The Jesus of the Gospels teaches a life of peace, humility, paradox and egolessness. It's a short step to the Asian concepts of action through non-action and compassion through transcendence of the self. By taking Buddhist and Taoist teachings on yin and yang, the eternal law within things, and the search for an end to manic activity, and then combining them with the parables of Jesus, the Sutras create a more complex and deeply visionary form of Christianity.
— Ray Riergert, Thomas Moore, The Lost Sutras of Jesus