My sincere greetings

The idea of humanity is like falling one bee on multiple flowers ...!

For this reason, the Buddha resembles Jesus, not vice versa ...!

Thus, the similarity between them is acceptable, but in one fact, is the spiritual and moral industry of human beings.

Need to define "superficial similarities? Both are charismatic leaders in the Weberian sense and founders of religion. In Catholic Christian belief, Jesus is both true God and True Man. Buddhism does not consider Buddha as both God and man. Both have ethical system. Thanks and cheers!

Thanks so much for your valuable answers! Do either of you have an assessment of Thich Nhat Hanh's thesis in Living Buddha, Living Christ?

From a Roman Catholic point of view, could be interesting to read Romano Guardini works (The Lord; The Essence of Christianity).

Best luck.

The most salient difference involves Jesus's role in salvation. Most other religions require their adherents to obey a strict moral code, perform specific rituals, and participate in worship as a precondition for salvation. These works enable the adherent to reach whatever salvific state is called for by the religion. In Christianity, Jesus as God in the flesh lived a sinless life and at his crucifixion took on the sins of his people. For those who accept Jesus's atoning death on the cross as payment for their sins, the state of grace in which they live and ongoing sanctification by the Holy Spirit enables them to respond in love with worship and good works. In short, in other religions good works precede salvation; in Christianity because of Jesus, good works follow salvation. 

Jesus was more than a teacher and certainly not a founder of a religion. He sought to reform Judaism as the one whom the prophets of the old taught about. He did not quote another authority and did not bring a message from God. He was the author of the message he preached. Actually, he was the message. He did not speculate about religion but rather sought to bring  humanity into a personal touch and relationship with their Creator. That made him radically different from any other religious leader. All this said, it is important to noted that Christianity stands only on the fact that Jesus died and rose from death on the third day. Without that Christianity becomes merely an exercise in futility.

There ara a lot of human being's common values and aspects that most of the leaders of history share not because they imitate each other but because they reach to same results, especially via investigating human beings common sense and common stock of information and culture. so pursuing some clues to reach to the results that who followed the other mostly leads to nothing

For those who believe in the existence of God ... God reveals himself, shows himself, in the happening of the history of humanity. For Jews as well as for Christians, God reveals himself to Abraham, shows himself to Moses and from there to many others. The culmination of his revelation focuses on Christ. In the words of Christ himself: "He who sees me sees the Father."

The message contained in Jesus' preaching, and I agree with one of those who have responded, is not intended to create a new religion: "I came not to change the Law but to give it its true meaning" (words of Jesus). The Jews chose to, as historically known, take Jesus to the cross and expel and persecute his followers. From there this group organizes a cult with organized beliefs and for that reason today it is spoken of Christian religion.

Not so with Buddhism, this is not religion. Nevertheless in the buddhism there is one, still incipient for the divinity, philosophical construction humanistic that seeks to accede to the transcendence.

I see more differences between Jesus and Buddha than similarities

To add one more brief perspective, Islam teaches that God sent many, many prophets and messengers to the peoples of the earth – over a hundred thousand, according to the scholars. All prophets and messengers taught the same basic belief, which is that God is the only One Who deserves to be worshiped, because God is the Creator of everything that has come or will ever come into existence, and all the creations need the Creator in order to exist.

Most of the names of the prophets have been lost or their messages misconstrued in history. But some of their names are recorded in the Qur’an and the Bible before it. Islam recognizes Jesus as one of the five greatest prophets who ever walked the earth (in addition to Muhammad, Abraham, Moses, and Noah).

Buddha, like many other historical religious leaders, is a figure not traditionally associated with Islam. But it is entirely possible that he and his teachings belong to the large number of prophetic traditions that have been redefined into other religions over the centuries. If so, then, hidden under today’s Christian and Buddhist doctrines, there is a very deep, core similarity between Buddha and Jesus, just as there is between Jesus and all other prophets.

Similar to Jesus 

2500 year old Buddhist Precepts in today's language

1.  Show loving kindness

2.  Develop Generosity

3.  Cultivate Contentment

4.  Be Honest-don't lie- have integrity

5.  Be more aware- be mindful...

6.  Assess the negative and how it affects work etc. 

7.  How we treat others can be affected by our mood

8.  The law of an abundant universe actively sends out positive energy even during difficult circumstances.

 Luke says, "The kingdom of God is within."   The Buddhists’ say, "We are all lit up from within as if from a sacred source." [LamSuryaDas, pg. 15]. 

I haven't actually seen here the obvious similarity that may be down to influences outside of the Near East, that of non-violence. Near Eastern religions then and since labour on and within violent cores, historically acquired (possibly) from Middle Bronze Age Mesopotamia. Non-violence demonstrated a change in direction for the Abrhamic religions, an isolated one unfortunately.

Jesus is JESUS... BUDDA is Budda... They both are SUPER... reading only their principles... they seems to be the same..

There are many similarities between the mythical elements of Jesus and Buddha. Here are just a few of the most striking similarities.

• Conceived in a miraculous manner
• Similar names of mother (Maya for Buddha, Mary for Jesus)
• Was a bit of a child prodigy
• Underwent a long period of fasting while traveling alone
• Tempted by, but overcame, the devil
• Began an itinerant ministry around the age of 30
• Had disciples who traveled with him.
• Performed miracles, such as curing blindness and walking on water
• Renounced worldly riches and required his disciples to do so also
• Rebelled against the religious elite (Brahmans for Buddha and Pharisees for Jesus)
• Dispatched disciples, shortly before his death, to spread his message

Of course, there are many differences as well.