The Ground We Share
Everyday Practice, Buddhist and Christian
By Robert Aitken
By David Steindl-Rast
$27.95
SKU
9781570622199
- Paperback
This product is currently out of stock but expected to become available again within two to three months. Please check Additional Formats below for other editions.
Details
These dialogues between Robert Aitken Roshi, one of the first American-born Zen masters, and Brother David Steindl-Rast, the Roman Catholic monk and hermit, took place during a week-long retreat the two old friends undertook in 1991 in a remote part of the island of Hawaii. Their aim was to approach the dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity in a fresh way, one that takes as its starting point a comparison of the personal experiences of the dialoguers—as a Buddhist and as a Christian, respectively—rather than abstract concepts. The result is the discovery of a surprising amount of common ground—the kind of shared experience that forms a solid foundation for further dialogue.