why would Jesus, Buddah and others, teach the same thing?

Question

According to the book "The Secret", the creative power of belief is a common principle taught in major religions by prophets such as Jesus, Buddah, Zoroaster, etc. Having such a diverse background, how come there are such similarities in their teachings? Was there a common inspiration for all?

Answer 1

They still have their differences but their teachings are all based on good moral conduct.

Answer 2

They didn't teach the exact same thing, although considering what they achieved of course there would be similarities. However scripture is wrote in such a way that anyone can see their doctrine in it without difficulty. People like to believe that people stole things from one another, or adopted things from each other, this is the farthest thing from the truth and the reason why is this, that we all have a inner source of light intellect which can illuminate our mind and being. We all have indwelling kingdoms of being that comprise our consciousness variations of our being. We can tap into a reality of self which is transcendent in regards this world and all that occurs in this universe, where all can be proven and all can be known. There is no difference from Nirvana/Clear Light Mind and The Inner Kingdom/Know Thy Self so you can know God.

You can't really rely on the canon gospels because they are highly edited, although good stuff still remains. Imo the best way to really get a picture at the parables of Yeshua which are closer to their source is reading the Thomas Gospel and everything really not just being hogtied to the bible as if they are pure and they weren't chosen by random bishops and a emperor.

Answer 3

If you all narrow it down to the basic words and teachings, yes they do teach the same things as far as peace, love, happiness, etc goes. They all teach not to harm others [Thou shalt not kill versus An' ye harm none]. All religious beliefs are based off of simple motives of yearning for a world of peace, love, harmony, happiness, whatever. However, people are just so blind that they cannot see that, and thus see the differences rather than the similarities. So that is why you see "Holy Wars" and hate being spewed from mouths in the name of religious entities.

If people would actually take the time to educate themselves about different religions, and narrow in on the SIMILARITIES rather than the differences, this world would probably be a whole different but better place.

Answer 4

We have common ansestors. (That was proven in a study of men's x chromosomes).
These ansestors shared their religion with their children. But who follows their parent's religion exactly.
As people covered the earth, they developed regional ways of doing things. Over time, the old ideas were lost, and new ideas came in.
So for example:
Original Religion has doctrine ABCD
The tribe who moved east has AbCE (made minor changes to B, Lost D and added E)
The tribe who went west has aBcD.
The tribe who went north has ADEF.
Etc.

If you believe the Bible there was always a people who stayed loyal to God's truth. I believe that Judism and Islem teach the same thing (differing of course on who that is).
The Eastern religions are more likely to teach that it doesn't matter how as long as you get to god.

Answer 5

The golden rule issues are the messages of: treating others kindly, sacrifice before selfishness, etc. It's pretty universal. It's just the small dictums that separate the major religions, and the minutiae that separate the teachings of the said interpretations of one religion into "sects."


As for a "common" belief, that's been argued for a long time, but many "creation" and "morality" tales from the Talmud/Bible/Koran do come from Sumerian tales found to be written thousand of years before any printed tales of the "Old Testament." The Story of the Flood, of Eden,Caine and Able even Jesus can be traced to deciphered cuneiform tablets having near identical themes from the Sumerian empire.

Assuming you are able to separate your faith from archaeological history and storytelling of course.

Answer 6

Not only jesus and buddha all the persons who realise the truth will tell the same thing only the paths and interpretations will be different .It is like a pyramid starting from the base they look different all reach the same point at the end .The universal truth has to be same otherwise it is not the truth.

Answer 7

Though from different parts of the world and differen backgrounds, all their aims were same. They wanted to Teach something. It was similar not same. Other thing we should keep in mind is They were also from different times and different parts of the world.

But still, they told the same thing, Reason, God is One.

Answer 8

The Secret is just positive thinking sold in a pseudo-spiritual package in an attempt to get you to write check.

There are,however, similarities between the teachings of Jesus, Buddha and Zoroaster, at least in their fundamentals. Jesus says: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Buddha says: Because we recognize our fear of suffering, we recognize it in others and thus avoid causing suffering to any other being.
That's one of the most important ones

Answer 9

The Bible says that God's words are "in our hearts and in our mouths". I've always believed that the similarities in various religions is evidence that this is true. Just as most cultures have rules against murder, and theft, etc. We know right, we know wrong, and we all look for God because it's a part of who we are as humans.

Answer 10

1+1=2 in Tibet and America.

Answer 11

What do you mean, the "creative power of belief"....

Buddha definitely did not teach the same thing as Jesus.. some similarities but many more differences...