Buddha and Jesus: Could Solomon Be the Missing Link? (60 page)
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Authors: R. E. Sherman
34
Psalm 119:80a (NIV) (emphasis added).
35
Psalm 119:149b (NIV) (emphasis added).
36
Dhammapada 364d.
37
Psalm 119:32 (NIV) (emphasis added).
38
Psalm 119:80b (NIV) (emphasis added).
39
Psalm 119:152 (NIV) (emphasis added).
40
Dhammapada 364e.
41
Psalm 119:9 (NIV) (emphasis added).
42
Psalm 119:17 (NIV) (emphasis added).
43
Psalm 119:45 (NIV) (emphasis added).
44
Psalm 119:98 (NIV) (emphasis added).
45
Psalm 119:10a, 16a (NIV) (emphasis added).
46
Psalm 119:18, 20, 24a (NIV) (emphasis added).
47
Psalm 119:47–48a (NIV) (emphasis added).
48
Psalm 119:97a, 103 (NIV) (emphasis added).
49
Psalm 119:11a, 15 (NIV) (emphasis added).
50
Psalm 119:23b (NIV) (emphasis added).
51
Psalm 119:48b (NIV) (emphasis added).
52
Psalm 119:97b, 99b (NIV) (emphasis added).
53
Psalm 119:14 (NIV) (emphasis added).
54
Psalm 119:22b, 24 (NIV) (emphasis added).
55
Psalm 119:44 (NIV) (emphasis added).
56
Psalm 119:102a (NIV) (emphasis added).
57
Psalm 119:11b (NIV) (emphasis added).
58
Psalm 119:23–24a (NIV) (emphasis added).
59
Psalm 119:46 (NIV) (emphasis added).
60
Psalm 119:104b (NIV) (emphasis added).
61
Dhammapada 371.
62
Ibid., 181.
63
Ibid., 209.
64
Ibid., 276.
65
Psalm 119:33–40 (NIV) (emphasis added).
66
Dhammapada 364.
Chapter Nine Origins of the Law of Karma
1
“Karma,”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma
, retrieved December 6, 2010.
2
1 Kings 10:23–24 (NIV) (emphasis added).
3
Will Durant,
The Story of Civilization,
Part I
: Our Oriental Heritage
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963), 427.
4
Proverbs 14:11 (NASB).
5
Ecclesiastes 11:1 (The Message).
6
Dhammapada 1.
7
Ibid., 2.
8
Ibid., 15–16.
9
Ibid., 314.
10
Ibid., 125.
11
Ibid., 137–140.
12
Proverbs 10:30 (KJV).
13
Proverbs 12:7 (KJV).
14
Dhammapada 25.
15
Proverbs 24:16 (NIV) (emphasis added).
16
Dhammapada 32 (emphasis added).
17
Proverbs 13:6 (NIV) (emphasis added).
18
Proverbs 17:24 (NIV) (emphasis added).
19
Dhammapada 37 (emphasis added).
20
Proverbs 17:24 (NIV) (emphasis added).
21
Dhammapada 26 (emphasis added).
22
Proverbs 13:6 (NIV).
23
Dhammapada 57.
24
Proverbs 11:8 (AMP).
25
Dhammapada 160.
26
Proverbs 24:19–20 (NKJV) (emphasis added).
27
Dhammapada 39 (emphasis added).
28
Proverbs 12:7 (NKJV).
29
Dhammapada 81.
30
Proverbs 12:7 (NKJV).
31
Dhammapada 104.
32
Ibid., 105.
33
Proverbs 10:25 (NASB).
34
Proverbs 11:17–19 (NIV).
35
Dhammapada 21.
36
Proverbs 28:10 (NIV) (emphasis added).
37
Proverbs 21:7 (NIV) (emphasis added).
38
Proverbs 22:8 (AMP) (emphasis added).
39
Dhammapada 137–140.
40
Proverbs 21:13 (NKJV).
41
Proverbs 21:21 (NIV).
42
Dhammapada 118.
43
Ibid., 2b.
44
Proverbs 21:21 (NIV).
45
Proverbs 11:18 (NIV).
46
Dhammapada 16.
47
Ibid., 18.
48
Proverbs 11:5 (NASB).
49
Proverbs 17:24 (NIV).
50
Dhammapada 36.
51
Psalm 18:26 and 2 Samuel 22:27 (NKJV).
52
Proverbs 11:3 (NIV).
53
Dhammapada 35.
54
Proverbs 11:21 (NKJV).
55
Dhammapada 39.
56
Proverbs 11:30 (NKJV).
57
Dhammapada 194.
58
Ibid., 298.
59
Proverbs 14:11 (NASB).
60
Dhammapada 89.
61
Proverbs 4:18 (NASB).
62
Dhammapada 89a.
63
Proverbs 14:30 (NKJV).
64
Dhammapada 89b.
65
Ecclesiastes 4:6 (NIV).
66
Dhammapada 89c.
67
Ecclesiastes 11:10b (NIV).
68
Dhammapada 89d.
69
Proverbs 4:18 (NASB).
70
Dhammapada 89e.
71
Proverbs 15:6 (NASB).
72
Ecclesiastes 4:6 (NIV).
73
Dhammapada 79.
74
Proverbs 11:28 (NKJV).
75
Dhammapada 82.
76
Proverbs 11:23 (NIV).
77
Proverbs 14:22 (AMP).
78
Dhammapada 87.
79
Exodus 20:12 (NKJV).
80
Dhammapada 109 (emphasis added).
81
Proverbs 15:19 (NIV).
82
Dhammapada 7.
83
Proverbs 20:17 (AMP) (emphasis added).
84
Dhammapada 69 (emphasis added).
85
Ibid., 71.
86
Proverbs 11:10–11 (NKJV).
