Friday, November 16, 2012

"A Christian Faith Enriched by Buddhism"

In a Huffington Post article, Susan J. Stabile writes:

"But for Buddhism, I could not be Catholic today. When I left Catholicism my sense of independence and self-sufficiency was too strong to accommodate a personal relationship with, or recognition of my dependence on, God. Buddhism's individuality was much more consonant with my self-image, and Buddhism offered me a means of developing a spirituality that facilitated my eventual return to God."

Read the rest of the article here. 

Stabile is the author of Growing in Love and Wisdom: Tibetan Buddhist Sources for Christian Meditation.