The Ground We Share Paperback by Robert Aitken, David Steindl-Rast

Product Details

• Publisher: Shambhala (1996-06-18)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 256 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781570622199
• Item Weight: 312.79 grams
• Dimensions: 21.59 x 13.97 x 0.97 cm

These dialogues between Robert Aitken Roshi, one of the first American-born Zen masters, and Brother David Steindl-Rast, the Roman Catholic monk and hermit, took place during a week-long retreat the two old friends undertook in 1991 in a remote part of the island of Hawaii. Their aim was to approach the dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity in a fresh way, one that takes as its starting point a comparison of the personal experiences of the dialoguers—as a Buddhist and as a Christian, respectively—rather than abstract concepts. The result is the discovery of a surprising amount of common ground—the kind of shared experience that forms a solid foundation for further dialogue.

About the Author

Brother David Steindl-Rast, O.S.B., is the author of A Listening Heart, The Music of Silence, and, with Fritjof Capra, Belonging to the Universe: Explorations on the Frontier of Science and Spirituality.