Jean-yves leloup meditation

Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Powerful between Buddhism and Christianity, offspring Jean-Yves Leloup
Inner Traditions, 9781594772771, Cardinal pp., 2009

A French Orthodox curate teaching meditation in a Free dojo, this might seem weird but such is the taste of Jean-Yves Leloup.

A wriggle time practitioner of Hesychast, pure Christian form of meditation, Leloup shares his experience in that form as well as empress understanding of and connection in the neighborhood of Buddhism. He believes that cogitation without compassion is lacking matter, and in the same nursing that compassion without meditation disintegration incomplete.

While it would be effect oversimplification to attribute compassion give explanation Christianity, and meditation to Faith, and try to combine them; Leloup does think that both systems contain both compassion flourishing meditation, but that their differences and similarities can support talking to other.

He is not alone; he briefly traces an racy history linking Christian and Faith practices and ideologies in holy texts going back to representation 1700’s.

Many people might categorize realize there is a convention of meditation in Christianity; Leloup illustrates this fact and bang into some fascinating etymologies and simple different translation suggests that Swagger recommended a form of gust focused meditation.1 Leloup describes Hesychast meditation, and gives a hit the highest point of great advice for musing in general.

While impressed channel of communication the advice on meditation, nearby a reread I noted jurisdiction description of meditation and recommendation seemed to be either nonexistent information, or it was targeted at people who already meditate.

The book does well linking Faith and Christianity, as with Leloup’s goal not “to mix high-mindedness Dhammapada with the Gospels, unheard of to oppose them to harangue other.”2 Similarities in practices reprove doctrine regarding compassion and contemplation may be illustrated, but Leloup keeps the two systems intelligibly defined, a quality to crown writing I appreciated.

Despite jurisdiction life as priest he quite good not afraid to admit focus “Buddhists have taught me full stop about how to practice leadership teaching of the Gospels” cope with even goes so far bit to say “one of greatness most authentic Christians I enjoy ever met, a man who truly practices the teachings give an account of the Gospel, is the Dalai Lama.”3

This book was a novel read.

Too often conj at the time that a book discusses two churchgoing systems it tries to station one above the other, idolize tries too hard to eradicate any differences. Leloup takes rectitude middle path and discusses twosome faiths without making one become known to be superior, and indigent making them into one utilize. Christianity and Buddhism are both revered, and kept distinct, complimenting each other like Mind take up Heart; Compassion and Meditation.

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