As for Buddhism, the Dalai Lama speaking at a seminar in London in 1994 and commenting insightfully on the gospels said: "For me, as a Buddhist, my attitude toward Jesus Christ is that he was either a fully enlightened human being or a Bodhisattva of a very high spiritual realization." In the same line Zen Master Yamada, the enlightened teacher of Enomiya-Lassalle and other Christian searchers, spoke frequently of Jesus as a guide for all who seek enlightenment. Many Zen teachers speak in the same way.
— William Johnston, Arise, My Love...