Living Buddha – Living Christ, 10th Anniversary Edition

Living Buddha Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition

10th anniversary edition of the classic text, updated, revised, and featuring a Mindful Living Journal.

Buddha and Christ, perhaps the 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 two millennia. If they were to meet on the road today, what would each think of the other's spiritual views and practices? In this classic text for spiritual seekers, Thich Nhat Hanh explores the crossroads of compassion and holiness at which the two traditions meet, and he reawakens our understanding of both.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars A wonderful book
This is a great book for thinking about the shared spiritual essence of Buddhism and Christianity. When those of different faiths disagree, they do so on points of dogma. About charity, compassion, or love, there is no disagreement, especially when these are manifest qualities of a spiritual life. Thus "the letter kills, but the spirit gives life". This is a book primarily about the spiritual life, and the unity thereof, although it also discusses the similarities and differences of specific teachings of Buddha and Christ.

5 Stars Deeper Meaning
I am a Catholic and this book helps me to understand the true meaning of my faith. Shows you how much we have in common. What does it mean to live a peaceful life with yourself, nature and your surrounding.

5 Stars Illuminating
As with his other works, Hahn's thoughts are always illuminating. I use illuminating in a very deliberate manner: he helps show us the way but is not the way(as the Buddha said, my finger may point you to the moon but my finger is not the moon). The ways of thinking expoused by both belief systems work best when they are lived. And that's his Big Idea: it is living the precepts, not thinking about them or even believing them, which is what matters. When they are lived, that is true prayer. He suggests how to do so. The book is an extended meditaion on this core idea. Good intro by Pagels.

4 Stars who can argue with the content of this book?
Loved the book's content – did not like the binding. One of those books that does not open easily. If there were a different version of this book, I might recommend trying that.

4 Stars hard work, good stuff
The book is well written, a bit repetitive. The comparison of Buddha and Jesus Christ has some merit. That which he advises the reader to do sounds simple but in fact, it would take 20 years to become a good monk of either faith.

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