xv, 231 pages : 22 cm; Translated from German.; "Originally published as Jesus oder Buddha : Leben und Lehre im Vergleich, Becksche Reihe (Munich : Beck, 2002)"--Title page verso.; Preface --Pronunciation of Indian terms --Introduction --[pt]. 1.The founders --1.One and many Buddhas /Axel Michaels --The sources --Buddha Śakyamuni and his world --The legends of the Buddha --Historicity and legend --Does Christianity need the historical Jesus? --Response : Christianity needs the man Jesus! /Ulrich Luz --2.Jesus : his life and his world /Ulrich Luz --Unique features of the development of the New Testament canon --Sources --Present state of research --Jesus in his political and social context --Special aspects of the life of Jesus --Jesus as an individual --Response : The word of God and the silence of the Buddha /Alex Michaels --[pt]. 2.The reign of God and Nirvāṇa --3.Jesus' preaching of the reign of God /Ulrich Luz --The future of the reign of God --The future reign of God is already beginning --Jesus' activity as the beginning of the reign of God --Immediate anticipation of the end --Jesus as preacher of judgment --The reign of God and Nirvāṇa --Self-critical questioning of Christian faith --Response : The "Buddhist" nearness of the reign of God on Earth /Alex Michaels --4.Self, nonself, and Nirvāṇa /Axel Michaels --Self and nonself --The practical application of the teaching about the nonself --Self and rebirth --Nonself and Nirvāṇa --Salvation without Haven? --Response : Christianity and the self /Ulrich Luz.; [pt]. 3.Love and tranquility --5.Jesus' ethics /Ulrich Luz --The radicality of Jesus' ethics --Jesus' sovereign authority --The centrality of the love command --Jesus' command to love and Buddhist compassion --Questions for Christian faith --Response : Love of God and love of enemies /Alex Michaels --6.Ethics in early Buddhism /Axel Michaels --Early Buddhist ethics and spiritual praxis --Ethics and everyday life --Buddhist love --Buddhist ethics regarding animals and nature --Love and kindness --Response : Love and grace /Ulrich Luz --[pt]. 4.Passion and suffering --7.Suffering in early Buddhism /Axel Michaels --The suffering of the Buddha --The concept of suffering in the Four Noble Truths --The suffering of beginning and ending --Suffering and transitoriness --Is Buddhism pessimistic? --Response : Why the cross? /Ulrich Luz --8.Jesus' passion and the Christian idea of suffering /Ulrich Luz --Biblical views of suffering --Jesus' passion --Early Christianity's understanding of Jesus' death --Suffering in Christianity and Buddhism : critical an self-critical questions --Response : Jesus' karma /Alex Michaels.; 9.Jesus and Christology /Ulrich Luz --New Testament Christological monotheism --Jesus' self-concept --The Easter events and the uniqueness of Jesus --The uniqueness of Jesus and Buddhism --Rays of hope in the New Testament --Response : Buddhology and atheism /Axel Michaels --[pt]. 6.Meditation --10.The Buddha and meditation /Axel Michaels --The Buddha's path to enlightenment --The steps of salvation --The "system" of meditation --Meditation and prayer --Response : Buddhist meditation is not prayer /Ulrich Luz --[pt]. 7.Community and Church --11.Monks and laity in early Buddhism /Axel Michaels --The founding of the Order --Monastic life --Monasticism and the Lay State --Buddhist and Christian asceticism --Response : Jesus, asceticism, and relationship to the world /Ulrich Luz --12.Jesus and the church /Ulrich Luz --Did Jesus found the Church? --Jesus and Israel --The group of the Twelve --Disciples, male and female --Itinerant radicals after Easter --Origins of the settled Church --Why the Church? --Buddhism and the Christian dilemma of Church --Epilogue : Can Buddhism heal Christianity? --Buddhism cannot heal Christianity! /Ulrich Luz --Buddha or Jesus? Buddha and Jesus! /Axel Michaels --Notes --Sources and bibliography --Index.; 

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