A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s7.38

v2.c19.s7.38

When we come to the single utterances and parables of Jesus and Buddha, it is still more difficult to prove a probable connection than it is in the instance of the legends. It is mostly only a question of resemblances,¹ or of such general ideas that they could easily occur and actually do occur, in the sacred books of all religions; when, for instance, Majjhimanikāya 110, where there is talk of the sowing and reaping of good works, is compared with the parable of the sower (St. Matth. XIII, 18 ff.), or when, in the Sutta of the "real treasure,"² a similar idea is expressed as in Matth. VI, 19 f. : "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt," etc.