Spirit Alive: What the Dalai Lama Taught Me About Jesus
8/8/2017
Spirit Alive is a twice a month blog that looks at different aspects of mission and ministry throughout the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference and beyond.
August 8, 2017
The purpose of these sessions was to have the Dalai Lama comment on some of the significant teachings of Jesus, as recorded in the four gospels. The narrative of this amazing event is captured in the book The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus. It is a wonderful read and provides for a unique, meaningful journey into the fundamentals of Christian teaching.
In interpreting this text, the Dalai Lama says: "I think these passages point to a very important spiritual
He goes on again and again throughout his talks to demonstrate that his own deep spiritual practice has much to teach us as Christian disciples about our own tradition and practice. No wonder, at the conclusion of the book, Fr. Laurence Freeman, one of the organizers of the conference says of the Dalai Lama: "...You have handled what is precious and sacred to us with reverence, with a sense of the sacred, and with the deepest respect....You have used your strength of wisdom, insight, intelligence, and spiritual power with wonderful delicacy. That is a lesson in nonviolence that we will treasure."
I learned a great deal about my own tradition from the book The Good Heart, and hope that in the process I have learned a bit about how to handle what is precious and sacred to others with reverence and respect. After all this is the basis not only for interfaith dialogue, but the foundation of deep and lasting human communication.
Let us walk in the light of God's love,
Lowell
Spirit Alive is a twice a month blog and email by Rev. Lowell Greathouse, Mission and Ministry Coordinator for the Oregon-Idaho Conference. It seeks to identify where the spirit is alive in our congregations and communities. Check out past editions, or subscribe to the email list.
August 8, 2017
Food for the Soul:
When Inter-faith Dialogue Becomes Sacred Conversation
The event took place back in mid-September 1994 in an auditorium at Middlesex University in London. It was a part of the John Main Seminar sponsored by the World Community for Christian Meditation and included an audience of some three hundred and fifty Christians.The purpose of these sessions was to have the Dalai Lama comment on some of the significant teachings of Jesus, as recorded in the four gospels. The narrative of this amazing event is captured in the book The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus. It is a wonderful read and provides for a unique, meaningful journey into the fundamentals of Christian teaching.
In interpreting this text, the Dalai Lama says: "I think these passages point to a very important spiritual
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I learned a great deal about my own tradition from the book The Good Heart, and hope that in the process I have learned a bit about how to handle what is precious and sacred to others with reverence and respect. After all this is the basis not only for interfaith dialogue, but the foundation of deep and lasting human communication.
Let us walk in the light of God's love,
Lowell
Spirit Alive is a twice a month blog and email by Rev. Lowell Greathouse, Mission and Ministry Coordinator for the Oregon-Idaho Conference. It seeks to identify where the spirit is alive in our congregations and communities. Check out past editions, or subscribe to the email list.