The Buddha leader Gautama, has prophesized the coming of an inspired person. In
the Gospel of Buddha by Caras (pp. 217-8) it is written that this great Buddha
will come to the world known as the "Maitreya". The
Cakkavatti-Sihanada Suttana gives him the name "Metteyya". Both these
words mean "The Merciful One". By reference to the life-history of
Muhammad (p.b.u.h.), it can be seen that he was indeed extremely merciful and
the Al-Qur'an also refers to this fact.
There are further similarities, as the Buddhist Scripture reads: "His
(Maitreya) disciples will number many thousands, while mine number many
hundreds".
It is a known fact that with Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) were thousands followers. There
are further similarities, which will be elucidated below.
In the Gospel of Buddha (by Carus - p214), an enlightened Buddah is described as
having a very bright skin and that, a Buddha attains supreme insight at night
time, he dies naturally at night, looks very bright before his death, and
finally, after his death he ceases to exist on the earth. All these points can
be applied to the holy prophet of Islam. (Read his life story).
In Si-Yu-Ki, Vol I, p.229, it is written that "... no words can describe
the personal beauty of Maitreya".
Again we leave it up to you to examine the history of Islam in detail; both
muslims and nonmuslims are almost unanimous in asserting that Muhammad
(p.b.u.h.) was very handsome and beautiful indeed.
Si-Yu-Ki Vol I. (p.229) further reads "..the exquisite voice of the
Bodhisattva (Maitreya) is soft and pure and refined; those who listen can never
tire, those who hear are never satiated."
The Arabic language is remarkable for its beauty. Furthermore, the holy Qur'an
is considered a work of the highest unique literary merit by friend and foe
alike.
Buddhist Scriptures have defined further characteristics of Buddha. In order to
qualify for the Maitreya, he must satisfy those conditions.
A Buddha must be a human being - not a diety. A Buddha must have five special
gifts, viz. The gift of treasure, the gift of child, the gift of wife, the gift
of rule (i.e. leaderhip, headstatesman) and the gift of life and limb. In
addition, the Buddha would be teacherless, i.e. without any form of formal
education. Gautama has also stressed that the Buddha is simply a man, salvation
depends only on an individuals deeds, the Buddha can only preach - he does not
have the claim of being in part supernatural.
The characteristics above are all in accordance with the life of the Prophet
Muhammad (p.b.u.h.).
Another similarity which should be mentioned is that for every enlightened
Buddha, there is a special "Bo-tree". Some modern commentators believe
that the "Bo-tree" of the Maitreya is a tree with hard or heay wood.
The prophet (p.b.u.h.) had a tree at Hodebbeyyaa, which was the place of an
important treaty. The Qur'an gives the name "Shajar" to this tree
(Surah 48:Verse 18). "Shejar" according to some scholars refer to any
tree with a hard stem.
Again it is highly remarkable that such close similarity should exist.
still i can't find it appealling.... because the source is from a fiction
story
si-yu-ki or saiyuki if correctly translated is actually a fiction novel set and
is written based on Buddhism in China.... and i don't think that ALL the facts
within is related to Buddhism but only based on Buddhism....
I expect that Si-Yu-Ki cannot be used as a proper source for this as Buddha is
god-like in Si-Yu-Ki contarily to what u written above.....
Like how he trapped the monkey-king with his hand which become the
"five-finger mountain" or "wu zhi san" in
chinese...
We Buddhist do not really see Buddha as a god from the start... we see him as an
idol, who reach a god-like stage through wisdom beyond measure.... we seeks
wisdom and use his life as a guide to archive the same thing... ceremonies,
temples, offering is juz some remembrance and respect we wish to show.
in history, Buddha himself is a prince in India. He throw away his position went
off traveling and preaching good will and wisdom and at the same time
critisizing the bad and corrupted system of the Indian government
then...
The bo-tree is the place where he reach enlightment while sitting in a
zen-stance...(hence zen-Buddhism which believes in enlightment through
self-discipline) this has nothing to do with bo-tree being holy or something as
he may or may not reach enlightment under a different tree...
Correction. Buddhists do not see Buddha as an idol. We see him as a great
teacher and we give him the highest respect for what he has done to help mankind
ease his/her own suffering.
After reading this, I cannot help but see this information on Buddhism is
extremely biased.
[ There are further similarities, as the Buddhist Scripture reads: "His
(Maitreya) disciples will number many thousands, while mine number many
hundreds".
It is a known fact that with Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) were thousands followers. There
are further similarities, which will be elucidated below.]
Well... doesn't almost EVERY religion have literally thousands of followers?
From Egypt to Greek gods to Shinto to Judaism, this point cannot be
valid.
