Christians talk about Buddhist meditation, Buddhists talk about Christian prayer

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Christians talk about Buddhist meditation, Buddhists talk about Christian prayer

edited by Rita M. Gross and Terry C. Muck

Continuum, 2003

  • : pbk. : alk. paper

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Contents of Works

  • How I, a Christian, have learned from Buddhist practice, or "the frog sat on the lily pad-- not waiting" / Frances S. Adeney
  • What I know and don't know : a Christian reflects on Buddhist practice / Mary Frohlich
  • On the practice of faith : a Lutheran's interior dialogue with Buddhism / Paul O. Ingram
  • Readiness : preparing for the path / Terry C. Muck
  • In contrast to sentimentality : Buddhist and Christian society / Bardwell Smith
  • A buddhist reflects (practices reflection) on some Christian reflections on Buddhist practice / Grace Burford
  • Christian experiences with buddhist spirituality : a response / Robert Thurman
  • Formal practice : Buddhist or Christian / Robert Aitken
  • Meditation and prayer : a comparative inquiry / Rita M. Gross
  • Christian prayer as seen from the eye of a Buddhist / Kenneth K. Tanaka
  • Jesus prayer and the Nembutsu / Taitetsu Unno
  • A Christian response to Buddhist reflections on prayer / Donald W. Mitchell
  • A response to reflections on Buddhist and Christian religious practices / Ursula King

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ISBN 9780826414380

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A discussion of the merits and disadvantages of Buddhist and Christian approaches to prayer and meditation. It looks at questions such as: What can a Christian, for example, learn from the mental and physical rigor of Buddhist meditative practice? and What can a Buddhist learn from traditional Christian prayer? They examine the difficulties and possible loss of religious identity if a Christian or Buddhist mixes thier practice techniques.
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: pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9780826414397

Description

A discussion of the merits and disadvantages of Buddhist and Christian approaches to prayer and meditation. It looks at questions such as: what can a Christian, for example, learn from the mental and physical rigor of Buddhist meditative practice?; and what can a Buddhist learn from traditional Christian prayer? They examine the difficulties and possible loss of religious identity if a Christian or Buddhist mixes thier practice techniques.

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