Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25549954-20160609122618/@comment-25622409-20160613110952

Raidra wrote: Ten Tailed Fox wrote: People always call Naruto Ninja Jesus, but this episode blatantly makes Hagoromo into Jesus. Middle-aged man in sandals wondering the land preaching love and unity and shit. And his followers (initially) are a bunch of thieves and villagers? I mean, damn TV Tokyo. They didn't even try to cover that shit up >_< As I Christian myself I think you make a very valid point. Interestingly enough I also thought of a Hindu folktale I've read (I read a lot of folktales from around the world). The story goes that there was a thief who confronted a holy man. The holy man was unfazed, and told the thief he'd give him a great treasure if he could find someone willing to die for him. The thief couldn't find anyone, and the holy man instructed him to chant "Aram" ("The World"). The thief didn't think much of this at the time but later, as he chanted out of boredom, the chant turned into the name of Rama. The legend concludes that thief obtained enlightenment and went on to write one of the epics of Hinduism. Does anyone else know the story I'm talking about?

Yeah, as a Hindu I know that story! Hindu mythology is full of such stories about self enlightenment.

The latest episode shows a similar story where a holy man(Hagoromo) does nothing damaging to the thief itself,but makes him change by his actions!