[In the Gospel of Buddha (by Carus - p214), an enlightened Buddah is described
as having a very bright skin and that, a Buddha attains supreme insight at night
time, he dies naturally at night, looks very bright before his death, and
finally, after his death he ceases to exist on the earth. All these points can
be applied to the holy prophet of Islam. (Read his life story).]
I have read, literally, many accounts of Gautama's death, from Tibetan,
Mahayana, Theravada, to Zen, and I assume the author chose one that is closest
to the story of Muhammad. Remember, the Buddhist religion, like Christianity,
has many sects and many interpretations. Perhaps this interpretation was closely
related to the Middle East.
[ In Si-Yu-Ki, Vol I, p.229, it is written that "... no words can describe
the personal beauty of Maitreya".
Again we leave it up to you to examine the history of Islam in detail; both
muslims and nonmuslims are almost unanimous in asserting that Muhammad
(p.b.u.h.) was very handsome and beautiful indeed. ]
Okay... the whole world thinks "so and so" is gorgeous. What does that
have to do with Islam similarities to Buddhism?
[ Si-Yu-Ki Vol I. (p.229) further reads "..the exquisite voice of the
Bodhisattva (Maitreya) is soft and pure and refined; those who listen can never
tire, those who hear are never satiated."
The Arabic language is remarkable for its beauty. Furthermore, the holy Qur'an
is considered a work of the highest unique literary merit by friend and foe
alike. ]
Debunked for extreme biasedness, maybe teetering on arrogance. "The Arabic
language is remarkable for its beauty. " You know, I hear the Chinese
language is the most beautiful written language in the world, and French the
most beautiful spoken. "Furthermore, the holy Qur'an is considered a work
of the highest unique literary merit by friend and foe alike." I hear this
about the Bible too. Or Shakespeare.
[ Buddhist Scriptures have defined further characteristics of Buddha. In order
to qualify for the Maitreya, he must satisfy those conditions.
A Buddha must be a human being - not a diety. A Buddha must have five special
gifts, viz. The gift of treasure, the gift of child, the gift of wife, the gift
of rule (i.e. leaderhip, headstatesman) and the gift of life and limb. In
addition, the Buddha would be teacherless, i.e. without any form of formal
education. Gautama has also stressed that the Buddha is simply a man, salvation
depends only on an individuals deeds, the Buddha can only preach - he does not
have the claim of being in part supernatural.
The characteristics above are all in accordance with the life of the Prophet
Muhammad (p.b.u.h.). ]
You know, gift of child and gift of wife is not necessary: look at monks and
nuns. Again, biased information taken out of context, perhaps taken from a
certain sect of Buddhism that is closely regarded in the Middle East.
[ Another similarity which should be mentioned is that for every enlightened
Buddha, there is a special "Bo-tree". Some modern commentators believe
that the "Bo-tree" of the Maitreya is a tree with hard or heay wood.
The prophet (p.b.u.h.) had a tree at Hodebbeyyaa, which was the place of an
important treaty. The Qur'an gives the name "Shajar" to this tree
(Surah 48:Verse 18). "Shejar" according to some scholars refer to any
tree with a hard stem.
Again it is highly remarkable that such close similarity should exist.]
Why don't we bring up religious trees then. Yggdrasil anyone?
All in all, very biased information with no
educational backing behind these assumptions.
Another thing I want to point out is that the Journey to the West legend is a
Taoist mythology. In Buddhism, there's only Buddha as a venerated teacher and
nothing else.
In the Journey to the West mythology, there are other deities like the Jade
Emperor, demons, angels, the Heavenly Army that guards the 4 Gates and their
generals, etcetra are all based in Taoism.
Saiyuki cannot be used as a reliable source for Buddhism.
agreed... it is mostly based on the shinto(Taoism or watever you call it)
Buddhism culture that Chinese have at that era... Saiyuki is literature in our
CHinsese education, we even know who wrote it.... and wat time he wrote it and
it is not that old.... juz few generations away!
One thing for sure. A Buddha will come only when there's no single humankind
undrestand or know the way of enlightment. That was the time when Buddha Gautama
came, and it will also be the same with Buddha Maitreya, and for all Buddha
before Gautama. Buddha Maitreya will come but it will be far beyond our life
time.
All this time, I didn't know the quotes are from Saiyuki. Well, this further
falsifies any assumptions that Buddhism is in any way related or exalting
Muhammad since it is not a proper Buddhist text, nor was it ever considered one.
It is a fictional, some might even say, children's tale. Will I take the Lord of
the Rings and cite that as proper Christian work? I don't think so.
wow even i'm moslem but idomt know this. but not only buddha, i red in an
article Hindu has things like this too. n a monk knew it then he became a
moslem.
(Intresting, I never knew about such similarities before. What do you think, im open.)
