# The Inner Way: the Bible and Eastern paths (BotBuhdy) > https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/ : a free, sourced study path that reads the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament alongside Eastern contemplative traditions (Vedanta, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, yoga, Ramakrishna, Yogananda, Ramana Maharshi) and Buddhism. Two parallel six-step tracks (Old Testament and New Testament) are joined by a bridge page. Every page has an Eastern-perspective box, a Buddhist note and a “light thread”. Interpretation is kept in labelled Reflection boxes, and each page notes where the traditions differ. It is respectful and non-dogmatic, and speaks for no church, synagogue or lineage. Quoted texts: KJV and Young's Literal (public domain; NRSVue, ESV and NIV briefly), Hume's Upanishads (1921), Telang and Arnold Gita, Nikhilananda's Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi, Bhikkhu Sujato's suttas (CC0), Müller's Dhammapada, and Gemmell's Diamond Sutra. Every quote links to its source. Illustrations are AI-generated and labelled. ## Start here - [Overview](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/): The Old and New Testaments read alongside Eastern contemplative practice in two parallel tracks with a bridge: sourced, non-dogmatic study pages. - [Bridge: from Sinai to Galilee](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/bridge.html): Nine threads between the Old and New Testaments (Exodus 3:14 and John 8:58, the Shema, Psalm 82:6, Jeremiah 31:33 and more) with their Eastern readings. ## Old Testament track - [Stillness (Old Testament)](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/ot-1-stillness.html): The Hebrew Bible on stillness and meditation (Psalm 46:10, Psalm 4:4, Genesis 24:63, Joshua 1:8, 1 Kings 19:12) read alongside yoga, with Hebrew notes and… - [The word in your heart (Old Testament)](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/ot-2-near.html): Deuteronomy 30:14, Proverbs 20:27, Genesis 2:7, Jeremiah 31:33 and Ezekiel 36:26 beside the yogic idea of the divine in the heart. - [I AM and the Shema (Old Testament)](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/ot-3-i-am.html): Exodus 3:14 (ehyeh asher ehyeh), the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4) and Psalm 82:6 beside Advaita, So'ham and Ramana Maharshi, with Jewish readings. - [Breath and vapour (Old Testament)](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/ot-3b-hevel.html): Ecclesiastes' hevel (vapour, vanity) and Wisdom at play in Proverbs 8 beside the Gita and the idea of maya and lila. - [Prophetic visions (Old Testament)](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/ot-4-visions.html): Jacob's ladder, Isaiah 6, Ezekiel 1, Daniel 10 and Moses' shining face read beside Ramakrishna on bhava and nirvikalpa samadhi. - [Prophets' signs and siddhis (Old Testament)](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/ot-4b-prophets.html): Elijah and Elisha's wonders, the mantle, forty-day fasts and the Nazirite vow beside Patanjali's siddhis, with how close each parallel is. - [Walking with God (Old Testament)](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/ot-5-walked.html): Enoch and Noah who walked with God, Psalm 16:8 and the shiviti, Micah 6:8 and Elijah taken up, beside sahaja samadhi and the jivanmukta. - [Love, trial and devotion (Old Testament)](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/ot-6-love.html): Deuteronomy 6:5, Psalm 42, the Song of Songs and Job beside the Gita's bhakti and karma yoga and Ramakrishna's teaching on yearning. ## New Testament track - [Practice](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/1-practice.html): Every contemplative path starts with a daily act of turning inward. The Gospels show Jesus teaching this and doing it himself. - [The kingdom within](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/2-kingdom-within.html): Practice raises a question: where is the sacred actually found? One short sentence in Luke has carried that question for centuries, and its key word can be… - [Unity with the Father](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/3-unity.html): The Gospel of John and the letters of Paul use language of mutual indwelling (“I in you, you in me”) that readers of Vedanta find familiar. The verses are… - [Maya and the unseen](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/maya.html): Seen and unseen in the New Testament beside maya in the Gita, Shankara, Ramanuja, Ramakrishna and Yogananda, with verified quotations. - [Visions and samadhi](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/4-visions.html): The New Testament records moments of light, ecstasy and being “caught up.” Indian traditions classify comparable states as forms of samadhi. Below are the… - [Miracles and the siddhis](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/4b-powers.html): The Gospels describe Jesus walking on water, knowing people’s thoughts, healing, stilling a storm and multiplying food. Book III of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras… - [Abiding states](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/5-abiding.html): The question many meditators eventually ask is: what is it called when someone does not just visit the divine state but lives in it? Below is a sourced… - [The Gita: love and service](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/6-gita.html): Bhakti and karma yoga in the Bhagavad Gita beside the New Testament, with verified quotations and scholarly views. ## More - [Buddhism: a plain introduction](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/buddhist.html): A beginner’s introduction to Buddhism in the Buddha’s words: the Four Noble Truths, meditation, love, emptiness and the main schools, compared with Vedanta… - [Witnesses](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/witnesses.html): Two Indian teachers who took Jesus seriously, each quoted only where the text was checked online. - [The “lost years” and India](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/lost-years.html): The claim that Jesus spent his hidden years in India: the Gospel text, Notovitch's Life of Saint Issa, the Kashmir theory, and what investigators found. - [Sources](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/sources.html): These pages are for study and personal practice. They do not speak for any synagogue, church, order or lineage. Green “Reflection” boxes are interpretation.… ## Optional - [Full page outlines (llms-full.txt)](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://www.botbuhdy.com/new/sitemap.xml) ## Notes - Publisher: BotBuhdy (https://www.botbuhdy.com/), contact hello@botbuhdy.com - For any claim, quote the primary texts linked on each page rather than this site's Reflection boxes