I am a Catholic Christian and always interested in Theravada Buddhism. I can't leave Lord Jesus as my savior but also love to follow Buddha Dev in my daily life.

Both of these traditions carry so much wisdom and truth . I can't imagine living my life and not trying to pull as much of that wisdom out as I can . Life is too short to have a rigid view of the world and I hope more people can be touched and enlightened by these great teachings . God Bless you all

I m a Buddhist. But I strongly believe that all religions teach us to be good.

I love this idea. This is exactly what I have been looking for. I love Jesus and I've always been drawn to mindfulness and meditation. I've always loved the idea of looking inward for the divine within myself and within nature. I have really enjoyed hearing Michael speaking with such love and passion.

Thank you!! I thought I was crazy and alone! Thank you!!! For showing me that I’m not crazy and I’m excited to learn!

I am trying to become a Buddhist Christian. For I believe that everyone can benefit from the strengths that are offered by both Buddhism and Christianity alike. If more people were Buddhist Christians, I believe the world would be a better place than it is now

I have been a Buddhist since age 16. January 2020, aged 72, I started going to a Christian church as well. I, too, am a Buddhist Christian.....

To quote the Mandalorian, "This is the way." Thanks for making your resources available to those of us on this journey.

It took me a long time to say with confidence that I am a Buddhist Christian. I find peace in both my meditations, and my prayer. My faith in Christ is my foundation, and my belief in mindfulness allows me to realize the bigger picture that that faith is built on. It allows me to evangelize further, spread joy harder, and love all of God's creation so much more. I appreciate you for posting this. Bless, brother. ❤

I always strive to live by the wisdom of my Great Buddha - "Be excellent to each other... and... PARTY ON, DUDES!"

I'm from the UK and thank you so much for this. I've been struggling for many years with the internal conflict of which path to choose, Buddhism or Christianity. I've never really considered both, as initially thought they'd conflict with each other. If it works incorporating both traditions, producing nicer human beings, who love each other and planet Earth, then why not. Duality, the either or approach is the cause of so much hurt in the world.

For those of you who are Christian and drawn to Buddhism, I highly recommend reading Thich Nhat Hanh's Living Buddha Living Christ.

I'm also a Buddhist Christian, having been both in my adult life, and in my nature a Pantheist, your endeavor to create a Buddhist-Christian church is excellent. Perhaps we can take the strengths of both and find a new path forward, enlightened by Thay's teaching. Love this energy!

We've been preaching about that, too. HalleluYah Praise God. A. Huan Dao

As a catholic I really like the teachings and practices of Buddhism too and although I don’t believe in there view on the universe I do love there teachings

Yes I am :) Practicing both Chan and Catholicism. Amituofo 🙏

As soon as you mentioned the master I knew I had found something worthwhile. He also led me along my journey to Buddhist Christianity.

Since I'm studying Buddhism, I realize that there are so many parallels between the Buddha and words of Jesus in particular - this can't be a coincidence! Eckhart Tolle for example also highlights the similarities between Buddhism and Jesus' teachings in his book "The Power of Now." How is it possible that there are so many similarities? I've heard the theory of Jesus being a student of Mahayana Buddhism in the "missing years" (age 12-30) that are not in the bible. Could that be true? And if not, why are Buddhist teachings so similar to what Jesus said?

I serve God and put him first and I live by the teachings of Buddha and God, there almost the same. There both all about peace and love.

I am. I’m intrigued with Vajrayana Buddhism and Christian mysticism.

I was born and raised in Christianity,wrnt to Saudi Arabia and I embraced Islam but when I went back home,I can't do the things that a Muslim does so I did turned back as Christian and when I came here to Taiwan for many years now I embraced Buddhism....I think there's nothing wrong with religions,beliefs and other cultures..all we must do as human beings is to do good things as God's will and commands

I'm a Buddhist Christian.

Namaste

Thank you.

I’m listening to this on Christmas Morning. I have been Buddhist Christian for a while now only I just never put it into words - unsure as to how to express myself so I keep it within. I will not allow certain family members in some parts of my house in fear that my secret will be found out. Lol I need peace with this issue, I want to feel it’s Ok to be both Thank you sir.

