The Greek Buddha (Pyrrho of Elis)

(Pierrot)

• Pyrrho of Elis
• Greco-Buddhism
• Greco-Buddhist art

How did Buddhism reach China?

(Natasha Yehenara) How did Buddhism reach China? Buddhism in China, Greco-Buddhism, the Buddha (Scythian Prince Siddhartha Gautama) was from Gandhara (Central Asia), modern Afghanistan (likely Buddhas of Bamiyan, Mes Aynak, and Kabul as one of the three seasonal capitals all collectively referred to as Kapilavastu). See Dr. Ranajit Pal: Non-Jonesian Indology and Alexander  #academia #Buddhism #historyfacts #Gandhara #GrecoBuddhism #ChineseCulture

All hail the Easter Bunny (Pagan Jesus?)

Would a bunny, could a bunny meditate with a bunch of chicks? (Bunny Buddhism ☸️)

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The Pagan Jesus? - Apollonius of Tyana

Bunny fertility bait at the Playboy Club (59 pics)
Playboy Bunnies Then and Now (acidcow.com)

(Let's Talk Religion) This episode explores the fascinating life of /the wandering hippie vegetarian sage Apollonius of Tyana, a Neopythagorean philosopher whose life in many ways mirrors that of Jesus Christ. He went to India to study with the Brahmins, the source of Pythagorean theory and gnostic knowledge, casting out demons, raising the dead... #Apollonius #PaganJesus

Sources/Suggested Reading

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  Bunniness (BunnyBuddhism.com)

  Dzielska, Maria (1986). Apollonius of Tyana in Legend and History. L'Erma Di Bretschneider. Kirk, G.S., J.E. Raven & M. Schofield (1983).
• The Presocratic Philosophers. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press. Huffman, Carl A. (ed.) (2017).
• A History of Pythagoreanism. Cambridge University Press.

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Who is Apollonius of Tyana, source of many Jesus of Nazareth myths?.

Apollonius of Tyana

Apollonius of Tyana [\app-puh-lone-ee-us of tee-ann-uh\] (Ancient Greek Ἀπολλώνιος, Arabic بلينس;, Sanskrit अपालुन्य, circa 15–circa 100 AD [2]) was a wandering sage with mystic powers, possibly the source of many of the stories of Jesus of Nazareth.

He was a first-century Greek philosopher and religious leader from the town of Tyana, Cappadocia in Roman Anatolia, who spent his life as a celibate wanderer, traveling and teaching in the Middle East, North Africa (Israel), and South Asia (India).

I raise the dead, learned in India

He is a central figure in Neopythagoreanism and was one of the most famous "miracle workers" of his day.

His exceptional personality and his mystical way of life, which was regarded as exemplary, impressed his contemporaries and had a lasting cultural influence.

Numerous legends surrounding him and accounts of his life are contained in the extensive Life of Apollonius, which collects a large part of the legendary material about his life and work.

A sage bunny wanders and sits in silence.

A large part of the ancient legends of Apollonius consists of numerous reports about miracles that he was said to have performed as a wandering sage (Indian-style shramana) with his lifelong companion Damis. [This is an echo of the Buddha and Ananda.]

He was tried for allegedly having used magic as a means of conspiring against the emperor; after his conviction and subsequent death-penalty, his followers believed he underwent heavenly ascension [3]. Most modern scholars of antiquity agree that Apollonius existed historically [4, 5]. More

"No bunny saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must hop the path. Buddhas only point the way" (BunnyBuddhism.com, Wisdom Quarterly, wandering quote sages)

Easter and the Goddess Ishtar

(RevivalProphecy) This video is a presentation detailing the connection between the worship of the Babylonian Goddess Ishtar and apostate Christian practices, exemplified by the Holy Roman Imperial Catholic observance of "Easter." The so-called Easter worship in nominal (in-name-only) Christianity. It is 100% paganism and 0% true Christian practice.

Happy to see me, Bunny? - Yes, Goddess! You know I am! - Worship me.  - OK, but in secret.

Kirstie Alley (Cheers) was once a Playboy bunny? (eonline.com UK)

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  Do Bunnies with eggs (ova)
  prompt spring fertility fests?

