What are the religious views of christianity and Buddhism on helping the homeless?

What are the religious views of christianity and Buddhism on helping the homeless?


any religious quotes?


x|||"Do unto others that which you would have them do to you" -Luke 6:31


"Consider others as yourself" Dhammapada 10.1





"Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me" -Matthew 25:45


"If you do not tend to one another, then who is there to tend you? Whoever would tend me, he should tend the sick." Vinaya, Mahavagga 8.26.3





"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends." - John 15:12-13


"Just as a mother would protect her only child at the risk of her own life, even so, cultivate a boundless heart towards all beings. Let your thoughts of boundless love pervade the whole world." Sutta Nipata 149-150|||'Compassion and love are not mere luxuries.


As the source both of inner and external peace,


they are fundamental to the continued survival of our species.'


His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama





This quote is from a thread I ran across some time ago:


http://zenbuddhism.tribe.net/thread/3f26…


"Its that helping those who need your help is a natural outcome of any spiritual progression and the practice of helping others improves your spiritual growth. It is the expression and the expansion of friendship to the point where it is a beacon of hope not just for yourself and those you know, but for those who had lost their way. "|||Both religions are very similar as the consensus among scholars is that Jesus was influenced by Buddhism.





In Buddhism, the highest goal is to become a Bodhisattva who cannot gain enlightenment until he has helped other sentient beings and charity is one of the 6 important qualities we must cultivate.





In Christianity, Jesus has also asked us to "Serve God by serving your fellowman" and has even at one point asked people to sell their own belongings to help the poor.





Both these great icons have asked us to help the homeless and others as much as we can.|||first, buddhism isn't a religion...it's a lifestyle.








buddhism emphasizes compassion, humanity, and servitude. so, helping the homeless shouldn't even be a question....it's just something you do.








here's a quote from buddha. it doesn't have anything to do with homelessness, but i think you'll get the drift:





"if you can see yourself in others, who is there for you to hate?"|||Christianity, I would go with "love they neighbor as thyself" and the Jesus quote on "I was naked and you clothed me, I was hungry and you gave me to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me to drink, I was sick or in prison and you visited me . . ,"


Buddhism basically the buddhist prayer of "compassion for all living beings".|||Jesus taught that we should love each other as He loves us. "Whatsoever you do to the least of Mine, you have also done to Me." Buddhists believe that the only real thought and feeling worth cultivating is compassion. We don't know our true Buddha-nature and neither does that homeless man, so we should show compassion for ourselves and others. Buddhist monks "beg" for a living to make themselves dependent upon the compassion of others.|||Jesus tells us to feed, clothe and love the homeless. They cannot repay us, so invite them to dinner instead of inviting friends. This is what Jesus Christ teaches. Amen.|||Christianity- If someone thirst give them drink and if they hunger give them food. Pretty much our instructions on charity of course I am paraphrasing.|||Christians: Roll up your window and lock your door.


Buddhists: Wave while rolling up window and locking door.|||the basic human values/ morals are the same in any religion.|||christianity is to help them as much we can to provide food and shelter for them.|||pray and your prayers will be answered