of Siddhartha Gautama’s life VS on those of Jesus’
As you may or may not know, almost all religions have some sort of a prime leader who the people worship to. This leader is usually the person who basically began the religion and decided what its beliefs will be based on. This person marks that point in time where we can refer back to and say “yes, it all started when…”. Siddhartha Gautama was the creator of Buddhism. He was also known as the Buddha which means “the enlightened one”. There are many ways in which Gautama’s life, the way he was brought up and the way he lived it, can be compared and contrasted with the life of our Savior, Jesus Christ. From the early years to their ascetic years their lives were completely different, in fact in way they were almost complete opposites. Over 2,500 years ago Siddhartha Gautama was born into a wealthy warrior caste in Nepal. Old Brahmin at the court predicted that the child (Buddha) would one day become either a world emperor or a world savior. This story is similar to the one we know about Jesus. Over 2,000 years ago, in Bethlehem, even though Jesus was born into a family who was not very rich (like Siddhartha’s) the angels, wise men and Shepherds all traveled to see Jesus whom they knew was a special young infant and would
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