The Buddha and Jesus

Despite vast differences between Christianity and Buddhism, and a variety of

traditions within each, their points of similarity are fascinating and their study can be

immensely fruitful, as this collection of studies reveals. For Christians (indeed for each

of the religions in the Abrahamic tradition) a personal God who is engaged in mankind’s

story is central. Belief in a personal God may not be central to the Buddha’s teachings.

For Buddhists and Christians what is common is the human journey, and the desire to

assist each person’s own path to inner conversion and spiritual maturity.

Forward to The Buddha and Jesus, An Anthology of Articles by Jesuits engaged in

Buddhist Studies and Inter-religious Dialogue. 2015