{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 109/1909-05-25/p031","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Such is the difference between the teachings of Buddha and Zarathustra. Buddha taught that the human being can reach the divine by going back; Zarathustra, in his incarnation as Zarastra, taught that the time is approaching when the light will incarnate within the earth itself, which will enable the progressive soul to come closer to the divine. Buddha said, the soul would find God by going back; Zarathustra said it would find Him by going forward.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"10. The God of the Alpha and the God of the Omega","site_heading":null,"date":"1909-05-25","location":null,"word_count":76,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/109/1909-05-25/p031","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Peter Mollenhauer","identified_edition":"AP1986","book_title":"The Principle of Spiritual Economy","publisher":"Anthroposophic Press","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA109/English/AP1986/19090525p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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Und zur selben Zeit sagte der Buddha: Ja, es ist eine geistige Welt, der gegenüber alle Sinneswelt Maja ist. Lenkt Eure Schritte zurück in die Welt, in der Ihr waret, bevor der Durst nach irdischem Dasein erwachte, und Ihr werdet finden Nirvana, das Ruhen im Göttlichen! - Das ist der Unterschied in der Lehre des Buddha und des Zarathustra. 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