Is it that whenever there came to you a Messenger with what you yourselves desired not, you grew arrogant? Some, you disbelieved and some, you killed. Then you will return to Me and I will judge between you in the matters in which you used to dispute. While Muslims acknowledge the ascension, they either deny that Jesus was crucified or that He died on the cross.
They have no certain knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they killed him not [i. Ahmad believed Jesus survived the crucifixion and later travelled to India to preach as a prophet. While members of the Ahmadiyya Movement believe Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, this belief is not considered an essential requirement of faith.
Many within the Ahmadiyya community do not believe in the Virgin Conception; the issue is left to the individual believer.
Ahmadiyya Muslims hold views of Jesus very similar to traditional Muslims , affirming Jesus was a real man. In addition, Ahmadiyya Muslims also mirror Islamic beliefs about the role of Jesus as a prophet.
While members of the Ahmadiyya Movement believe Jesus was crucified, they do not believe that He died on the cross. He appeared to His disciples, then travelled to Afghanistan and Kashmir where He continued to teach, preach and heal the sick. He eventually died at the age of in India and was supposedly buried in Srinaga. In fact, the words of Jesus are considered to be the words of God. Through Him the leper recovered from the leprosy of perversity and ignorance. Through Him, the unchaste and wayward were healed.
Through His power, born of Almighty God, the eyes of the blind were opened, and the soul of the sinner sanctified. By sacrificing Himself, however, a fresh capacity was infused into all created things. Its evidences, as witnessed in all the peoples of the earth, are now manifest before thee. The deepest wisdom which the sages have uttered, the profoundest learning which any mind hath unfolded, the arts which the ablest hands have produced, the influence exerted by the most potent of rulers, are but manifestations of the quickening power released by His transcendent, His all-pervasive, and resplendent Spirit.
It is rooted in religious views dating back to the Iron Age of India 12 th to 6 th centuries BC and it has no single founder. There are many varieties of Hinduism embracing a complex and divergent set of views, and for this reason, it is difficult to isolate a unified set of beliefs related to Jesus. Hindu believers often hold a variety of views. Mahatma Gandhi, for example, admired the teaching of Jesus greatly particularly the Sermon on the Mount , even though he was not interested in Jesus as a true historical character.
Gandhi saw Jesus as a symbol of superior ethics and revered His teaching. Hindus often worship many gods and goddesses and some are eager to include Jesus in their list of deities. Many Hindus see Jesus as a symbol of what humans can attain, rather than a true historical person. He is divine in his modeling, if not in His nature, and He is not the only such model. While some Hindus may see Jesus as a God-man of sorts, they would also site other examples such as Rama, Krishna and Buddha.
Buddhism While Buddhism is based primarily on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama a spiritual teacher from India who lived from approximately BC to BC and is known as the Buddha , Buddhism incorporates a variety of religious traditions, beliefs and practices. Jesus Was An Enlightened Man Most Buddhists acknowledge and respect the fact Jesus lived a self-sacrificial life and had compassion on those who were in spiritual need.
This kind of compassion is seen by Buddhists to be the key to happiness and enlightenment. His teaching related to compassion, for example, impressed the Dalai Lama greatly. Jesus is seen as someone who possessed the correct perspective on life and his teaching helped others to embrace the truth. While Jesus is seen as a wise teacher, He is not seen as divine. In fact, the Dalai Lama does not typically elevate Buddha to a greater status than Jesus when discussing the two figures.
The Dalai Lama met frequently with the Pope in the early part of the 21 st century and showed great respect for the teaching and person of Jesus Christ. Perhaps most striking however, is the pluralism and relativism existing within the movement. Any attempt to identify Jesus as the singular God of the universe will surely be rejected. They typically highlight those areas of His teaching aligning with the principles of Eastern mysticism, and they often distort the words of Jesus to accomplish this.
They also acknowledge His followers reported Jesus was raised from the dead. Muslims believe Jesus was born of a virgin, is to be revered and respected, was a prophet, a wise teacher who worked miracles, ascended to heaven, and will come again.
The oneness he alludes to--the oneness you might feel toward your non-Hindu friends--might dissipate any tensions that arise during your interfaith talk about what happened to Jesus after he was on the cross. Join Beliefnet Today! See all our uplifting newsletters! Add some inspiration to your inbox. Christ's example is so relevant for all of us who want to practise a spiritual life, and even for those who just want to be good.
But how many of us are willing to sacrifice our desires in favour of the will of God, even in small ways? When we look at his experience during his traumatic arrest, trial and crucifixion we see a man at peace within Himself and with the world. He was condemned for his zeal and for his perceived threat to society, because he was misunderstood.
I have experienced that to a lesser degree in my life - being condemned for being a Hare Krishna, for being different and incomprehensible. I have been spat at and derided, but not crucified. I have no idea what Jesus had to give up, in His early thirties, so that I, in my early forties, could be inspired to follow the Godly path. The fact is, I can see myself in Jesus. I recognise and empathise with His life, His temptations and His suffering.
But I can see a lot more in Him than my faltering attempts at spirituality. I can see someone transcending the materialism of this world. Hindus as much as anyone talk much about this noble ideal but it is a true celebration when someone, anyone, of any tradition, begins to make sense spiritually. And so many of us don't seem to make sense spiritually.
We can acquire a religious reputation, be addressed by religious titles. We can easily learn to say the right thing and wear the appropriate clothes and chant the right passwords for all religious occasions, and look passably good. But the example of Jesus and other saints challenges any insincerity in our heart, any duplicity and hypocrisy. They display another level of faith, a level called love, and their love is beyond our need to be right about everything, to dominate others and to demand them to conform to our perception.
They are humble. It's about a deep change of heart. It's about knowing God as a friend and as a lover. It's about being happy to love God with the full trust that He will take care of us in all circumstances, just as a small child will trust their father or mother.
It's about accepting absence of God in our lives as enthusiastically as His embrace. It's difficult for us to neatly categorise Jesus, this lover of God, as a Christian or a Jew. He talked only of His Father and he was not enamoured of politics, religion or wealth as He experienced them.
God's service was His life, His love and his religion. Remember my Indian friend who loved Ishu so much? What about him? Was he a follower of Christ? Could he have a personal relationship with God? Would he have to "bathe in the blood of the Lamb" first a terrible option for vegetarians? These are important questions, though: "Can a Hindu follow Jesus? The Sanskrit word acharya means 'one who teaches by example'. For Hindus, Christ is an acharya.
His example is a light to any of us in this world who want to take up the serious practice of spiritual life.
His message is no different from the message preached in another time and place by Lord Krishna and Lord Chaitanya. It would be a great shame if we allowed our Hinduism, our Islam, our Judaism or indeed our Christianity to stand in the way of being able to follow the teachings and example of such a great soul as Lord Jesus Christ.
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