Jesus, the Buddha and the Lamb (pdf)


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A popular story in the life of the Buddha and retold in Edwin Arnold’s famous poem The Light of Asia concerns the Buddha and an injured lamb. According to the story the Buddha came across a shepherd driving a flock of sheep along a road. Trailing behind the flock was a lamb with an injured foot. The Buddha picked it up, then asked the shepherd where he was taking the animals, and he replied that he was taking them to Rajagaha for a great sacrifice which King Bimbisara was holding. The Buddha carried the lamb all the way to Rajagaha, met the king, preached to him about the futility of sacrifices, the sanctity of life and the importance of kindness to all being, and the king cancelled the sacrifice.

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