Corpus-Paul

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"Conceptual connection"--this could be applied to almost anything!

Associating Christ with the Hindu religion might be more, conceptually, with 
"avatar" than with "atman."  Jesus was in the Hindu since an avatar, 
representative of a god on earth to instruct in truth and practical action.

I don't think Jesus Christ as ho logos, or Greek logos, can be rigorously 
associated with atman, but perhaps more with the all permeating Brahman.  Of 
course Buddhism pointed out the inconsistency between the individualistic 
atman and Brahman, since Brahman is All.  Anyway I fail to see the purpose 
of all this; where are you leading?  (Perhaps I just failed to read your 
remarks carefully)

Richard Godwin.
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> John Brand adds:
> Hi, Richard. Its good to see your joining in the discussion. I think
> that a conceptual connection between atman and Christ can be argued
> if Christ is taken to be ho logos and atman is akin to the Greek
> Logos. What do you think, Richard?
>
> In any event, Jeffrey is correct in negating the direct linguistic
> connection of Christos/Mashiach and Atman. It would be more accurate
> to connect Mashiach with Maitreya through the Aramaic meshia.