Comparative study of personality, life and sayings of the Buddha & Ibrahim Adham

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Traditionally, Buddha and Ibrahim Adham, are considered as two effective characters in the mystical thought of Iranian and Indian tribe
Buddha was born in North India, and by the end of his austerity, selected a way, that was later called the Middle Way. Ibraham is also attributed to the Bakr ebn Vaael tribal in Balkh. His heroic act of leaving worldly attachments and turning to the world of poverty and piety, made popular and different face from other Sufis from him.
During the period, for similarities in how both evolution and Spiritual Life, it is close to the people believe that Ibrahim is Islamic Buddha!

So, In this paper, we decided that complete review of life of these two mystics; and in addition, from authentic texts, quote similarities, differences and characteristics between these two characters. And finally, achieve to this point that: Signs of the characters and their lives, express their differences, not their similarities.

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