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52 ancient classics contain scarcely any details of. Buddha's life, and none whatsoever of these above-mentioned peculiarly. Christian characteristics. Nearly all the above given legends which claim to refer to events that happened many centuries before Christ, cannot be proved to have been in circulation earlier than the fifth or sixth centuries after Christ. 11. This brings us face to face with the question: What, then, is the real explanation for the existence of the striking resemblances between the life and teachings of Buddha and those of Jesus? The following paragraphs will provide the answer to this question: . Buddhist traditions reveal a prophecy of the advent of a prophet or a Redeemer named. Metteyya: "The Dhigha Nikaya, one of our oldest documents, mentions the name of the Buddha of the future, who, when the religion of Gautama will have been forgotten, shall again reveal the path to men. His name is Metteyya. "12 Mrs. Rhys. Davids records the prophecy in these words: “But that a Buddha named Metteyya should come in the fullness of time is recorded in the Canon as a prophecy himself. "13 made by. Gautama 11 E. J. Eitel, Three Lectures On Buddhism, p. 14, 15. 12 T. W. Rhys Davids, Buddhism, p. 180. 13 Mrs. Rhys Davids, Buddhism, p. 245.