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THE GETHSEMANI ENCOUNTER
A Dialogue on the Spiritual Life by Buddhist and Christian Monastics
Edited by Donald W. Mitchell
and James Wiseman
Library Journal review:
In July 1996, Buddhist and Christian monks met at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, and held a five-day conference to discuss aspects of their spirituality and worship. Donald W. Mitchell (philosophy, Purdue) and James Wiseman, (O.S.B., chair of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue) have done a masterful job of distilling from this conference a remarkably rich document, encompassing vast areas of Christian/Buddhist monastic concerns.
Part 1 offers presentations on ultimate reality and spirituality, prayer and meditation, spiritual growth and development, community and spiritual guidance. Part 2, the real treasure, contains dialog between Buddhist and Christian monks, including the Dalai Lama, on subjects from mind and virtue to grace, the nature of tragedy and violence, and the importance of social action. This book is directed more toward the scholar in comparative religions, but any informed lay reader will also greatly gain from reading it. Recommended for all libraries, especially academic ones.--Glenn Masuchika, Chaminade Univ. Lib., Honolulu.
Paperback, 336 pages.
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AROUND THE MONASTIC TABLE (paperback)
Sr. Aquinata Böckmann offers a thorough study of the monastic table in Benedict's Rule. Drawing on scholarship and personal experience, she demonstrates the relationship between Benedict's Rule and other rules, including those of Basil, Augustine and the Rule of the Master. More than discipline, what emerges is care for the community's weaker members, practicality about work schedules and demands, and the overall desire to meet the needs of the brothers and sisters sharing life together. Paperback, 304 pages
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TANTALUS & THE PELICAN
Exploring Monastic Spirituality Today (paperback)
A participant in the BBC series THE MONASTERY, Nicholas Buxton combines an exposition of the Christian monastic tradition with his engaging personal journey from despair and alcoholism to faith and redemption via Buddhism, academia and Reality TV. Beginning with the origins of monasticism in the deserts of Egypt in the 4th century, he considers essential features of early monastic spirituality and explores key elements of the Benedictine tradition, drawing out its profoundly counter-cultural message for our times. Paperback, 178 pages.
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