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![]() ![]() ![]() Through history, religion is at times exploited as a factor in conflicts. We respect how the lives and customs of millions of people, especially in Asia, are guided by the Buddha’s teachings. Both are concerned with how we can live our daily lives and deal with our desires and experiences of love and hate, fear and sorrow, pride and passion, struggle and defeat. In that way, instead of centering on self, they urge us to create energy through giving fully in mercy towards others. He is congenial, conciliatory, not supercilious, and accessible to all, while Christ himself has declared, “Come to me all you who labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you.”īoth the Buddha and Jesus outline a path of detachment from self, and encourage compassion towards others. The venerable Gautama bids everyone welcome. In order that this conversation may be shared and reach others, we offer these studies by way of invitation, in the spirit of hospitality, gratitude and joy, common to both the Buddhist and Christian traditions. They are the fruit of a group of Christian, for the most part Jesuit, scholars of Buddhism, who live in various parts of Asia and who meet each year to share their experiences of engaging in dialogue with Buddhists and with the way of the Buddha, as it is lived in contemporary Asia. The essays in this anthology do not represent a comprehensive overview of either Buddhism or Christianity, but rather they are reflections personal to each author. For Buddhists and Christians what is common is the human journey, and the desire to assist each person’s own path to inner conversion and spiritual maturity. Belief in a personal God may not be central to the Buddha’s teachings. For Christians (indeed for each of the religions in the Abrahamic tradition) a personal God who is engaged in mankind’s story is central. Mark Raper SJĭespite vast differences between Christianity and Buddhism, and a variety of traditions within each, their points of similarity are fascinating and their study can be immensely fruitful, as this collection of studies reveals. Buddhist Education and its Relevance Todayġ7. The Buddha’s Psycho-Spirituality at the Service of Ignatian Spiritualityġ6. The Great Spirit in Indigenous Peoples’ Lives and the Future of Pneumatologyġ5. Sacred Time for a Sacred Sojourn in the Mystical Ageġ4. Nirvana, as the Unconditioned Dharma, according to the Sarvastivada School and their Controversiesġ3. Contemporary Buddhist Social and Political Activism in Asiaġ2. An Inculturation of Faith in Practice: The Thai Catholic Use of Royal Wordsġ1. The Dilemma of the “Supreme” Zen Meditation Method in Korea and Rethinking the Zen Master Seungsahnġ0. A Radical Orthopraxis of Theravada Buddhism: Buddhadāsa’s Dhammic Essentialismĩ. Jesus Christ Encountering Gautama Buddha: Buddhist-Christian Relations in South KoreaĨ. The Debate in China on Humanistic Buddhismħ. Further Along the Exploring Path of Dialogue between Meister Eckhart and Zen Buddhism: The Itinerary of the Soul toward God into the Godhead and the Enlightenment toward Absolute NothingnessĦ. The Relation between Dharmākara Bodhisattva and Amitābha: Structure of the Dharma Body of Buddha as a Compassionate Means of SalvationĤ. An Introduction to the Daily Ritual Prayer of Shingon Devoteesģ. Reflections on Some Psychological Aspects of ZenĢ. ![]() ![]() Shift towards smaller landscape, introduction of album leaf as common format.1. realism- defined detail, calligraphic quality. incorporation of poetry- written by emperor, pairing of poetry and painting. Proportion of scale is realistic, waterfall rendered in negative, more detail in foreground. Captures single moment, but places in intimate view for private viewing- detail, very much interested in rendering things in realistic way. Hanging scroll, mobile and portable, rotated seasonably, get the whole thing at once. preference in south song painting- asymmetrical painting. Focus on one portion, open space around, daoist immortal riding on dragon, emerges from mist. most significant known for asymmetrical compositions. Name: Walking on a Mountain Path in Spring ![]()
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