From Buddha To Christ by Rudolf Steiner

This work examines the spiritual transition linking the Buddhist impulse of renunciation and inner wisdom to the later Christian revelation, portraying Gautama’s life and teaching as a preparatory stage for a radically different impulse centered on the Mystery of Golgotha and the power of love and redemption. From a spiritual-scientific standpoint it contrasts Buddhist emphasis on detachment, self-knowledge and karmic law with the Christian emphasis on sacrificial love that alters humanity’s destiny, situating both movements within the larger arc of cultural and soul evolution and offering esoteric and practical guidance for individual inner development.