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La Montagne dans l'océan
Extrême-Orient, la montagne symbolise traditionnellement la méditation, et l'océan, la compassion. Rappelant les principes de méditation - comment se recueillir, prier, trouver la paix en soi, se mettre en contact avec un silence fondateur... - et ceux de la compassion - comment vraiment aider, aimer autrui, être plus fraternel, partager à bon escient, protéger, donner... -, Jean-Yves Leloup construit ici une remarquable réflexion sur ces axes essentiels au bouddhisme comme au christianisme, en cernant leurs divergences, leurs similitudes et leurs complémentarités.
Cet ouvrage dresse le tableau de ce que pourrait être une spiritualité oecuménique inscrite dans une éthique moderne. À la lumière des enseignements du christianisme et du bouddhisme, Jean-Yves Leloup nous propose un véritable art de l'approfondissement intérieur pour une action juste, aimante et sage.
Cet ouvrage dresse le tableau de ce que pourrait être une spiritualité oecuménique inscrite dans une éthique moderne. À la lumière des enseignements du christianisme et du bouddhisme, Jean-Yves Leloup nous propose un véritable art de l'approfondissement intérieur pour une action juste, aimante et sage.
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206 pages, Pocket Book
First published February 2, 2000
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About the author
Jean-Yves Leloup
115 books80 followersJean-Yves Leloup, an Orthodox theologian, is well known in Europe, North and South America as a popular author on spirituality and psychology. He is the founder of the Institute of Other Civilization Studies and the International College of Therapists. He has written more than fifty books and has also translated and commented the gospels of Thomas, Miriam of Magdala, Philip and John.
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October 3, 2011
Will definitely be re-reading this in the future.
October 22, 2018
I adore this book.
Split into two sections: Meditation and Compassion.
I read the Meditation section over a half dozen times. It avails itself differently each read.
I needed to mature more to fully appreciate the section on Compassion. Still now, I know I will learn more reading it again.
Jean-Yves Leloup makes Buddhism accessible to Western Christians. He makes Meditation and Compassion accessible to people of many walks of life. Lastly, he subtly demonstrates the place of meditation and compassion in the lives of teachers, caregivers, and counselors.
I would consider this book a complement to Living Buddha, Living Christ by TNH.
Split into two sections: Meditation and Compassion.
I read the Meditation section over a half dozen times. It avails itself differently each read.
I needed to mature more to fully appreciate the section on Compassion. Still now, I know I will learn more reading it again.
Jean-Yves Leloup makes Buddhism accessible to Western Christians. He makes Meditation and Compassion accessible to people of many walks of life. Lastly, he subtly demonstrates the place of meditation and compassion in the lives of teachers, caregivers, and counselors.
I would consider this book a complement to Living Buddha, Living Christ by TNH.
June 29, 2017
I should preface my review by saying that I was raised in a deeply Catholic family but have read about and studied other faiths at several points in my life. This book was deeply illuminating to me when I was still a practicing Catholic and still reveals to me how to be a better human being on a second reading as an atheist.
October 1, 2015
I truly enjoyed this book. I was not expecting to, figuring this book to try to thread the line too carefully between Christianity and Buddhism. Alas, I was surprised!
The book's main thesis that is played out in the end of the book is that real joy and nirvana comes when all the world is free from suffering. This thesis contains the aspects of sin, redemption, sanctification, forgiveness, social justice, and freedom. These remain integral parts of Christian theology, and I was pleased to learn they are a part of Buddhism too.
Here are the most powerful quotes of the book:
About welcoming suffering: "When we speak of suffering, of taking it upon oneself, you must beware of any suggestion of pain-worship, or any sort of masochism. When we welcome suffering, it does not mean that we consider it a good thing. WE can welcome it because we no longer fear it, in order to transform it, to replace it with joy and peace. Within us is a love, which is capable of this."
About suffering: "Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissitic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being." (109)
On influencing the world: "To walk the path of love and compassion is to convert our mind, to transform our seeing, to enter into a process of metanoia. Our thoughts influences the world in which we live - not only our subjective world, but also objective structures as well."
Great book! Got it from my sister who gave it to me at random.
The book's main thesis that is played out in the end of the book is that real joy and nirvana comes when all the world is free from suffering. This thesis contains the aspects of sin, redemption, sanctification, forgiveness, social justice, and freedom. These remain integral parts of Christian theology, and I was pleased to learn they are a part of Buddhism too.
Here are the most powerful quotes of the book:
About welcoming suffering: "When we speak of suffering, of taking it upon oneself, you must beware of any suggestion of pain-worship, or any sort of masochism. When we welcome suffering, it does not mean that we consider it a good thing. WE can welcome it because we no longer fear it, in order to transform it, to replace it with joy and peace. Within us is a love, which is capable of this."
About suffering: "Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissitic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being." (109)
On influencing the world: "To walk the path of love and compassion is to convert our mind, to transform our seeing, to enter into a process of metanoia. Our thoughts influences the world in which we live - not only our subjective world, but also objective structures as well."
Great book! Got it from my sister who gave it to me at random.
February 3, 2017
Wonderful and meditative book about the deep spirit behind both Christian and Buddhist belief and practices. The author is clearly a mystic with deep insight himself, and that is conveyed in his writing and stories.
The elements that stuck particularly with me:
-"We learn to love what is unlovable, what is unpleasant."
-"To be inhabited by compassion means to be someone who can no longer be despondent, nor unhappy, because they know that love is Love, that life is Life, and that Love and Life will have the last word, right in the heart of all our deaths. Yet, they also know that Love is not loved, that Life is not loved, and they perform their actions in order that there be a little less suffering."
-"The practice we need is one in which we can live in an attitude of nondefensiveness, nonduality, and nonparanoia."
-goodwill - means to willfully chose to see what is the good in everyone, including your enemies
The elements that stuck particularly with me:
-"We learn to love what is unlovable, what is unpleasant."
-"To be inhabited by compassion means to be someone who can no longer be despondent, nor unhappy, because they know that love is Love, that life is Life, and that Love and Life will have the last word, right in the heart of all our deaths. Yet, they also know that Love is not loved, that Life is not loved, and they perform their actions in order that there be a little less suffering."
-"The practice we need is one in which we can live in an attitude of nondefensiveness, nonduality, and nonparanoia."
-goodwill - means to willfully chose to see what is the good in everyone, including your enemies
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