Jesus is a teacher and prophet who lived in the first century of his era and whose life and teachings for the basis of Christianity. Gautama Buddha is also a man who became free of human desires in order to escape from suffering.the teaching of Buddha is that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct, wisdom and meditation releases one from desire, suffering and rebirth.this how im teached :)