How different are messages of Buddha and Founding Guru Nanak of Sikhs!

How different are messages of Buddha and Founding Guru Nanak of Sikhs!

·        Buddha was not a God.

·        He never claimed to be a God.

·        He never claimed to be messenger of God.

·        He was a man who achieved Nirvana through Human efforts.

·        Guru Nanak claimed the same except he accepted God within us.

  How different are messages of Buddha and Founding Guru Nanak of Sikhs!

Buddha and Nanak Philosophies are not as different as we think. Guru Nanak’s view of God inside is more appealing to traditional prayer-oriented world religions such as Christians, Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs; because they believe in God as a higher power to pray. Buddha’s message was appealing to Meditation-oriented religions such as Buddhism, Jainism and Taoism, where we seek spiritual wisdom within without using the word God.

Here is an example:

If we see ourselves in others-
Then whom can we hurt?
What harm can we do?
--The Buddha 

Don’t we see similarity of above quote with Gurbani of GGS: Vichhar gai sabh taat prai;  jab te sadh sangat mein pai… There are no strangers since I have company of gurmukhs/god oriented (GGS, M5).

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