87
Proverbs 13:17 (NKJV).
88
Dhammapada 54.
89
Ibid., 55.
90
Ibid., 56.
Chapter Ten Transitioning from Solomon to Buddha
1
Dhammapada 87.
2
Proverbs 18:1 (NKJV).
3
Ecclesiastes 7:16–18 (NIV).
4
Dhammapada 143.
5
Ibid., 148.
6
Thomas Knierim, editor and webmaster, “The Noble Eightfold Path,” Raison d’Etre,
www.thebigview.com/buddhism/eightfoldpath.html
, retrieved November 19, 2010.
7
Proverbs 1:2–3, paraphrased from the NLT and Today’s New International Version (emphasis added).
8
Dhammapada 30.
9
Ibid., 44.
10
Proverbs 24:11–12 (NIV).
11
Dhammapada 1.
12
Ibid., 2.
13
Ibid., 7.
14
Ibid., 47.
15
Ibid., 48.
16
Ibid., 8.
17
Ibid., 37.
18
Ibid., 57.
19
Ibid., 40.
20
Ibid., 104–105.
21
Ibid., 274.
22
Ibid., 276.
23
Ibid., 337.
24
Ibid., 350.
25
Ibid., 46.
26
Ibid., 170.
27
Ibid., 34.
28
Dhammapada 160.
29
Proverbs 3:5–7a (NIV).
30
Proverbs 3:7b–12 (NIV).
31
Proverbs 15:9 (NKJV).
32
Proverbs 3:31–35 (NKJV).
33
Proverbs 9:10 (NKJV).
34
Proverbs 21:2 (NKJV).
35
Proverbs 16:5 (NKJV).
36
Dhammapada 353.
37
Ibid., 28.
38
Ibid., 29.
39
Ecclesiastes 5:2 (NIV).
40
Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV).
41
Ecclesiastes 3:14 (NIV).
42
Ecclesiastes 11:5 (NIV).
43
Proverbs 5:21 (NKJV).
44
Ecclesiastes 3:18 (NIV).
45
Ecclesiastes 7:20 (NASB).
46
Ecclesiastes 7:14 (NIV).
47
Ecclesiastes 7:29 (NIV).
48
Ecclesiastes 2:26a (NIV).
49
Ecclesiastes 5:19 (NIV).
50
Ecclesiastes 5:1 (NIV).
51
Ecclesiastes 12:13 (NIV).
52
Ecclesiastes 12:14 (NIV).
53
For more on Buddha’s wife, see, for example, “Yasodhara,”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasodhar%C4%81
; Patricia M. Herbert,
The Life of the Buddha
(Petaluma, CA: Pomegranate Communications, 2005).
54
Dhammapada 91.
55
Ibid., 62.
56
Ibid., 287.
57
Ibid., 288.
58
Ibid., 332.
59
This alternate translation is from Harischandra Kaviratna, trans.,
Dhammapada, Wisdom of the Buddha,
1980, Theosophical University Press Online,
www.theosociety.org/pasadena/dhamma/dham-hp.htm
, retrieved April 14, 2011.
60
God’s Wisdom for Daily Living
(Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1984), 28–56.
61
Proverbs 12:4a (NKJV).
62
Proverbs 15:20a (NKJV).
63
Proverbs 17:6 (NKJV).
64
Proverbs 23:24–25 (NKJV)
65
Proverbs 20:7 (NASB).
66
Aron Moss, “Can a Rabbi Get Married?” Jewish Marriage: Becoming One,
Chabad.org
Lifecycles,
www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/248162/jewish/Can-a-Rabbi-Get-Married.htm
.
67
Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed.,
In the Buddha’s Words
(Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2005), 120.
68
Proverbs 16:12–13 (NKJV).
69
Proverbs 29:2 (NKJV).
70
Proverbs 20:28 (NKJV).
71
Dhammapada 84.
72
Ibid., 321.
73
Harischandra Kaviratna, trans.,
Dhammapada, Wisdom of the Buddha,
1980, Theosophical University Press Online,
www.theosociety.org/pasadena/dhamma/dham-hp.htm
, retrieved May 23, 2011.
74
Ibid., 294.
75
Ibid., 295.
76
Definition from
www.dictionary.com
, retrieved November 17, 2010.
77
Lorin Roche, “The Dangers of Meditation,”
www.lorinroche.com/page8/page8.html
, retrieved September 18, 2010 (emphasis added).
78
Ibid.
79
Proverbs 28:13 (NIV).
80
Proverbs 16:2 (NIV).
81
Proverbs 3:5–6 (NIV).
Chapter Eleven Similarities Between Buddha and Jesus
1
Carl E. Olson and Anthony E. Clark, “Are Jesus and Buddha Brothers?” This Rock 16, no. 5 (May-June 2005),
www.catholic.com/thisrock/2005/0505fea1.asp
, retrieved February 17, 2011.
2
Marcus Borg, ed., with coeditor Ray Riegert and an Introduction by Jack Kornfield,
Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings
(Berkeley: Ulysses Press, 1997), 8–9.
3
Olson, “Are Jesus and Buddha Brothers?”
4
Heartland Sangha American Buddhism, “Parallel Sayings of Buddha and Christ,”
www.heartlandsangha.org/parallel-sayings.html
, retrieved October 12, 2010.
5
Luke 6:31 (NASB).
6
Mark 12:31b (NASB).
7
Heartland Sangha American Buddhism, “Parallel Sayings.”
8
Matthew 25:45b (NASB).
9
Heartland Sangha American Buddhism, “Parallel Sayings.”
10
John 15:12–13 (NKJV).
11
Exotic India, “Buddha and Christ: Two Gods on the Path to Humanity” (November 2003),
www.exoticindiaart.com/article/buddhaandchrist
, retrieved October 12, 2010.