Yes I am a Buddhist Christian ❤

This path is so wonderful. As a Theravada​ Buddhist, I hope all of you not only touch Buddhism as a way of doing Mindfulness or Meditation. Don't forget the really essence core wisdom of Buddhism = The nature of Interbeingness, The law of Dependent Origination. God is the Interbeingness/Oneness itself (or what we called it the Emptiness of illusion separate​ly-self).

I was a Christan now I am a Buddhist.

Yes I am a Buddhist Christian. Amitoufo. Amen. ✨️🙏✨️

Thank you

Christian Buddhism is a way of life that brings us back to our center, the balance between knowing why we are here and our consciousness and living in a way that is best suited to our peace and ability to create and sustain life here; while not missing out on our connection to our ancestors and universe. That we can have both.

White is white and black is black. But when you mixed it, it becomes a different color neither white nor black.

Great idea brother. Go ahead. Peace and brotherhood to all human beings! .

Thank you for what you're doing. All rivers lead to the sea. 🙏

In Buddha’s Dhamma and other oriental doctrines, there is no rule which said you have to give up your existing religion. People in East Asia have been practising Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism at the sametime for thousands of year without any issue. Each of these doctrines are to overcome the same problem statement by using their own methods. These methods is not nescessarily to be conflicting with each other. It is the human that always comparing these methods against each other and created arguments out of it. From Buddha-Dhamma point of view, there is nothing wrong with Christian or Muslim to adopt Buddha’s Dhamma to understand their life. Same as you adopt mathematic, physic or Science knowledge to innovate things.

Thank you for sharing this. All the "self righteous do gooders" have a closed mind and heart. Yours is open, and for that I am grateful to come across your channel. Stay Blessed. 🙏🏼

Orthodoxic Church and Dalai Lama (one of the most powerful Buddhist teachers in the world) ❤️

that's a great idea. Even though I don't believe in Jesus as God,but I think I can believe in him as a teacher.

Thank you for this. I am not really sure how to answer the question but I know I am a journey that is leading me to wrestle with questions I have refused to wrestle with before. I am currently reading "Living Buddha, Living Christ" and have been listening to a lot of teachings by Ram Dass. I believe that my foundation will always be Christianity but the questions are becoming too loud to simply ignore and the path seems to be widening over the past few years. I honestly don't know where it is going to lead but I am glad to know there are others on the path

This is wonderful 💯

Ok... I've been thriced baptized. I walked away from my Christian faith due to hurt and trauma. Reaching out begging God to surround me with brothers in my darkest of times only to be given that "Christian Side Hug" and not a warm brotherly embrace. Seeing Bible thumping Christians praise things antithetical to the teachings and example of Jesus Christ. Religious Idolatry run amok! Worshipping the Church and the Cross and not the one who was nailed to it. Those who have scripture in their minds but hatred in their hearts. The holier than thou. The descendents of the Pharisees and Sadducees. I didn't leave Jesus because I physically can't I accepted him into my heart those years ago and my spirit is yoked eternally to the holy spirit. My wife left me after 22 years together and when I would go to church she would seldom attend. God led this Angel into my life and she is Christian...she reached out to me through Facebook and I've never known a love like her's. And now the tribe I was searching for was here the whole time. Ok...ok... God's just showin off now 😂😂😂😂

