The body(sattva) on the cross: comparative theological investigation of the theology of the cross in the light of Chinese Mahayana suffering bodhisattvas

• Main Author: Hedges, Paul
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Humanities::Religions; Humanities::Religions::Buddhism; Buddhism; Christianity
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165959
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper explores ways that the suffering figure of Jesus on the cross has conceptual overlap with some Chinese Buddhist images of bodhisattvas. While the suffering saviour motif is often contrasted with staid and placid Buddha and bodhisattva images, it is argued that suffering is at least implic...