What Buddhist Scripture Says About Muhammad
taken from www.themodernreligion.com
The Buddha leader Gautama, has prophesized the coming of an inspired person. In the Gospel of Buddha by Caras (pp. 217-8) it is written that this great Buddha will come to the world known as the "Maitreya". The Cakkavatti-Sihanada Suttana gives him the name "Metteyya". Both these words mean "The Merciful One". By reference to the life-history of Muhammad (p.b.u.h.), it can be seen that he was indeed extremely merciful and the Al-Qur'an also refers to this fact.
There are further similarities, as the Buddhist Scripture reads: "His (Maitreya) disciples will number many thousands, while mine number many hundreds".
It is a known fact that with Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) were thousands followers. There are further similarities, which will be elucidated below.
In the Gospel of Buddha (by Carus - p214), an enlightened Buddah is described as having a very bright skin and that, a Buddha attains supreme insight at night time, he dies naturally at night, looks very bright before his death, and finally, after his death he ceases to exist on the earth. All these points can be applied to the holy prophet of Islam. (Read his life story).
In Si-Yu-Ki, Vol I, p.229, it is written that "... no words can describe the personal beauty of Maitreya".
Again we leave it up to you to examine the history of Islam in detail; both muslims and nonmuslims are almost unanimous in asserting that Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) was very handsome and beautiful indeed.
Si-Yu-Ki Vol I. (p.229) further reads "..the exquisite voice of the Bodhisattva (Maitreya) is soft and pure and refined; those who listen can never tire, those who hear are never satiated."
The Arabic language is remarkable for its beauty. Furthermore, the holy Qur'an is considered a work of the highest unique literary merit by friend and foe alike.
Buddhist Scriptures have defined further characteristics of Buddha. In order to qualify for the Maitreya, he must satisfy those conditions.
A Buddha must be a human being - not a diety. A Buddha must have five special gifts, viz. The gift of treasure, the gift of child, the gift of wife, the gift of rule (i.e. leaderhip, headstatesman) and the gift of life and limb. In addition, the Buddha would be teacherless, i.e. without any form of formal education. Gautama has also stressed that the Buddha is simply a man, salvation depends only on an individuals deeds, the Buddha can only preach - he does not have the claim of being in part supernatural.
The characteristics above are all in accordance with the life of the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.).
Another similarity which should be mentioned is that for every enlightened Buddha, there is a special "Bo-tree". Some modern commentators believe that the "Bo-tree" of the Maitreya is a tree with hard or heay wood. The prophet (p.b.u.h.) had a tree at Hodebbeyyaa, which was the place of an important treaty. The Qur'an gives the name "Shajar" to this tree (Surah 48:Verse 18). "Shejar" according to some scholars refer to any tree with a hard stem.
Again it is highly remarkable that such close similarity should exist.
this is an interesting fact indeed..
well i once going to the inter-religion dialog, between Islam, Buddha, Christian and Hindu. I found it very educating indeed
that is interesting to know...
still i can't find it appealling.... because the source is from a fiction story
si-yu-ki or saiyuki if correctly translated is actually a fiction novel set and is written based on Buddhism in China.... and i don't think that ALL the facts within is related to Buddhism but only based on Buddhism....
I expect that Si-Yu-Ki cannot be used as a proper source for this as Buddha is god-like in Si-Yu-Ki contarily to what u written above.....
Like how he trapped the monkey-king with his hand which become the "five-finger mountain" or "wu zhi san" in chinese...
We Buddhist do not really see Buddha as a god from the start... we see him as an idol, who reach a god-like stage through wisdom beyond measure.... we seeks wisdom and use his life as a guide to archive the same thing... ceremonies, temples, offering is juz some remembrance and respect we wish to show.
in history, Buddha himself is a prince in India. He throw away his position went off traveling and preaching good will and wisdom and at the same time critisizing the bad and corrupted system of the Indian government then...
The bo-tree is the place where he reach enlightment while sitting in a zen-stance...(hence zen-Buddhism which believes in enlightment through self-discipline) this has nothing to do with bo-tree being holy or something as he may or may not reach enlightment under a different tree...
strictly my opinion...:P
Correction. Buddhists do not see Buddha as an idol. We see him as a great teacher and we give him the highest respect for what he has done to help mankind ease his/her own suffering.
correction....
interpretation:
idol= someone to look up to and follow as an example....which is similar in a sense to a teacher....
teacher= someone whom we learn from...
so in sense it is both... i as a Buddhist see him as a great role model... and a teacher ...
After reading this, I cannot help but see this information on Buddhism is extremely biased.
[ There are further similarities, as the Buddhist Scripture reads: "His (Maitreya) disciples will number many thousands, while mine number many hundreds".
