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Originally Posted by niranjan  Yeah, I agree with you. For example, Jesus quotes "Love thy neighbour".
The Buddha himself , in the Lalitavastras, states, " The way you respond to your neighbour is the way your neighbour will respond to you. If you treat him with hatred , he will treat you with hatred. If you treat him with love , he will treat you with love. Therefore always love your neighbour."
It should be mentioned that the term 'neighbour' is clearly used by the Buddha.
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Its not the Lalitavastras, but the Lalitavistaras . And the Buddha's quote is .....
"Through love alone can hate be vanquished; through perfect love evil may be overcome … Speak no harsh words to your neighbour, and he will respond to you in like terms."
Apologize for the slight mistake as I was quoting from memory at that time.
Still wish to emphasize that Buddha clearly uses the term ' neighbour ' , and also in an identical sense to that of Jesus.
Here is an another striking similarity between Christianity and Hinduism.
Christianity has a trinity of God, in the form of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Hinduism too has a trinity in the form of Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva.
The Puranas and hindu scriputures state that Vishnu is the father of Brahma, as Brahma is said to have come from Vishnus navel .
So we have a Father and Son in the form of Vishnu and Brahma.
That leaves us with the third element of the Hindu trinity, Shiva, the Lord of Destruction.
An another name for Shiva is Bhootanath, which is the sanskrit name meaning 'Holy Ghost.' Bhoota in Sanskrit and and in most languages in India, clearly means ghost.
So here we have a Father , Son, and Holy Ghost in the Hindu trinity as well , which is strikingly similar to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost of Christianity.
All this is presented in detail in Sri Sri Ravi Shankars " Hinduism and Christianity."
I remember An-Jel expressing his liking for Rudra , an another name for Shiva , in the Hinduism forum. Can't help feeling amused at the irony.
