The Buddha leader Gautama, has prophesized the coming of an inspired person. In the Gospel of Buddha by Caras (pp. 217-8) it is written that this great Buddha will come to the world known as the "Maitreya". The Cakkavatti-Sihanada Suttana gives him the name "Metteyya". Both these words mean "The Merciful One". By reference to the life-history of Muhammad (p.b.u.h.), it can be seen that he was indeed extremely merciful and the Al-Qur'an also refers to this fact.

There are further similarities, as the Buddhist Scripture reads: "His (Maitreya) disciples will number many thousands, while mine number many hundreds".

It is a known fact that with Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) were thousands followers. There are further similarities, which will be elucidated below.

In the Gospel of Buddha (by Carus - p214), an enlightened Buddah is described as having a very bright skin and that, a Buddha attains supreme insight at night time, he dies naturally at night, looks very bright before his death, and finally, after his death he ceases to exist on the earth. All these points can be applied to the holy prophet of Islam. (Read his life story).

In Si-Yu-Ki, Vol I, p.229, it is written that
"... no words can describe the personal beauty of Maitreya".

Again we leave it up to you to examine the history of Islam in detail; both muslims and nonmuslims are almost unanimous in asserting that Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) was very handsome and beautiful indeed.

Si-Yu-Ki Vol I. (p.229) further reads
"..the exquisite voice of the Bodhisattva (Maitreya) is soft and pure and refined; those who listen can never tire, those who hear are never satiated."

The Arabic language is remarkable for its beauty. Furthermore, the holy Qur'an is considered a work of the highest unique literary merit by friend and foe alike.

Buddhist Scriptures have defined further characteristics of Buddha. In order to qualify for the Maitreya, he must satisfy those conditions.

A Buddha must be a human being - not a diety.
A Buddha must have five special gifts, viz. The gift of treasure, the gift of child, the gift of wife, the gift of rule (i.e. leaderhip, headstatesman) and the gift of life and limb. In addition, the Buddha would be teacherless, i.e. without any form of formal education. Gautama has also stressed that the Buddha is simply a man, salvation depends only on an individuals deeds, the Buddha can only preach - he does not have the claim of being in part supernatural.

The characteristics above are all in accordance with the life of the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.).

Another similarity which should be mentioned is that for every enlightened Buddha, there is a special "Bo-tree". Some modern commentators believe that the "Bo-tree" of the Maitreya is a tree with hard or heay wood. The prophet (p.b.u.h.) had a tree at Hodebbeyyaa, which was the place of an important treaty. The Qur'an gives the name "Shajar" to this tree (Surah 48:Verse 18). "Shejar" according to some scholars refer to any tree with a hard stem.

Again it is highly remarkable that such close similarity should exist.

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Salam,

By the grace of Allah, we see so many evidences elsewhere about our beloved Prophet and Messenger of Allah ( peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ).

Peace

Hi Pauline35,

True that Buddha means "the enlightened one". Thanks for sharing that with us.

I have my firm faith in God that this event will change the complexion of the world, and the true character of the Prophet Muhammad ( peace be upon him ) will become evident to entire humanity. Muslims have to be highly self restrained, and convey the Message with true spirit and that would only bring the blessings of the Creator .

Thank you for your kind response.

Peace

pauline35 wrote: It is no doubt Prophet Muhammad is a true messenger. Amazingly, the world is terrified with the caricature of him holding a grenade. The world is in pain when the Prophet is insulted by those irresponsible culprit and Islam haters. I am not a Muslim but I could feel the pain when someone insulted the Prophet. Prophet is truly a Buddha indeed. Buddha means "the enlightend one". It hurts me when someone insulted him and just it hurts me too if someone disguise as Buddha Gautama.

caricature of him holding a grenade?? who produced this?  it was not one of the danish cartoons.  was this one of the islamic embellishments?  also pauline, if you are not a muslim, why are you referring to muhammad as "the prophet"?

Hi pauline35,

Yes, I am not a Muslim but I believe he is the chosen one and the last Prophet.

When you say, you believe him as last Prophet, that means you also believe in Qur'an that was revealed to him. When you believe in Allah and His Messenger Muhammad ( pbuh ), you become Muslim my friend.

Shouldn't I congratulate you that you are a Muslim?

Peace

peacemaker wrote: When you say, you believe him as last Prophet, that means you also believe in Qur'an that was revealed to him. When you believe in Allah and His Messenger Muhammad ( pbuh ), you become Muslim my friend. Shouldn't I congratulate you that you are a Muslim?

I believe that too. If Islam were the Quran and only the Quran, your statement would be true, and I would also be a Muslim.

I am not sure, however, that Islam is only the Quran, and therefore only the teachings of Muhammed. Lots of Muslims hold all kind of other beliefs too, that cannot be explained by the Quran. I am absolutely not interested in adopting those other rather undocumented beliefs.

Bisimillah irrahman irrahim

Assalamu alaykum

You are right there are some muslims who present islam in such a way that even other muslims get scared. Islam should not be judged according to behaviour of muslims, it is to be understood according to its teaching. Which you get primarily from Holy Quran and then from the teachings of Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wassalam.

wassalam