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http://www.indianexpress.com/ie20010920/ed3.html

andy_d

I'd have been more surprised if someone tried to claim that the arabs of the time had no contact with Indian influences.

Both regions were on the same trade routes, and Buddhism had been in central asia for hundreds of years when the prophet was writing.

lpetrich

Or it's a "reference" that's a result of an overactive imagination.

For a much more plausible example of the Buddha being known about in the Middle East in the Middle Ages, consider the story of St. Josaphat. His biography very closely parallels that of the Buddha -- even his name is a bit like "Bodhisattva" (a very enlightened being)

hinduwoman

In the first place no one knows whether there was ever a race called Aryans who migrated here --- all the poroof offered are linguistic affinity! And even the five thousand years date was based on Biblical chronology!

It is known that Hindu traders used to worship the Kabba as black sivalinga.

Rubbish, rubbish rubbish! Just let the Pandit write down the actual sanskrit words --- all the epic says is that Vidur spoke secretly as if giving general advice and all that Yuddhistir said was a brief "Understood".

The reference to fig tree as evidence is damned weak.

QUOTE]If they are right, does it not follow that Indian blood flows in the veins of the members of the noblest and most exalted family among Muslims? It will then have to be conceded that the descendants of Imam Zainul Abidin are half-Indian, whose ancestors saved Islam at Karbala! [/QUOTE]
So what? Thousands of Hindus were taken as slaves to Arabia and elsewhere after Muslim invasion with royal princcesses
ending up in harems who undoubedtly had children by the Sultans.

Lonely_Road_Of_Faith

It all sounds like a bit of a stretch to me. I've heard that some people believe the "footprint of adam" is in Sri Lanka, but I'm not sure that belief is accepted by many people outside of India.

Sure, there's a reference to a fig tree in the Quran, I've read it. but that could mean lots of things.

There's lots of references to fig trees in the Bible, even the "parable of the fig tree." I'm not sure that indicates any connection at all between Christianity and Bhuddism. So any connection someone makes between Bhuddism and Islam is likewise pure speculation.

LROF

hinduwoman

Even inside India I don't know how many believe in Adam coming to Srilanka.
Oh well

Ameena

Hello All,

I am from Sri Lanka and I could not help laughing about these Buddha in Islam Scriptures.

FYI, the mountain where there is a foot print is called by different names by different people in SL.

For example, Buddhists call it Sri Paada (=the sacred foot) mountain, Hindus call it Shivanoli Paadam (= Foot of Lord Shiva in Tamil I think) and Christians call it Adam's Peak.

I don't know what Muslims call it but I think they believe that it is a foot print of Prophet Mohammed (I may be wrong here).

According to the History of Singhalese (Maha Vamsa) this foot print was found by a Singhalese king (Nisshanka Malla) in 4th Century A.D. By that time, Islam did not even exist.

Regards

Doctor X

So he was precocious. . . .

Welcome to the forums.

--J.D.

Lonely_Road_Of_Faith

It's always nice to get a "local" perspective

Welcome to the forums,,,

Vajradhara

Namaste all,

the link provided points to a page that is no longer available.

if you seach for Buddhism and Islam, you will find some information out there. much too my dismay, it's almost completely incorrect.

i've seen a few things related to this...

1. Maitreya is supposed to be Mohammad
2. Buddhism is self contradictory and causes depression
3. Buddhism causes intelligent people to become idiots.

the #1 item lists, usually the predictions that the Buddha made regarding the advent of the next Buddha. the Muslim scholars then use the words "compassionate, merciful" and so forth to show that Mohammad was described in that fashion, ergo, the Buddha was talking about Mohammad. of course, they don't read much further than that and fail to realize that there are many Buddhas that have come and are still to come.... which would mean that Mohammad was not the final prophet of Allah.

generally speaking, i use the same line everywhere... it would be foolish to learn astrophysics from someone that was not an astrophysicst and it would be equally foolish to learn Buddhism from someone that was not a Buddhist.