Question

what is the main similarity between Buddhism and Christianity?

Answer 1

thats what i put for main difference @AmazingApples00

Answer 2

Remarkable Similarities


It is not surprising to find speculation about Buddha and Jesus somehow being linked. There are, to be sure, many remarkable similarities between them. Both espoused altruism, emphasizing that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Both said that love is the best way to overcome hatred. Both taught the Golden Rule, and both urged their followers not to judge others.

Buddha urged people to lose self to gain nirvana; Jesus exhorted people to lose self to gain eternal life through a personal relationship with him. Buddha emphasized the importance of ceasing existence as an individual to escape suffering; Jesus offered the hope of a heaven where there would be no suffering.

Answer 3

Similarities in Ethics


In the area of ethics, it is quite easy to see many close parallels, because altruism is at the heart of the teachings of both Buddha and Christ.


Buddha Christ

"Consider others as yourself."4 "Treat others the same way you want them to treat you."5 "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."6
"If you do not tend to one another then who is there to tend to you? Whoever would tend me, he should tend the sick."7 "Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me."8
"Just as a mother would protect her only child at the risk of her own life, even so, cultivate a boundless heart towards all beings. Let your thoughts of boundless love pervade the whole world."9 "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends."10
"Hard it is to understand: By giving away our food, we get more strength; by bestowing clothing on others, we gain more beauty; by founding abodes of purity and truth, we acquire great treasures. The charitable man has found the path of liberation. He is like the man who plants a sapling securing thereby the shade, the flowers and the fruit in future years. Even so is the result of charity, even so is the joy of him who helps those that are in need of assistance; even so is the great nirvana."11 "Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. . . . You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God."12
"The charitable man has found the path of liberation."13 "In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"14