Christ
and Him crucified!
~~~
(4th
Key Principle)
~~~~~His
Life! Again and to sum up, many millions have and are living Christ, Him Crucified and Resurrected. Be assured that we, who still continue to abide in
Christ, can testify to the incredible nature of this journey in the
Spirit, in His Body, experiencing His love, forgiveness, power,
intimacy and simply put, His Life! ONM
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