Fr.
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.
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