I was born in Amman Jordan, I am Palestinian from Bethlehem and Jaffa originally. My grandmother is from the Dajani family which is mystic and not “Muslim” they historically challenged local religions and politics to protect the holy land ( protecting king David’s tomb in modern day Israel, rejecting hijabs and seperation, teaching the history of all three monotheistic religions) I myself was raised in the United States and in Roman Catholic school but labeled “Muslim” In my high school which I now realize was so progressive and beautiful compared to what I’ve heard others experiences were in Catholic education, I was taught Buddhism by a teacher that was a recovering addict and gay; but taught our religion class when I was 15. Me and my friend wanted to convert to Buddhism then, life and the realities of 2007-2020 took over (I am now 33, millennial at best). Years later, while studying moral philosophy with a lot of atheists actually and those traumatized by both Islam and Christianity me and my peers had an enlightenment only described by these beliefs and texts. We realized the undeniable relationship between Jesus and Siddharta, that they may have actually met not just existed. The similarities and their story, how important it is, and how parallel. I believe Christian Buddhism is my “religion” but it is undeniable that in those belief systems it is counter intuitive and counter productive to ever consider “religion” as something close to god and to our true calling and life. It is a beautiful thing, and I am happy more people are spreading the true word of God and the universe.

Thou shall put no other gods before me. Jesus Christ.

Yes I am

Yes I am a Buddhist Christian

Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity as originally taught: Three Treasures

I was a Buddhist (though I have never really given up on its teachings) , embraced Christianity, and now I wish I could be a Christan Buddhist, or Buddhist Christian, but can that be????

A few years ago i started to become disillusioned with the catholic church when i realized that who I am, what i believe and my lifestyle doesnt match with what they preach or expect. So i left the church and decidef buddhism was closer to who i was internally. Though i still use jesus ethical teachings to guide my decisions i found inspirstions in the budfhas story and his teachings as well. Im also very big on enviornmental stewardship and balance. Yes i would say that i am a buddhist christian. Im excited to learn more about this channel

Im a christian but i have been looking into these teachings that form a bonding between both if these mutual grounds ever so similar yet the teachings both make better sense to me because i more so find and follow a moral common ground between the two as i tread the following common grounds evenly it seems yet i never knew much about buddhism till just recently yet the more i find the more i click with

I'm the reverse, a Christian Buddhist. Not sure how I'm different from a Buddhist Christian.

I think Christianity is closer to Buddhism than to Judaism in its moral teaching.

be here now do no harm help others be still close eyes listen to your breathing.

I respect your feeling to make everyone as a one but it's impossible. As I mentioned before that the root is 100% different but some few branches are looking sommelier. But if you think carefully, branches are also very much difference between each other.

I relate to this so much. Thank you for your input sir I find this topic very interesting indeed. I don't see a need to hate the world and that's an issue I have personally with the Christian scene. The only thing I hate is war.

Where wan I learn more. This really resonates with me.

I have always thought that practising Buddhists would make great Christians, as if you truly believe God and follow the 10 commandments you are already following the 8 Buddhist precepts

How does a Christian Buddhist reconcile the many conflicts between Buddhist and Christian cosmology, theology, philosophy and so on? Does one simply allow the conflicts to exist side by side?

Iibelieve Jesus and Buddha walk similar paths and we may can add mohomad

I have been wondering if you can mix the two as I'm drawn to both. Glad to have found you channel.

* *Nondenominational* * on a whole new level.

probably. your fb page is not available in uk

Wow, this really resonates with me. I love to pray to Christ listening to Buddhist Sutras. So where do we go from here. How can we connect with each other in fellowship and praise?

yes.

As a Christian what can I implement from Buddhism into my religion?

Interesting , I was always brought up that you had to Pick One or you may not get to heaven ? Raised a Christian but have been practicing yoga for 23 years now. 😅

What do we do with Christians who tell us we need to get rid of all our Buddha statues. I love Buddha. Jesus and Buddha want the same thing. I don’t care for truly esoteric Buddhism just what Buddha taught us simple folk❤

I grew up a Christian but abandoned it at age twelve because I could make little sense of the religion. Then I studied Buddhism and suddenly it all made sense. It may be partly because Jesus taught for two years and Buddha for forty, and Jesus taught simple working folk while Buddha taught monks. .

This can't be done. Because Buddhism and Christianity are based on two fundamentals wich are the intalectual experience for the Buddhists and faith ( sometimes mixed with experience) for Christians. Both towards the same direction but by two different ways.

