... parallels to the life of the Buddha, and many of the brightest lights in antiquity have uncovered the seed of Enlightenment in the Buddhist manner (Stein 9). The accounts from the Bible of Christ going into the wilderness of the desert is akin to Gautama Siddhartha sitting under the Bodhi tree, and monks sequestering themselves in the wilderness for a time of testing ... cycles of destruction. This is revealed in Christ's parable that one should remove the plank from their eye before attempting to remove the speck from their brothers (New King James Bible, Matthew 7:5). Some people acce...

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