I'm going to learn from the Buddhists. Specifically, I'm hoping that they will teach me how to be a better Christian.
From December 2013 through March 2014, Christian pastor John Mabry went on a most amazing pilgrimage--to visit the most significant sites of the Buddha's life, and to reflect deeply on what he saw, in conversation with his own faith. From there, his journey took him to Nepal, Thailand, Taiwan, and back to India as he followed the distribution and development of Buddhism around the world. Part travelogue, part history lesson, part comparative theological reflection, this record of that adventure captures both the frailty and profundity of the human religious quest.
A Christian Walks in the Footsteps of the Buddha, John R. Mabry, Apocryphile Press, Paperback, 348 pp, $22.95
The Rev. John R. Mabry is a United Church of Christ pastor, currently serving Grace North Church in Berkeley and Our Redeemer Lutheran in Oakland. He is the director of the Interfaith Spiritual Direction Certificate Program at the Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley, and also teaches world religions and spiritual guidance at a number of Bay Area schools. He lives with his wife and dogs in Oakland.
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