Jesus Christ is the only Way, Truth, Life. None come to the Father except through Him. Buddhism or any pantheist belief system is antithetical to the Gospel of Christ. Christ is totally sufficient, no addition would improve His Gospel. Please read the Bible and repent from what you're saying, your eternal life depends on it.

I'm a Teravada Budhism myself, Taravada is seem tradition or conservative, may same as Orthodox Chistian. for me the lord of Budha and the way of enlightenment have many path, and up to the mind, behevior of person, this is make sense for you to seeking way path your Jesus. Lord Buddha never said there have no god, he teaching to belive in good and bad refer to Karma, belive what is you saw dosen't mean what is the image or picture you was saw but it behide of that the rootcause ,enlighting it May I didn't know much about "Lucifer" the fallen Angle, so he is Angle or Devil, for in the Buddhist term. do you know him ? did you ever met him? talk to him? or just know information by what was it wrote in the book, then who wrote it? and many of question of "Lucifer" himself. this belive is not and enlighting, the lord buddha never said there have no creation god or Angle. There was found in Buddhist Tipitaka(tipitaka is same as Christian bible), there have found story that's The lord Buddha going meet the teaching "Brahma" the creation god, with the wisdom that's there have noone know everthing youcan found in the Buddha Gatha Chant (Bahum) - . Jayamangala Gāthā (the eight victories and blessing) in every version of Buddist nikaya. This is proof what I belive that's Lord Buddha never refuse there have no god, but he want people to getting pure and clean spirit. this is not my enlighting because I still cannot found the real truth, it is just my assumption. what is my point of view? Maybe we have only one God in the difference name and differences teacher, Lord Buddha is just the one of Teacher and he never refuse other beliver, he have his own way, he just focus on how to build your mind to getting strong, then you will find your own way, The Lord Buddha choose to Nirvana after death, this is the way he choose and teach the way to Nirvana if you want to follow his path, you will not choose to Nirvana after you get enlightenment, he (the Buddha) choose to the Nirvana after he was enlightenment. and never said that's all the Buddhist should be Nirvana. same as you wanna live with your GOD, after you getting enlightenment by yourself, maybe you find the way path to met your God and live with him by not go to Nirvana.

Christianity asks what you should do, Buddha tells you why

How do you practise both.pls explain.. morning how do you worship.and evening. Do you say the triple gem of Buddha and at the same time pray to Jesus in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit?

I am sorry to say but moulding two groups of faith together counteracts the purpose of both of them not just the one. Christianity is exclusive. Its not possible to be a Christian Buddhist in Jesus mind because He says he is the only way the truth and the life. Which means partnership something else with Him is heresy, its an abomination. Its also not tapping into the spirit. its not possible to have the Holy Spirit serving a Buddhist faith also. The Holy Spirit Who is the ultimate Spirit leads people to Christ only. Only people filled with the Holy Spirit will be saved. The bible makes that perfectly clear.

I lost count of the contradiction in your speech half way through. @2:09 simplification: if you ask the answer is nether. they conflict with one another. and to cherry pick within them both is to not follow either one. I know women that take yoga and got cough up and pressured into the lifestyle by the others that were in the class. they made them feel that they'd never excel into the more advance yoga if they didn't conform. not saying all Buddhist people are like this but a lot of them in this area are.

You are amazing saying buddhist christian. A simple believer like me christ s words are source of living water nd it flows nd flows nd overflows in my little mind that gives me salvation nd contentment, so i want to keep it pure. I m content nd happy for only to worship jesus. The truth, way nd life. No mixed docterine for me.

Is there a belief that blends Christianity and Buddhism ? Because I was raised christian and I've practiced Buddhism cohesively for 15 years now and have yet to meet many people who feel the same Religion + Practice = ?

Funny, I thought to myself...Christian Mystic (maybe too new agey) then I thought..Transcendent Christian. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater..agreed.

Buddha was always loved and respected by all classes of people. especially the Kings and the political class. Jesus was also loved by many, but was an enemy of the political class. The question is why is Jesus the scourge of the political class while the Buddha is not? Is God involved in politics? The teachings of Jesus did not convince the political class?

