…that Buddhism is like a tree. The buddha planted the seed and later the tree grows. Very definitely, you see in Christianity Jesus is the only incarnation of god. The Christians, Orthodox Christians, will on the whole argue: there will never be, there was…

…unless it's blessed in practice because the incarnation must be extended to the sexual union or there is no real incarnation, because Jesus didn't have a wife so far as we know because he was the incarnation of both logos and Sophia, like avalokiteshvara…

…I say I get one of these manuals of devotion you know little black books with pink edges, and it says: jesus I love you. Jesus I give my heart to you jesus, I adore you and you kneel down before the blessed sacrament and you say all this and you…

…livings and things like that. We say we can't be not anxious for the morrow. See that's one of the troubles in Christianity. Jesus was the boss's son and therefore had a unique advantage over all of the REST of us. So you can't follow his example.…

…translate in a slightly different way from the King James: let this state of consciousness be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus who, being identical with god, thought not identity of god a thing to be clung to, but emptied himself and made himself…

…feel that Buddhism is like a tree: buddha planted the seed and later the tree grows. Very definitely, you see in Christianity, Jesus is the only incarnation of god. The Christians, Orthodox Christians will on the whole argue there will never be there was…

…are immediately consigned to a lunatic asylum. Why? Because how can you possibly say that you are in charge of this universe? Jesus, you know our great culture hero, discovered that he was god and there was an immense uproar and they completely were…

…This is a function that they served so that if you abolished the poor altogether you abolish opportunities for charity. Even Jesus said: the poor you have always with you and it's only in modern times that we've considered the possibility of abolishing…

…livings and things like that. We say we can't be not anxious for the morrow. See that's one of the troubles in Christianity. Jesus was the boss's son, therefore had a unique advantage over all of the REST of us so you can't follow his example that's…

…in the Bible, Kenosis. In st Paul's Epistle to the philippians he says: let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of god, thought not equality with god a thing to be grasped, but humbled himself and made himself of…

…translate in a slightly different way from the King James: let the state of consciousness be in you which was also in Christ Jesus who, being identical with god, thought not identity of god a thing to be clung to, but emptied himself and made himself of…

…here. This is where the creation begins. And you're doing it and won't admit it because of course you're all god in disguise. Jesus found that out and they crucified him for saying so. Because the Jewish people had a sense of god as the cosmic King,…

…as Christ is not as it were the surname of jesus as when we say jesus Christ we should correctly say jesus the Christ, Jesus the anointed one and in the same way one should say not Gautama Buddha but Gautama the buddha, for buddha means an awakened…

…out of context, but where he says in the epistle to the philippians: let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus who being in the form of god, did not think identity with god something to be grasped, but humbled himself and made himself of…

…you will find the imagery not so much of the redemption of the city, but redemption through the tree, the cross as the tree. Jesus likening himself to the vine I am the vine, you are the branches and likening himself to the corn. Unless a grain of…

…Epistle to the philippians in which he says a very curious thing. He says: let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus who, being in the form of god did not think identity with god a thing to be clung to, but humbled himself and made…

…to the golden age. But they say, if I just acted as I felt and was completely spontaneous, goodness only knows what would happen. Jesus, you see said to do that. He did. And everybody reads it in the King James Bible where it means nothing: take no…

…of thing. Well, isn't that funny. Why can't you do it? I mean that's the real reason for saying it in the first place. Jesus said many very strange things, for example in the parable of the pharisee and the publican, how the pharisee goes up into the…

…I go away, for if I go not away, the paraclete the holy spirit, cannot come to you. But we have reversed all this. Jesus to me was one of those rare and remarkable individuals who had a particular kind of spiritual experience which, in terms of Hebrew…

…same attitude to historical events that Christians do. For both Jews and Christians History is enormously important, and the fact that Jesus did in fact live at a certain time and that he taught thus and so is considered immensely important, and therefore…

…become unconscious and you wouldn't participate in this. Well I wonder if that's really so. Let's take the whole idea of Christianity. Jesus initiated a rite which we call the mass, and this rite has been kept going for goodness knows why, but it's been…

…but it's been kept going for thousands of years. Among Christians, Every Sunday, Everybody's supposed to go to mass. And what's it all about? Jesus takes a loaf of bread. Now what is a loaf of bread? It is grains of wheat that have been beaten up and…

…puts it in this way: let this mind be in you or let this state of consciousness be in you which was also in Christ Jesus who being in the form of god, thought not identity with god a thing to be grasped, but humbled himself and made himself of no…

…notice then this curious companionship between the saint and the no good. They've always been associated, and it's a very odd thing. Jesus, as we know, sought out as his friends the disreputable people in the community, the whores and people who are now…

…the kshatriya caste, the class of nobles. He was a prince, he was heir to his father's throne and he renounced that throne. Jesus was a carpenter and came from the class of the labourers, and this makes an enormous difference. Look for a moment at…

…under 2 000 years to see through it and the change is coming. Everybody's beginning to realize what the whole trick was about. Jesus you see was an individual who got enlightened. Only he was in the context of the Hebrew world and he had the puzzle…

…right through the Islamic world, and they were always being persecuted and put to death and tortured because of anarhaq: I am Allah. Jesus, you see, was such a heretic from the standpoint of Judaism, when jesus claimed that he was one with god, I and…

…as Christ is not as it were the surname of jesus, as when we say jesus Christ we should correctly say jesus the Christ, Jesus the anointed one, and in the same way one should say not Gautama Buddha, but Gautama the buddha for buddha means an awakened…

…as Christ is not as it were the surname of jesus, as when we say jesus Christ we should correctly say jesus the Christ, Jesus the anointed one, and in the same way one should say not Gautama Buddha, but Gautama the buddha. For buddha means an awakened…

…to the philippians that jesus renounced his divine powers so as to be man. Let this mind be anew, which was also in Christ Jesus who, being in the form of god, thought not equality with god a thing to be hung on to, but humbled himself and made…

…the translators. You will not find that in the Greek. The Greek says a son of god. So it seems to me here perfectly plain that Jesus is got it in the back of his mind that this isn't something peculiar to himself. So when he says I am the way, no…

…we tell god what to do or give advice as if he didn't know. We read the scriptures and remember talking of the Bible Jesus said you search the scriptures daily for in them you think you have. Life. St Paul made some rather funny references about the…

…out of context but where he says in the epistle to the philippians: let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus who being in the form of god did not think identity with god something to be grasped, but humbled himself and made himself of…

…The gospel was the good news, do you know? It never got out. You too are the boss's son. That was the gospel. If Jesus had lived in India they wouldn't have put him to death, because everybody in India knows that we're all god in disguise. So if…