Critique of "Buddhism and Christianity: The Meeting Place"

摘要: Stephen Morris in his "Buddhism and Christianity: The Meeting Place" focuses on parallel teachings Gospel of Thomas the Zen tradition. This is an insightful approach, for there are points clear interesting convergence-both representing wisdom trajectories their respective traditions. But broadens argument by contrasting with a caricatured dogmatic Christianity. Meanwhile, he caricatures Buddhism as pure, unmediated, direct experience reality. Neither these moves valid. author would have done well to consider light texts. no solid ground take normative Buddhist tradition, it one school among many, even thinkers Suzuki style (strongly centered nonconceptual immediacy satori experience) that favored has trenchant critics.1 grounds singling out from early Christian texts contrast canonical