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Similarly we read in Matthew II, 1, that when Herod *“had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.”* The Brahmin Asita says of Buddha: *“This is the child which will become Buddha, the redeemer, the leader to immortality, freedom, and light.”* Compare with this Luke 11, 25: *“And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him ... And when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people: a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.”*","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":210,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/8/l06/p012","witness_quality":{"translator":{"status":"unknown","warning":"No translator is recorded for this edition. An unattributed translation cannot be weighed as a witness: you cannot tell which hand made the choices in it. Cite the German for anything load-bearing."},"entity_parity":{"status":"not_checkable","note":"No verified paragraph alignment covers this passage, so its names cannot be compared with the German."},"note":"quote_safe certifies the bytes of this text. 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And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.”* (Luke II, 41-47).","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":182,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/8/l06/p013","witness_quality":{"translator":{"status":"unknown","warning":"No translator is recorded for this edition. An unattributed translation cannot be weighed as a witness: you cannot tell which hand made the choices in it. Cite the German for anything load-bearing."},"entity_parity":{"status":"not_checkable","note":"No verified paragraph alignment covers this passage, so its names cannot be compared with the German."},"note":"quote_safe certifies the bytes of this text. 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In St. Luke’s Gospel (XI, 27), we read: *“And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice and said unto him, ‘Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.” But he said, ‘Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.'”*","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":116,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/8/l06/p014","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"l05","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 8/l05/p004","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/8/l05/p004"}],"bead_confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["reader"],"reader_german":["GA 8/l05/p004"],"reader_part":true,"length_check":{"de_words":861,"en_words":433,"ratio":0.5,"partial":true},"correspondence":"partial","note":"PARTIAL CORRESPONDENCE. The aligner paired 1 German passage(s) with 5 English, but the English side holds only ~50% of the German side's length (433 vs 861 words). 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Er zeigt an, daß Maja einen göttlichen Menschen hervorbringen werde, der «alle Wesen zur Liebe und Freundschaft stimmt, sie miteinander vereint zu innigem Bunde. » Im Lukas-Evangelium heißt es: ... zu einer Jungfrau, die vertrauet war einem Manne mit Namen Joseph vom Hause David, und die Jungfrau hieß Maria. Und der Engel kam zu ihr hinein und sprach: Gegrüßet seist du, Holdselige ... Siehe du wirst schwanger werden und einen Sohn gebären, des Name soll Jesus heißen. Der wird groß und ein Sohn des Höchsten genannt werden.» Die Brahmanen, die indischen Priester, die wissen, was es heißt, ein Buddha wird geboren, legen den Traum der Maja aus. Sie haben eine bestimmte typische Vorstellung von einem Buddha. Das Leben der Einzelpersönlichkeit wird dieser Vorstellung entsprechen müssen. Dementsprechend liest man bei Matthäus (2, 1 ff.): Herodes «ließ versammeln alle Hohepriester und Schriftgelehrten unter dem Volk und erforschete von ihnen, wo Christus sollte geboren werden». — Der Brahmane Asita sagt über den Buddha: «Dieses ist das Kind, das Buddha werden wird, der Erlöser, der Führer