Christian Atonement Enlightened by a Buddhist Perspective on Craving

Abstract

The Buddhist perspective on greed and its cessation can shed light on Christ’s work of redemption. Paul points to Christ’s obedience in contrast with Adam’s disobedience, which sends us back to the Genesis myth describing the starting point of the disrupting process of sin. The teachings of the two traditions point to different doctrinal systems, but for both, the renunciation of craving-grasping seems to be an anthropological necessity.