While the figures of Jesus and Siddhārtha Gautama may seem vastly separated, the ideas they preached shared much in common, as shown by the activity in class today. It is not so surprising when one analyzes things. They were of course separated by half of a Millennium, and several thousand miles, but there situations were similar. Both searched for a reformed alternative path from the established religion, while embracing some of its earlier principles. For Buddha, this was Hinduism; For Jesus, it was Judaism. Both appealed to the lower levels of society by preaching a sort of spiritual equality. While these religions developed vastly separated, the circumstance surrounding them were similar.
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