A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s7.41

v2.c19.s7.41

When we sum up all that has been brought to light by the comparison of the four gospels with the Buddhist texts, it is seen that the differences greatly outweigh the points of agreement. There is a great difference to be seen in the whole character of even those legends which bear comparison. Whilst in Buddhism all the miracles are explained by the Karman, the act working through the rebirths, the Christian miracles are only the outcome of God’s mercy and omnipotence. Edv. Lehmann¹ says very aptly: “For the taste of Indians the events in the Christian narratives will always seem to be insufficiently justified by reason and for us Christians the Indian narratives, even from the purely aesthetic point of view, will appear to have an almost unbearably efficient sequence of cause and effect.”