The Ground We Share

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.