Hello everyone! I am a new member and have not quite had enough time to make it through the mass amount of posting to find if any of my questions have been...
... Hello Cornelius! ... Both *prayer* and *meditation* are such broad terms, even within the Christian and Buddhist contexts respectively, that they largely ...
HEllo Cornelius...Welcome to our Christian-Buddhist Group...... There are probably no set rules for what ever type of meditation or prayer you choose. For...
T ... Thank you. Please fast for peace today, 5th March. I'm hoping that all of us together can do something to stop this awful runaway train. Anne ...
Anne Parrotta-Rinaldi
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Mar 5, 2003 6:32 am
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Glory to Jesus Christ. howdy. i just joined, so i should introduce myself. you can read the bare outline at http://www.jbburnett.com; scroll to the bottom for...
It seems that both are in agreement that spiritual progress requires a sense of letting go of religion, of knowing when to leave it behind. Thoughts? The...
... I'd like to ask this the other way around: which Christian churches are most compatible with Buddhism: either Buddhist-friendly, or at least tolerant of...
I was in a Baptist church and there were t-shirts for sale. One had an image of what they thought represented Buddha superimposed on a cross with the...
Quakers - The Society of Friends. -- "To consider mankind otherwise than brethren, to think favours are peculiar to one nation and exclude others, plainly...
Hi! This all depends on the individual nature of a certain church. Many Christian churches are doing a lot of interfaith work, so any of those would be fairly...
Yes. I am both Rinzai Zen Buddhist and a member of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is most congenial. However, UU's...
Blessed be God. ... While it's true that usually this kind of imagery goes along with a very limited view of Buddhism (and, to speak historically, of ...
Wow Mr. John Burdett, you really have some thought provoking questions for us... I wonder though if the question about compatability was really one of extreme...
I think John is right to point out there are irreconcilable theological differences between the Christian and Buddhist traditions. I have been raised within a...
In a message dated 11/03/03 02:01:27 GMT Standard Time, ... It seems to me that any 'irreconcilable differences' that exist are mere manifestations of the...
Hello all, I have been on the sidelines for quite a while - reading, but not posting. To respond about UUs - I think most UUs, and not just "Fundementalist...
In a message dated 3/10/2003 2:01:21 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Don responds: John, apparently you define "authentic Christian Tradition" in terms of creed...
Blessed be God. ... (Uh, that'd be "Burnett" not "Burdett".) ... Tolerance is one thing, compatibility another, yes? I may completely accept you and encourage...
Amen The sum total of the teachings of Gotama define Buddhism's core. The sum total of the teachings of Yeshua do not define Christianity's core. That is, if...
Hi all, John B's lengthy exposition is so good, I had to write in! I agree 100% with your points about authentic dialogue, which does justice to both...
... <asteresplanetai@j...> wrote: Hello, John: Thanks at the outset for providing such an interesting and provocative message! I find it especially pleasing...
... inconsequential errand ... to the bank ... chill ... directly of ... many. Indeed, no matter how many books you read -- and there is much that is helpful...
... I would have to agree with David in his post when he says that religions are like languages that are different but describe the same reality. I find in ...
Blessed be God. ... The reason why we're attracted to the Dalai Lama is because he appears to be a very fine example of all that Buddhism aims at bringing...
... Buddhism offers to the Christian responsibility to work out one's own "salvation" empowerment to do so a getting beyond blind faith into practical...
Not annoying at all, John. I am actually grateful to encounter one as learned as yourself. I will have to admit what you said about combining the two...
John I am sorry I misspelled your name..Mr. Burnett it tis... Thanks for the reply and interaction...I just think we are evolving to a new thought-a new way of...
... approach will be to take it in parts, rather than try to respond to the who= le thing in one go.
> The reason why we're attracted to the Dalai Lama is...
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