Buddha gazed at Jesus on the cross and said, “Your blood has all bled out. Would you like to come down? I’ll help you.”
Dao gazed at Jesus on the cross and said, “One always wants to go higher. Do you want to go higher? I’ll help you.”
Jesus gazed back at Buddha and Dao and replied, “I am at this location that is neither high nor low, and when people see me, they see the suffering people must endure.”
The Virgin Mary went up to the cross and said, “Haven’t you have already endured enough suffering on humanity’s behalf?”
Muhammad went up to the cross and said, “If you don’t do this, will humanity’s suffering decrease?”
Jesus on the cross gazed down at Mary and Muhammad and said, “If I am here, then when people see me, they will see the suffering humanity must endure.”
At this point, a group of people approached, and they chatted and drank next to the five deities—as though the deities were just like them. With a laugh, they said to the deities, “Hey, this is good wine, why don’t you come and have a drink with us? You shouldn’t stop until everyone is drunk!”