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• 14 Reasons Some Christians Don't Believe The Easter Story
• The empty tomb: What science says about the resurrection of Christ
• Jesus of Nazareth: Historical Figure or Myth?
• The roots of the Easter story: Where did Christian beliefs about Jesus’ resurrection come from?
• 13 Quirky Things Devout Catholics Do That No One Else Understands
• 20 Catholic Beliefs That Aren’t Necessarily in the Bible
• Understanding the Buddha and Christ’s Real Message (The Power Path)
• 25 Reasons Why People Don't Want to Go to Church
• 14 Reasons Why Many American Christians Are No Longer Religious
• 19 Things People Get Totally Wrong About the Afterlife
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• Let's Talk Religion, 9/30/22; BunnyBuddhism.com; RevivalProphecy, March 7, 2021; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit "Apollonius of Tyana"

Greek Buddhism (video)

Opensourcebuddhism.org, Wisdom Quarterly
(Open Source Buddhism) Mike Watters through Professor Rev. Dr. James Kenneth Powell II

Buddhism was a beloved Greek/Bactrian/Scythian tradition influencing the Dharma and toga-sporting depictions of the Buddha as East met West in Alexander's expansive Indo-Greek empire, which encompassed parts of northwest frontier India (Gandhara, Afghanistan, Indus River valley).

This detailed study of the intriguing interactions of the ancient Greeks, Indians, and Buddhists as greater Greece became a major conduit of communication.

Greek Skeptics and Stoics were greatly influenced by their connections with Buddhism, but not the Cynics. Diogenes was certainly a Buddhist man in the West. The contrast between his view and that of Socrates and Plato is well articulated. He is far more in agreement with the Buddha than the others.

Watters' chronicle of the origins and development of the Alexandrian then Ashokan civilizations is concise yet replete with details. The travels of the two Greek Dharmaraksitas is a fascinating revelation following Greco-Buddhism to Sri Lanka.

The study of King Menander (Milinda) pushes home how Buddhism took root in Central Asia and the philosopher-monk Nagasena's arguments in Greek court were historically pivotal.

Journey to Bamiyan, Land of the Buddha

A Journey to the Bamiyan valley, Afghanistan, to see remarkable Buddhist landmarks (link).

According to non-Jonesian historical and archaeological finds, Gautama Buddha was likely not born in present day Nepal, as is widely believed, but in a defunct Indian-Hellenistic-Persian empire. And he is likely to have been born much earlier than currently placed by some historians. This would explain a number of anomalies. (Details at http://www.ranajitpal.com/ from the 2003 book Non-Jonesian Indology and Alexander by Ranajit Pal). One anomaly is the profusion of Buddhist archaeological sites -- such as Bamiyan with the largest Buddha images in the world -- in modern Afghanistan.

• Afghanistan Today

It also accords with the Buddha's own repeated claim to be an Aryan rather than a brahmin or someone from the area. "Aryan" to this day is literally understood to mean "Iranian"; figuratively, it is a "noble" (an epitaph for "enlightened") or a warrior. "Aryan invaders," in ancient Indian history and even older mythology, are believed to have overrun the Indus Valley cultures bringing Sanskrit civilization to the Dravidian people along with phenomenal technological and spiritual advances.

No one disputes that the Buddha came from a kingdom in the north, only how far north, or that he had blue eyes and golden skin and strikingly different features than most of his ass. It also better explains the Dharma's wide influence on Hellenistic Greece even as subsequent religious campaigns (Persian Zoroastrianism, Middle Eastern Islam, indigenous Hinduism, British Christianity, and European Catholicism) overran it in India.

This also helps explain the Sri Lankan insistence and its embroidered histories (Mahavamsa, Buddhavamsa, etc.) link it to Aryan-Indian ancestry rather than Southern Indian (Tamil) or aboriginal (Yakkha) stock. Its flag and lion insignia are essentially that of Iran, and its mythology is recounted in the Ramayana, the story of Rama. The new non-Jonesian view posits that:

"Rama may have been the ruler of the Indus cities, Iran and Sumer. He was also seen to be an ancestor of Gotama Buddha and the Achaemenian kings. I. M. Diakonoff and D. McAlpin have pointed to a link of Elamite with Dravidian, but the links between Elamite and Indian civilization also extend to history. Although Rama is usually thought to be an Aryan, he was called Elamite and in Indian art he is usually painted in blue, whereas his brother Lakshmana and wife Sita are shown as light-skinned." More>>