According to Osho, both Buddha and Jesus anticipated a figure like him. He interprets Buddha’s prophecy of ‘Maitreya’—the Friend—not as a name but a quality: the first awakened master who comes as a friend, not an authority. And, playfully yet pointedly, he cites a secret Last Supper tale in which Thomas prepares a gospel for Osho two millennia later.
Osho says Buddha foresaw a friendly awakened teacher (which he claims to be), and a playful Jesus story hints the same.