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--- lb:gnosticism.buddhism [2026-02-09 10:20:20] – created ninjasr
+++ lb:gnosticism.buddhism [2026-02-11 20:07:18] (current) – [Gnosticism Versus Buddhism] ninjasr
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 ====== Gnosticism Versus Buddhism ======
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 I saw a few people online say that [[lb:gnosticism]] is just <q :en>[[lb:buddhism|Buddhist]] [[lb:Christianity]]</q>.
 So I thought about it and realized that they were wrong. So this article exists to explain the difference.
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 ===== Comparing Apples to Oranges =====
 On the surface, the comparison makes some kind of sense. In both religions, the goal is to achieve <span denote>enlightenment</span> of some kind. In Gnosticism this is achieved via <dfn>Gnosis</dfn> (hidden knowledge) and, in Buddhism, this is achieved via...<dfn>Enlightenment</dfn>.
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 But the devil is in the details. And the best way I thought of to explain this is via...//bread//.
 ==== Bread ====
-Let's say that there's a loaf of bread that you really really like. You think the loaf of bread is pretty sweat. But! After you eat it, you realize it's gone. And now you're sad. You could say you're //suffering// at the loss of a precious object.
+Let's say that there's a loaf of bread that you really really like. You think the loaf of bread is pretty sweet. But! After you eat it, you realize it's gone. And now you're sad. You could say you're //suffering// at the loss of a precious object.
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