The Buddha, The Tao, & Jesus

Here is a simple comparison of what the three have said about wealth, greed, or treasure. 

 Jesus: “Do not store up for yourselves treasure on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.” 

Buddha: “Let the wise man do righteousness: A treasure that others cannot share, which no thief can steal; a treasure which does not pass away.”  The Buddha preceded Christ by almost 500 years, passing away around the year 483 BCE. 

The Tao Te Ching says (Chp 81), “The sage does not hoard. The more he does for others, the more he has. The more he thereby gives to others, the ever more he gets”.  The Tao was written about 300 years before Christ.