Buddhist tradition states that a Hindu priest prophesied his future after birth.I remember an old clip from Archbishop Fulton Sheen that Jesus was the only religious leader to have been prophesied long before his birth.
I vaguely remember alleged stories of Buddha being prophesied as well.
Was he?
Yes he was. Under a previous Buddha, Dipankara Buddha, the future Shakyamuni Buddha was prophesied to be reborn as a Buddha after many lifetimes.I remember an old clip from Archbishop Fulton Sheen that Jesus was the only religious leader to have been prophesied long before his birth.
I vaguely remember alleged stories of Buddha being prophesied as well.
Was he?
Buddhist scriptures were transmitted orally for hundreds of years before they were written down. The oral stage is still visible in the numerous repetitions and the prevalence of numbered lists in the earlier scriptures. Both are devices to make oral transmission more accurate.i do not know, but i have read that most of what is known about the buddha comes from writings that were written hundreds of years after he died.
Bishop Fulton Sheen said:I remember an old clip from Archbishop Fulton Sheen that Jesus was the only religious leader to have been prophesied long before his birth.
I vaguely remember alleged stories of Buddha being prophesied as well.
Was he?
So, Mohammed is a genuine Prophet of God because the Hijra Era (AH) also divides history in two.A second distinguishing fact is that once He appeared, He struck history with such impact that He split it in two, dividing it into two periods: one before His coming, the other after it.
Yes he did. There are calendars based on the date of the Buddha in use in Southeast Asia. This year is 2560 BE.Buddha did not do this
The Buddha came into the world to avoid living again and to show others how to avoid living again. Your source is obviously ignorant of Buddhism.A third fact separating Him from all the others is this: every other person who ever came into this world came into it to live. He came into it to die.
I would also note that the Nanakshahi calendar followed by the Sikh religion divides history “in two,” starting in 1469 with the birth of the first Sikh guru, Nanak Dev.So, Mohammed is a genuine Prophet of God because the Hijra Era (AH) also divides history in two… There are calendars based on the date of the Buddha in use in Southeast Asia. This year is 2560 BE.
There are various schools of Buddhism, such as Theraveda, Vajirana, and Mahayana. They have different thinking on these things. The Buddhist calendar and epochs are not universally used, so are not like Christian Era.So, Mohammed is a genuine Prophet of God because the Hijra Era (AH) also divides history in two.
Yes he did. There are calendars based on the date of the Buddha in use in Southeast Asia. This year is 2560 BE.
The Buddha came into the world to avoid living again and to show others how to avoid living again. Your source is obviously ignorant of Buddhism.
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Why do you think it was wrong? He gave three distinguishing marks. Christ is redeemer, but others were not redeemers. Per Islam, there is no need for a Redeemer. For Buddhism, Gautama Buddha was not Maitreya and there is not redemption but liberation.So it appears Buddha and others were prophesied as well.
Where does that leave us Christians then? Archbishop Fulton Sheen put a lot of importance on this.
I’m kind of disappointed Archbishop Fulton Sheen was wrong on this.
Maitreya Buddha will not be that different from Gautama Buddha. There is a long series of Buddhas, each of whom re-establishes Buddhism after it has declined and disappeared. The life of the Maitreya will be similar to the life of Gautama: birth, enlightenment, preaching and death.For Buddhism, Gautama Buddha was not Maitreya and there is not redemption but liberation.