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Buda e Jesus: diálogos
Consists of a series of imagined conversations between Jesus and Buddha--dialogues which cover everything from human suffering and sin to the joys which await the person who is daring enough to be open to the truth. The book is not a defense of one religion against another, but rather a conversation between friends who are involved in the same religious journey. The dialogues are followed by quotations from Buddhist and Christian scripture, juxtaposed to show the similarity between the teachings of Jesus and Buddha.
100 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1978
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February 23, 2022
This was a pretty decent book overall, with a lot of really nice moments. The author did a good job of exploring points of agreement, as well as key differences of approach, between Christianity and Buddhism. I came away with a feeling of how they're both aiming at the same goal, but making different concessions to human limitations. And I felt like the author treated both systems with respect, and even fondness. The author did show a Christian bias, though, in that some of the "scenes" really focus on Jesus, and the Buddha isn't even present--which is great for those seeking a deeper understanding of their Christian faith, but not so much for those interested in comparative religion.
I didn't really get much out of the last section of the book, where the author simply quotes brief passages of writing from each tradition, back and forth, in an effort to show where they address similar ideas. But the passages are extremely brief, often just one sentence, and not referenced, so it would take a little digging to find the larger context they were lifted from (easier now that we have the Internet than when the book was written, but still). Similarities often seemed superficial, and there was no context for any differences--in contrast to the way such ideas were presented in the preceding dialogs.
Another thing that kept jarring me back to words-on-a-page (rather than being engrossed in the ideas) was the sloppy typesetting, which frequently left a double space between words within a sentence. There's no reason for that in left-justified text.
I didn't really get much out of the last section of the book, where the author simply quotes brief passages of writing from each tradition, back and forth, in an effort to show where they address similar ideas. But the passages are extremely brief, often just one sentence, and not referenced, so it would take a little digging to find the larger context they were lifted from (easier now that we have the Internet than when the book was written, but still). Similarities often seemed superficial, and there was no context for any differences--in contrast to the way such ideas were presented in the preceding dialogs.
Another thing that kept jarring me back to words-on-a-page (rather than being engrossed in the ideas) was the sloppy typesetting, which frequently left a double space between words within a sentence. There's no reason for that in left-justified text.
June 24, 2024
Zwei Meister, die das Gleichnis beherrschen, werden hier in einer Art zusammengeführt, die buddhistische und christliche Theologie über sich hinaus wachsen lässt
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