"Buddhism, I repeat, is a hundred times more austere, more honest, more objective. It no longer has to justify its pains, its susceptibility to suffering, by interpreting these things in terms of sin--it simply says, as it simply thinks, "I suffer." To the barbarian, however, suffering in itself is scarcely understandable: what he needs, first of all, is an explanation as to why he suffers. (His mere instinct prompts him to deny his suffering altogether, or to endure it in silence.) Here the word "devil" was a blessing: man had to have an omnipotent and terrible enemy--there was no need to be ashamed of suffering at the hands of such an enemy."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Buddhism_and_Christianity
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Comparison of Buddhism and Christianity
23 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Comparison of Buddhism and Christianity →
Related Quotes
"Mahayana became to Hinayana or primitive Buddhism what Catholicism was to Stoicism and primitive Christianity. Buddha…"
"As in Mediterranean Christianity, these saints became so popular that they almost crowded out the head of the pantheo…"
"While Christianity committed its monstrous atrocities, Buddhism, which did not create an organized church in the mann…"
"The Gospels contain a number of almost literal repetitions of phrases, parables and scenes from the Buddhist canon ..…"
"The Buddhists kept five centuries in advance of the Roman Church in the invention and use of all the ceremonies and f…"
"In 1980, Henri Nouwen taught a class at Yale Divinity School called “Desert Spirituality & Contemporary Ministry.” On…"
"In the teachings of primitive, southern Buddhism, Catholicism would have found the most salutary correctives for its …"
"The religions whose theology is least preoccupied with events in time and most concerned with eternity, have been con…"
"The religion of Buddha has spread far beyond the limits of the Aryan world, and to our limited vision, it may seem to…"
"Überschauen wir diese Ausführungen, so kann kein Zweifel bestehen, daß die Mystik des Evagrius in ihrer völlig konseq…"