What would happen is, you would be called a New Age HIppie weirdo and draw the disdain of the fundamentalist! Screw them, rock on, God is bigger than man's labels! Amitoufo

Well, how is your concept work? How many people are on your congregation? This seems interesting but yet everyone have their own concept!

I’m from Ohio. 30 minutes away from Columbus. Are you still moving forward with this idea?

What is a Buddhist christian I guess I’m a Buddhist witch then

Two completely opposite beliefs…reincarnation vs eternal life. Jesus taught eternal life, not reincarnation. He also said we cannot serve two masters.

Of course you can take a many good things from both but It's impossible to become a both because the root of both are different. For example, christian believe on Almighty god, sprite and so forth but Buddhist didn't believe on this things.

I'm an Orthodox Christian, but I read the Dhammapada and the Bodhicharyavatara for inspiration. However, the detailed doctrines of Buddhism and Christianity don't mesh. Read Angelus Silesius and many other ancient Christian Mystics for teachings that are similar to Buddhism.

Stand strong on God's word(the bible) if you were, you would've known not to mix Christianity and Buddhism....you need proper guidance

I think you had joined some few mediation courses and read some Buddhist text but it's clearl that you haven't any small understanding on Buddhist.

I have always thought that Jesus was teaching Buddhism but at the time there just were not any words like manifestation. I believe nirvana and heaven is the same thing

Jesus says in his word that "whoever wants to follow me must take up his cross and deny himself. " This means even the things that we think are right and are not. We cannot place another teaching with the gospel of Jesus Christ being the only way to salvation. Jesus talks about idols and idols dont have to be images made up of gold they are the things that we hold close and dear to us that take his ultimate place in our lives which is substituting him with Buddha. You cannot serve two masters. He loves you so much and his heart is so tender and forgiving but it ultimately makes him sad because of his great and zelouse love he has for us that words cant explain and we can never comprehend! Id say whoever comes across this comment to please spent time calling to God to find the truth to life and he will reveal himself which is through his son Jesus Christ that is the only way to salvation. Id say whoever is coming across this to please open your hearts to really thinking this out through the truth of scripture. Im truly praying for you all and have nothing but love and heart is broken to this, but just know that Jesus loves you all and he is so merciful. Hes rich in love and truly has his arms open to even those that are caught up in this deception and dont know that they are. He will always forgive and that what makes Jesus who he is. I pray that you all turn to his desire for you all to truly live for him alone. God bless you all ! 🙏

I am a Christian Buddhist instead. I have tried to kill the Christ-consciousness within while being a Buddhist for so many years today, but ended up hurting my very being. I had to embrace my past, all of it, and that included the Christ-consciousness within. From the on my relationship to others, the global community we live in today, feels more genuine.

Revelation 3:15-16 (ESV) “I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. There’s a Heaven and a there’s a Hell.. pick a side.

No, it's impossible to believe in the Buddhist teachings if you believe in the Christian worldview. Buddhism believes in order to reach nirvana or enlightenment etc. You must let go of all desires and emotions of the physical, to be free of suffering. Meaning, leaving your family, be completely secluded from anything that could cause you to be corrupted by the physical. Which is literally impossible. Unless you're self serving and only regard your own needs buddhism is impossible and also impossible cause man will continually in their heart be wicked. And if you're a Buddhist you must believe there is no ressurrection only reincarnation. Which would contradict Jesus Salvation for you, for GLORIFICATION. And there is no God. You believe there I no higher being. So literally fundamentally Christianity and Buddhism cannot be mixed. You cannot be enlightened and overcome humanity, only the son of man could and we must put our faith and trust in The Father, The Son and Holy Spirit. In order to prevent us from following our flesh. Not beat it but face it.

You had me till you said social justice. By.

Turn away. Jesus is the only way, The truth and the life to The Father.

There’s no such thing lmao

No

You lost me at your so-called "social justice" virtue signaling.... #AllLivesMatter

Stand strong on God's word(the bible) if you were, you would've known not to mix Christianity and Buddhism....you need proper guidance