Hi there,
So this is unorthodox theology, that Christ somehow reflects Eastern Buddhist theology. "Detachment, enlightenment, the balance of Samsara" are all Buddhist concepts, but Buddha never said "I am these things". Not only did Christ say "I am the way, the truth and the life" He laid down His life, to ensure that the sins which prevent us coming to Him (God crucified) with respect to this, are paid for - that is, they will never be denied us, as long as we live for Him. The problem is, it is sometimes hard to understand what Jesus meant by these things. The way, where? The truth, how? The life, to what? Clearly we need to add something to our interpretation, of what we have - so that our Cross combined with His, elucidates where we will find mercy, in our walk with Him.
Now, what I am going to do is, point out the truth, that lead me to combine these two faiths this way. If you can't understand what I am saying, stop there, and either learn to meditate (as Jesus said "by your patience possess your souls" Gospels, from memory) or find another way to relate to God - I am just telling you flat out, I am not attempting to manipulate what you believe about God. The truth is this: Jesus was enlightened, from conception. Enlightened from conception (and this is where I explain what I mean) means that He does not need to be more enlightened, He doesn't need to do anything about His enlightenment, His enlightenment is permanently a part of everything that He does.
Now this enlightenment, that Jesus has, being something that He doesn't need to do anything about, also means that it is the least you can be enlightened (and still be - powerfully - enlightened). It is the enlightenment of a single seed (actually called "zera"), everything else Jesus does, He does out of love for the enlightenment of His seed ("when his life is offered as a sacrifice for sin, He shall see His seed prolonged" OT, from memory). The reason His enlightenment is powerful (and not 'nominal') is that He keeps His enlightenment in focus. It's not wrong to depart from enlightenment, as long as you return to enlightenment, you might say. Other people may have greater magnitudes of enlightenment, but Christ alone did the most that can be done with enlightenment, by taking it to the Cross - the 'Crucible' more generally.
There is great rest in this, then - this little enlightenment and great crucible - because by investing our souls in His patience, we are able to balance Samsara and enter the Nirvana of God, which God is. God desires relationship with us, so when we have that relationship, through Christ's enlightenment, God is able to impart His (Being) Nirvana, to us ("if someone believes Us, We will come to him and make our home with him" Gospels, from memory). We don't lose that Nirvana, because of Christ's enlightenment, which He in turn keeps, through detachment. The Crucible expands detachment; Christ keeps bringing the balance of Samsara to the Crucible, so that He is able to share Nirvana with everyone - that is, to have a relationship with the One who is alive in Nirvana. This is important, because we as followers of Christ, should be able to share Nirvana with others too (not separate to Christ, but with Him).
Essentially, Christ crucifies "detachment, enlightenment and the balance of Samsara" on the ultimate Crucible, for the sake of Nirvana, with the One alive in Nirvana. He does not forget detachment, He does not minimize enlightenment and He does not deliberately add to what needs to be balanced in Samsara (He does not sin, for Nirvana). All these things can lead to someone being attached to Samsara and hence a slave to the sins, in it.
I hope this has been of some encouragement.
God bless.
So this is unorthodox theology, that Christ somehow reflects Eastern Buddhist theology. "Detachment, enlightenment, the balance of Samsara" are all Buddhist concepts, but Buddha never said "I am these things". Not only did Christ say "I am the way, the truth and the life" He laid down His life, to ensure that the sins which prevent us coming to Him (God crucified) with respect to this, are paid for - that is, they will never be denied us, as long as we live for Him. The problem is, it is sometimes hard to understand what Jesus meant by these things. The way, where? The truth, how? The life, to what? Clearly we need to add something to our interpretation, of what we have - so that our Cross combined with His, elucidates where we will find mercy, in our walk with Him.
Now, what I am going to do is, point out the truth, that lead me to combine these two faiths this way. If you can't understand what I am saying, stop there, and either learn to meditate (as Jesus said "by your patience possess your souls" Gospels, from memory) or find another way to relate to God - I am just telling you flat out, I am not attempting to manipulate what you believe about God. The truth is this: Jesus was enlightened, from conception. Enlightened from conception (and this is where I explain what I mean) means that He does not need to be more enlightened, He doesn't need to do anything about His enlightenment, His enlightenment is permanently a part of everything that He does.
Now this enlightenment, that Jesus has, being something that He doesn't need to do anything about, also means that it is the least you can be enlightened (and still be - powerfully - enlightened). It is the enlightenment of a single seed (actually called "zera"), everything else Jesus does, He does out of love for the enlightenment of His seed ("when his life is offered as a sacrifice for sin, He shall see His seed prolonged" OT, from memory). The reason His enlightenment is powerful (and not 'nominal') is that He keeps His enlightenment in focus. It's not wrong to depart from enlightenment, as long as you return to enlightenment, you might say. Other people may have greater magnitudes of enlightenment, but Christ alone did the most that can be done with enlightenment, by taking it to the Cross - the 'Crucible' more generally.
There is great rest in this, then - this little enlightenment and great crucible - because by investing our souls in His patience, we are able to balance Samsara and enter the Nirvana of God, which God is. God desires relationship with us, so when we have that relationship, through Christ's enlightenment, God is able to impart His (Being) Nirvana, to us ("if someone believes Us, We will come to him and make our home with him" Gospels, from memory). We don't lose that Nirvana, because of Christ's enlightenment, which He in turn keeps, through detachment. The Crucible expands detachment; Christ keeps bringing the balance of Samsara to the Crucible, so that He is able to share Nirvana with everyone - that is, to have a relationship with the One who is alive in Nirvana. This is important, because we as followers of Christ, should be able to share Nirvana with others too (not separate to Christ, but with Him).
Essentially, Christ crucifies "detachment, enlightenment and the balance of Samsara" on the ultimate Crucible, for the sake of Nirvana, with the One alive in Nirvana. He does not forget detachment, He does not minimize enlightenment and He does not deliberately add to what needs to be balanced in Samsara (He does not sin, for Nirvana). All these things can lead to someone being attached to Samsara and hence a slave to the sins, in it.
I hope this has been of some encouragement.
God bless.
