I was doing my normal reading of blogs this morning and came across this interesting piece on Jonathan Carroll’s blog:
http://www.jonathancarroll.com/blog1/archiveMain.html
CarrollBlog 12.7
“You Learn Something New Every Day” department:
Few people realize that in the 15th century the Buddha was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. He was officially called Saint Josaphat, a name that’s derived from the word “bodhisattva,” which refers to a deeply compassionate person devoted to becoming an enlightened being. Virtually every element of Josaphat’s life story as reported by the Church is a duplicate of the original legends about the Buddha.
Rob Brezsny
Now how could I resist following up on this one? So, off to Wikipedia I went, where I read the story about Barlaam and Josaphat
Fascinating…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlaam_and_Josaphat .
