Olive Drab Green
Well-Known Member
The Birth of Christ VS the Birth of Krishna
The similarities here are almost too many to mention, but here’s a quick list:
- Both were born of virgin mothers
- Both were of a holy trinity (Father, son and holy ghost- Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu)
- Spirit was their father
- Bother were visited by shepherds and wise men following a star
- Angels warned the parents that a dictator would kill the babies
- Both undertook ritual fasting and deep meditation when they became adults, finding their connection to spirituality
- Both performed numerous and similar miracles, including raising the dead
- Though the had the power to destroy others, in many cases they embraced their meekness
- Both were resurrected
- Both taught similar doctrines of morals
There are many similarities here…even more than the birth of Jesus and Krishna!
- Nonviolence
- Forgiveness
- Love your neighbor just as much as yourself
- Give without expectation, and do it frequently
- Live without attachment to the world
- Put your spiritual life above anything else
- Non-stealing
- Non-covetousness
- Self-control
- Prayer
- Meditation (direct communion with the Divine)
