The tempter in the wilderness is the tempter within us – our lusts, our fears, and our sense of the way things should be. These three experiences that Jesus and Buddha went through showed us, in a spiritual sense, what we all must go through in our journey toward the realization of God.ġ. It is useless, in a spiritual sense, for us to believe that these tests were strictly actual, physical events and to ignore their deeper meanings. Each had to undergo a series of tests, three in number, before he could proceed. For both Jesus and Buddha, the time leading up to their spiritual experiences, the Baptism and the Enlightenment, was a time of preparation and trial. If, however, we use the principle of fear, desire, and opinion as an overlay, the similarities between the two patterns begin to emerge.įirst, we have to understand the purpose behind these two stories. At first glance, or, should we say, from the standpoint of the intellect, the two accounts do not resemble each other at all, except that there were three events in each. Jesus underwent three temptations in the wilderness just before his baptism, and Buddha underwent the same temptations just before achieving enlightenment. Jesus and Buddha both illustrated this principle in their lives. Is it any wonder that nearly every spiritual discipline addresses these issues? No matter where we live, what we believe, or what time period we are living in, we are subject to these same limitations of the mind. This universal truth is beyond religion, beyond psychology, and beyond culture. “There are three things that prevent us from seeing the truth – our desires, our fears, and our opinions.” The Three Temptations of Jesus and Buddha The Three Temptations of Jesus and Buddha.Affirmations & Guiding Phrases of Intention.
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