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Christianity and Buddhism are "cousins on their mothers' side" via Neoplatonism's cultural and intellectual influence on both religions' early development.
Ashoka was Buddhism's "Saint Paul", and he was part-European himself, fluent in Koine Greek, and a popular patron of European and Middle-Eastern philosophers and theologians.
It would be more surprising if they did not share common concepts and principles.
Christianity and Buddhism are "cousins on their mothers' side" via Neoplatonism's cultural and intellectual influence on both religions' early development.
Ashoka was Buddhism's "Saint Paul", and he was part-European himself, fluent in Koine Greek, and a popular patron of European and Middle-Eastern philosophers and theologians.
It would be more surprising if they did not share common concepts and principles.