Surf these sites: Christianity and Zen -- "In recent years Christians have shown increasing interest in Buddhism, an interest which doesn''t arise so much from academic or neighborly curiosity, nor from any dissatisfaction with Christianity, but instead stems from a desire to return to older forms of Christian worship...forms that included the various methods of meditation that are still followed in Buddhism." Jesus Through Buddhist Eyes -- The bodhisattva from Nazareth. Meetingbrook Hermitage -- A quiet place for practice and study of Christian contemplative prayer and Zen meditation. Monastic Interreligious Dialogue -- MID was established by the Benedictine Confederation in 1978 to assume a leadership role in the dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism by developing conversations, encounters, and mututal exchange between monastics of different religions. Pathless Path -- Newsletter for the students of Pat Hawk, a Zen Buddhist teacher in the Diamond Sangha branch of the Harada-Yasutani lineage, who is also a Redemptorist priest. Pat Hawk leads both Zen sesshin and Christian contemplative retreats. Portland: Seven Thunders -- Incorporated in 1992 as a non-profit Ecumenical religious corporation. The purpose of the organization is to encourage and supportÊourselves and others on the Way ofÊdeepening awareness and realizing Life. Although each of us has a unique Path, we all benefit from teachers and companions along the Way.Ê For direction and guidance toward realizing this purpose we look to teachers from the Christian contemplative tradition as interpreted by Fr. Willigis Jaeger, OSB, and from the Zen Buddhist tradition of the Diamond Sangha. The (Zen) Rule of The White Robed Monks of St. Benedict -- An expression of the similarities between Zen and Christianity. The Common Ground for Buddhism and Christianity -- "As a Zen Buddhist, or rather as a man of religion, I have learned some profound lessons from Christianity. I would like to recognize that first of all. The first thing I learned from Christianity, among others, is the idea: "One who does not know the True God necessarily has an idol." The second one is this: "One who has seen the True God dies." " The Zen in Thomas Merton -- "There is suspiciously little difference between Merton''s so-called writings on Zen and many of his other writings. The one appeared to reinforce the other. Whatever he wrote came from a deep-seated unnameable source. He was, in short, as much "Zen-drunk" as "God-drunk" and there is not, in the matter of human experience, much of a difference." When Christianity and Buddhism Meet -- by John W. Healey. "I believe that my efforts at Buddhist practice, and my reading in Buddhist literature, have subtly and significantly influenced my Christian faith--and, I would say, for the better. In moving from church to zendo and back again, I know that I have been able to respond more and more "heartily" to the gospel. It is not that I have set up a parallel religious practice (no statues of Jesus and Buddha side by side on my altar--no statues at all, come to think of it), but in "Buddhist" practice I have somehow come home in a new way to my Christian faith. What I have found in the zendo is a deeper silence than I expect to find in the church, at least in my lifetime." Zazen and Christianity -- Talk given by Yamada Roshi. "Zen is not a religion, in the same sense that Christianity is a religion. Therefore, there is no reason why Christianity and zazen cannot co-exist. Almost all Buddhist sects can be called religions. Zazen, however, is quite different in this respect. Quite simply, it is the core of all Buddhist sects." Zen Master Dae Kwang and Father Kevin Hunt -- The Institute for World Spirituality in Chicago hosted a weekend Christian - Buddhist retreat led by Father Kevin Hunt OCSO and Zen Master Dae Kwang. Two days of silent meditation, with both Christian and Zen chanting. These are excerpts from the question-and-answer period. Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit: The Place of Zen in Christian Life -- As a Jesuit priest and Zen teacher, Father Robert E. Kennedy Sensei has arrived at a contemporary intersection between Buddhism and Christianity. Father Kennedy Sensei cites Thomas Merton''s observation that comparing Zen and Christianity is like comparing tennis and mathematics. Zen and Christianity -- Questions about Zen and Christianity answered by Deshimaru Roshi.
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