Description:Written from experience the author bridges the gap between Eastern and
Western religious philosophy in this comparative study of the Buddhist
and Christian religious practices and philosophical outlook. The author
was brought up as a Zen Buddhist and was later baptized a Christian. He
deepened his understanding of Christianity by entering the Jesuit
community and practicing the spiritual exercises of St Ignatius. Through
this he became increasingly aware of the enormous similarities between
the practices of the Zen monastic life and that of the Catholic
novitiate. His training was under the famous Master Omori Sogen