[Buddha-l] Re: Jesus is Buddha?

[Antonio Ferreira-Jardim]

Hi,

I think we need to bear in mind here the wider anti-semitic polemic behind
Lindtner's findings.  Christian Lindtner is an avowed holocaust-denier [See
a list of his articles here:
http://holocaust.nu/default.aspx?catch=http://holocaust.nu/article_list.aspx?cid=15]
who was dismissed from his post at Copenhagen University over allegations of
tax evasion concerning the importation of luxury cars whilst on academic
overseas visits [
http://lexikon.idgr.de/l/l_i/lindtner-christian/lindtner-christian.php]. He
also fond of wearing SS uniforms to meeting where other holocaust-deniers
are speaking: [
http://www.fpp.co.uk/online/04/02/Ekstrabladet_230204_engl.html].

He sees Buddhism in terms of "pure aryanism" [
http://holocaust.nu/default.aspx?catch=http://holocaust.nu/article_list.aspx?cid=15]
and consequently came to believe that all of the positive aspects of the New
Testament can only have come about via "Aryan Influence" in the form of
Buddhism.  Many of the "seeds" of this ideology (eg. Christianity = Judaised
Buddhism "Hinayana" p.64; Judaism's particularism & ritualism = Hindu caste
system/Brahmanism, Christian Universal Salvation = Buddhist critique of the
caste system = "aryanism" Hinayana p.68)  are to be seen in the
introductions to Lindtner's anthologies "Hinayana" and "Mahayana"- both
published in 1998 by Spektrum. In these works he introduces the concept of
"Bhagavatism" or occasionally "Aryan-Bhagavatism" (Hinayana p.12) which he
formulates in similar terms to the Nazi conception of the "Uebermensch". For
more on the huge scandal the publication of these two books caused in
Denmark see here: http://www.stud.hum.ku.dk/tabu/aarg11/98dec/Hinayan.html ,
http://www.stud.hum.ku.dk/tabu/aarg11/98dec/Mahayana.html ,
http://www.stud.hum.ku.dk/tabu/aarg12/99sep/arier.html ,
http://www.stud.hum.ku.dk/tabu/aarg11/99maj/watergate.html

For more details on Lindtner's view of "early" Buddhism see his article :
"From Buddhism to Bramanism. Asian Philosophy. (1999) vol.9/1 pp.5-37

The bottom line is that Lindtner is an avowed anti-semite and
holocaust-denier who has made it his life work to trace "Aryan Wisdom" in
Buddhist Literature and Christian "Translation".

Treat his work with extreme care.

Regards,

Antonio Ferreira-Jardim
University of Queensland


On 1/24/06, Stefan Detrez <stefan.detrez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Buddhism's influence of Christianity has been attested. I heard about a
> Buddhist legend that made its way into Christian mythology. Here's a link
> with info:
>
> http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/5/macqn981.html<http://home.c2i.net/w-206240/josaphat.htm>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Stefan
>
>
>
> 2006/1/23, Gad Horowitz <horowitz at chass.utoronto.ca>:
> >
> > Identifying Jesus with Buddha is not necessarily so crazy. It depends on
> > how
> > it's done.  There's a book titled YESHUA BUDDHA written by a Lutheran
> > minister which though contentious is not crazy at all.  If anyone is
> > interested I'll dig up the publication information.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Benito Carral" < bcarral at kungzhi.org>
> > To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
> > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:09 AM
> > Subject: [Buddha-l] Re: Jesus is Buddha?
> >
> >
> > > On Sunday, January 22, 2006, Richard P. Hayes wrote:
> > >
> > > DR>>> Who could even come up with this stuff?
> > >
> > > BC>> A  reconstructionist  who doesn't like history and
> > > BC>> instead prefers to write his own fiction.
> > >
> > > > This is all very abstract.
> > >
> > >    Not  at  all, Richard, we are referring to Christian
> > > Lindtner in this thread.
> > >
> > >    Best wishes,
> > >
> > >    Beni
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