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The Noble Eightfold Path of Christ: Jesus Teaches the Dharma of Buddhism

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I spent 10 years studying Christianity as a born again Christian fundamentalist, slowly through seeking the truth above all else I came out of my delusion. I ended up as a Gnostic Buddhist. I began to realize that the Buddhist 4 Noble Truths and eightfold path were taught by Jesus in the Gospels of the Bible and the Gospel of Thomas. I thought this would make a great book and was shocked when I searched Amazon for similar books and found that it had already been written. Thomas Ragland's knowledge of the Buddhist Scriptures are far beyond mine, I am just beginning in Buddhism. He did a great job comparing Buddhist Sutras to Christian Scripture, many were shocking at the similarities. I am convinced through this book and my personal studies that Gautama and Jesus taught the same esoteric truth.
Live from with in, over come hatred, greed, and delusion by being born again as higher consciousness by seeing the ego as a mental formation that is not us.

I come from a Christian background, but I always quested for spirituality that was somehow more mystical and yet practical. I discovered the teachings of the Buddha and spent years in reading the ancient sutras. What I discovered is that the thoughts resonated with those of Jesus in the gospels. This book is my collection of gems of ancient wisdom. Mystical, true, but practical advice for life.

This is the comparison literature that I was looking for; a verse for verse verification of the oneness of the origins of Jesus' and Siddhartha's conclusions.