I never saw this before - what a gaffe on the part of the early christos:
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/buddha.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>500 Witnesses</b>
<i>"After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep."
1 Corinthians 15:6</i>
Buddhist tradition states that shortly after the passing away of the Buddha five hundred of his Arhats and disciples met in council at Rajagaha for the purpose of recalling to mind the truths they had heard directly from their hero during the forty-five years of his teachings.
The Coptic biblical text actually identifies the 500 as 'Indian Brahmans'!
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->(These Brahmans are Buddhists, not the Hindu kind. The early Buddhists were overwhelmingly from Brahmana background, and therefore the term Brahmanas was in that time often used for the Buddhists as well.)
Guess the plagiarists working on manufacturing christian scripture forgot to rigorously edit the early editions of their works - like the above coptic text - to avoid such embarassing pointers to the originals they stole it from. Thank gawd the versions in the official edition of the bible (canon) have made the necessary correction, thus obscuring the tell-tale source.
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/buddha.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>500 Witnesses</b>
<i>"After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep."
1 Corinthians 15:6</i>
Buddhist tradition states that shortly after the passing away of the Buddha five hundred of his Arhats and disciples met in council at Rajagaha for the purpose of recalling to mind the truths they had heard directly from their hero during the forty-five years of his teachings.
The Coptic biblical text actually identifies the 500 as 'Indian Brahmans'!
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->(These Brahmans are Buddhists, not the Hindu kind. The early Buddhists were overwhelmingly from Brahmana background, and therefore the term Brahmanas was in that time often used for the Buddhists as well.)
Guess the plagiarists working on manufacturing christian scripture forgot to rigorously edit the early editions of their works - like the above coptic text - to avoid such embarassing pointers to the originals they stole it from. Thank gawd the versions in the official edition of the bible (canon) have made the necessary correction, thus obscuring the tell-tale source.