Growing in Love and Wisdom: Tibetan Buddhist Sources for Christian Meditation...

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Although raised Roman Catholic, Susan Stabile was ordained as a Tibetan
Buddhist nun and devoted 20 years of her life to practicing Buddhism before
returning to Catholicism in 2001. In Growing in Love and Wisdom, she draws on
this unique dual perspective to explore the value of interreligious dialogue,
the spiritual dynamics that operate across faith traditions, and how Buddhist
meditation practices can deepen Christian prayer. She begins by examining the
values and principles shared by the two faiths and shows that both traditions
seek to effect a fundamental transformation in the lives of believers. Both
stress the need for experiences with deep emotional resonance that goes beyond
the level of concepts to touch the heart. The center of the book offers 15
Tibetan Buddhist contemplative practices, adapted for Christian use. Stabile
provides clear instructions on how to do these meditations and helpful
commentary on each, explaining its purpose and the relation between the
Buddhist original and her Christian adaptation of it. Throughout, she
highlights the many remarkably close parallels between the teachings of Jesus
and the Buddha. The meditations offered in this unusual book will be extremely
useful to thoughtful Christians, to those responsible for giving spiritual
direction, and also to Buddhist sympathizers who will be intrigued and pleased
to see familiar contemplations handled so skillfully by a former Buddhist
practitioner who has gratefully learned so much from her former religion and
now introduces the riches of that tradition to her fellow Christians. Read
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