The gospel of Judas (found in the past century)
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Seems to support this point of view. Judas as being a chosen of jesus because he HAD to experience this transcendence. And I don't think anyone who takes a first look at the act of that self-immolating monk during the vietnam war who isn't immediately struck with a similar feeling of that which was expressed in the 4 canonical gospels.
We're talking about an OLD text from before canonization:
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"Those you have seen receiving the offerings at the altar — that is who you are. That is the God you serve, and you are those twelve men you have seen. The cattle you have seen brought for sacrifice are the many people you lead astray before that altar. (. . .) will stand and make use of my name in this way, and generations of the pious will remain loyal to Him."
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I can see quite clearly why this wouldn't be included in the canon regardless of it's factual nature. I just can't reconcile the fact that the crucifixtion is such a powerful symbol of Christianity and necessarily representative of christ's transcendence and that what judas did was a bad thing.
Christ means "Anointed One"
Buddha means "Awakened One"