Living Buddha, Living Christ

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“When you are truly happy Christian, you are also a Buddhist. And Vive Versa.”

Budda and Christ, two most pivotal figures in the history of humankind, each left behind a legacy of teachings and practices that have shaped the lives of billions of people over the course of two millennia. But If they were to meet on the road today, what would each think of the other’s spiritual views and practices?

Buddhist monk, poet, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh has been part of a decades-long dialogue between the two greatest living contemplative traditions – and brings to Christianity an appreciation of its beauty that could be conveyed only by an outsider. In meditative prose, he explores the crossroads of compassion and holiness at which the two traditions meet and reawakens our understanding of both.