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Why is it that Jesus is always treated as a has-been, not really up to date for 21'st century living? While the Buddha is still spoken of as a giant to be respected and whose teachings still carry weight.
My first inclining over this point is that Buddhism -especially that of Zen- is adaptable to any culture of climate where it sees fit to manifest itself. It is hard to explain what I feel about this question, but another way I see it, is that if we had ourselves a Christism rather than a Christianity, things might have gone better. The human mind is a funny old thing after all. I have more thoughts on this but I shall not bore you with them all.
Note: My comments may be taken as biased as I am a Zen Buddhist, but I am an integral Zen Buddhist who has never shunned or made light of the teachings of Jesus. They are, after-all, deeply similar and rooted in the same source as the Buddha's. They were simply treated differently by the peoples whom recieved them at the time.
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