It is a known fact that with Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) were thousands followers. There are further similarities, which will be elucidated below.]
Well... doesn't almost EVERY religion have literally thousands of followers? From Egypt to Greek gods to Shinto to Judaism, this point cannot be valid.
[In the Gospel of Buddha (by Carus - p214), an enlightened Buddah is described as having a very bright skin and that, a Buddha attains supreme insight at night time, he dies naturally at night, looks very bright before his death, and finally, after his death he ceases to exist on the earth. All these points can be applied to the holy prophet of Islam. (Read his life story).]
I have read, literally, many accounts of Gautama's death, from Tibetan, Mahayana, Theravada, to Zen, and I assume the author chose one that is closest to the story of Muhammad. Remember, the Buddhist religion, like Christianity, has many sects and many interpretations. Perhaps this interpretation was closely related to the Middle East.
[ In Si-Yu-Ki, Vol I, p.229, it is written that "... no words can describe the personal beauty of Maitreya".
Again we leave it up to you to examine the history of Islam in detail; both muslims and nonmuslims are almost unanimous in asserting that Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) was very handsome and beautiful indeed. ]
Okay... the whole world thinks "so and so" is gorgeous. What does that have to do with Islam similarities to Buddhism?
[ Si-Yu-Ki Vol I. (p.229) further reads "..the exquisite voice of the Bodhisattva (Maitreya) is soft and pure and refined; those who listen can never tire, those who hear are never satiated."
The Arabic language is remarkable for its beauty. Furthermore, the holy Qur'an is considered a work of the highest unique literary merit by friend and foe alike. ]
Debunked for extreme biasedness, maybe teetering on arrogance. "The Arabic language is remarkable for its beauty. " You know, I hear the Chinese language is the most beautiful written language in the world, and French the most beautiful spoken. "Furthermore, the holy Qur'an is considered a work of the highest unique literary merit by friend and foe alike." I hear this about the Bible too. Or Shakespeare.
[ Buddhist Scriptures have defined further characteristics of Buddha. In order to qualify for the Maitreya, he must satisfy those conditions.
A Buddha must be a human being - not a diety. A Buddha must have five special gifts, viz. The gift of treasure, the gift of child, the gift of wife, the gift of rule (i.e. leaderhip, headstatesman) and the gift of life and limb. In addition, the Buddha would be teacherless, i.e. without any form of formal education. Gautama has also stressed that the Buddha is simply a man, salvation depends only on an individuals deeds, the Buddha can only preach - he does not have the claim of being in part supernatural.
The characteristics above are all in accordance with the life of the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.). ]
You know, gift of child and gift of wife is not necessary: look at monks and nuns. Again, biased information taken out of context, perhaps taken from a certain sect of Buddhism that is closely regarded in the Middle East.
[ Another similarity which should be mentioned is that for every enlightened Buddha, there is a special "Bo-tree". Some modern commentators believe that the "Bo-tree" of the Maitreya is a tree with hard or heay wood. The prophet (p.b.u.h.) had a tree at Hodebbeyyaa, which was the place of an important treaty. The Qur'an gives the name "Shajar" to this tree (Surah 48:Verse 18). "Shejar" according to some scholars refer to any tree with a hard stem.
Again it is highly remarkable that such close similarity should exist.]
Why don't we bring up religious trees then. Yggdrasil anyone?
All in all, very biased information with no educational backing behind these assumptions.
Another thing I want to point out is that the Journey to the West legend is a Taoist mythology. In Buddhism, there's only Buddha as a venerated teacher and nothing else.
In the Journey to the West mythology, there are other deities like the Jade Emperor, demons, angels, the Heavenly Army that guards the 4 Gates and their generals, etcetra are all based in Taoism.
Saiyuki cannot be used as a reliable source for Buddhism.
agreed... it is mostly based on the shinto(Taoism or watever you call it) Buddhism culture that Chinese have at that era... Saiyuki is literature in our CHinsese education, we even know who wrote it.... and wat time he wrote it and it is not that old.... juz few generations away!
One thing for sure. A Buddha will come only when there's no single humankind undrestand or know the way of enlightment. That was the time when Buddha Gautama came, and it will also be the same with Buddha Maitreya, and for all Buddha before Gautama. Buddha Maitreya will come but it will be far beyond our life time.
All this time, I didn't know the quotes are from Saiyuki. Well, this further falsifies any assumptions that Buddhism is in any way related or exalting Muhammad since it is not a proper Buddhist text, nor was it ever considered one. It is a fictional, some might even say, children's tale. Will I take the Lord of the Rings and cite that as proper Christian work? I don't think so.
wow even i'm moslem but idomt know this. but not only buddha, i red in an article Hindu has things like this too. n a monk knew it then he became a moslem.