zu Unsterblichkeit, Freiheit und Licht. » Dazu vergleiche man (Lukas 2, 25): «Und siehe, ein Mensch war zu Jerusalem mit Namen Simeon, und derselbe Mensch war fromm und gottesfürchtig und wartete auf den Trost Israels, und der heilige Geist war in ihm ... Und da die Eltern das Kind Jesus in den Tempel brachten, daß sie für ihn täten, wie man pfleget nach dem Gesetz; da nahm er ihn auf seine Arme und lobte Gott und sprach: Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener in Frieden fahren, wie du gesagt hast; denn seine Augen haben deinen Heiland gesehen, welchen du bereitet hast vor allen Völkern. Ein Licht, zu erleuchten die Heiden, und zum Preis deines Volkes Israel.» Von Buddha wird berichtet, daß er als zwölfjähriger Knabe verloren gegangen sei, und daß er wieder gefunden wurde unter einem Bäume, umgeben von Sängern und Weisen der Vorzeit, die er lehrte. Dem entspricht Lukas (2, 41 ff.): «Und seine Eltern gingen alle Jahre gen Jerusalem auf das Osterfest. Und da er zwölf Jahre alt war, gingen sie hinauf gen Jerusalem nach Gewohnheit des Festes. Und da die Tage vollendet waren und sie wieder nach Hause gingen, blieb das Kind Jesus in Jerusalem und seine Eltern wußtens nicht. Sie meinten aber, er wäre unter den Gefährten, und kamen eine Tagereise weit und suchten ihn unter Freunden und Bekannten. Und da sie ihn nicht fanden, gingen sie wiederum gen Jerusalem und suchten ihn. Und es begab sich, nach dreien Tagen fanden sie ihn im Tempel sitzen mitten unter den Lehrern, daß er ihnen zuhörete und sie fragte; und alle waren verwundert, die ihm zuhörten, über seinen Verstand und seine Antworten. » -Nachdem Buddha in einer Einsamkeit gelebt hat und zurückkehrt, wird er empfangen von dem Segensruf einer Jungfrau: «Selig die Mutter, selig der Vater, selig die Gattin, denen du angehörst.» Er aber erwidert: «Selig sind nur die, die im Nirwana sind», das heißt, die in die ewige Weltordnung eingegangen sind. Bei Lukas (11, 27): «Und es begab sich, da er solches redete, erhub ein Weib im Volke die Stimme und sprach zu ihm: Selig ist der Leib, der dich getragen hat, und die Brüste, die du gesogen hast. Er aber sprach: Ja, selig sind die, die das Wort Gottes hören und bewahren, »Im Laufe seines Lebens tritt der Versucher an Buddha heran und verspricht ihm alle Königreiche der Erde. Buddha weist alles von sich mit den Worten: «Wohl weiß ich, daß mir ein Reich beschieden ist, aber nicht ein weltliches Königreich begehre ich; ich werde Buddha werden und alle Welt jauchzen machen vor Freude.» Der Versucher muß bekennen: «Meine Herrschaft ist dahin.» Jesus antwortet auf die gleiche Versuchung: «Heb dich weg von mir, Satan! Denn es stehet geschrieben: Du sollst anbeten Gott, deinen Herrn, und ihm allein dienen.» «Da verließ ihn der Teufel» (Matthäus 4, 10 f.). — Man könnte diese Beschreibung des Parallelismus noch über viele Punkte ausdehnen: es würde sich das gleiche ergeben. — Buddha endete in erhabener Weise. Auf einer Wanderung fühlte er sich krank. Er kam zum Flusse Hiranja, in der Nähe von Kuschinagara. Hier legte er sich auf einen von seinem Lieblingsjünger Ananda ausgebreiteten Teppich. Sein Leib fing von innen an zu leuchten. Er endete verklärt, als Lichtkörper, mit dem Ausspruche: «Nichts ist langwährend.» Dieser Tod Buddhas entspricht der Verklärung Jesu: «Und es begab sich nach diesen Reden bei acht Tagen, daß er zu sich nahm Petrus, Johannes und Jakobus, und ging auf einen Berg, zu beten. Und da er betete, ward die Gestalt seines Angesichts anders, und sein Kleid ward weiß und glänzte» (Lukas 9,28). In diesem Punkte endet Buddhas Lebenslauf; der wichtigste Teil im Leben Jesu aber beginnt damit: Leiden, Sterben, Auferstehung. Und es liegt das Unterscheidende des Buddha von dem Christus in dem, was nötigte, das Leben des Christus Jesus über das Buddha-Leben hinauszuführen. Buddha und Christus werden nicht verstanden, wenn man sie bloß zusammenwirft. (Das wird sich in dem Folgenden dieses Buches zeigen.) 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