“the path of the Bodhisattva:” I am the protector of the unprotected and the caravan-leader for travelers. I have become the boat, the causeway, and the bridge for those who long to reach the further shore. May I be a light for those in need of light. May I be a bed for those in need of rest. May I be a servant for those in need of service, for all

He is both the way that leads to the experience of co-inhering with the Divine, and also the life that results as this experience deepens and becomes more real.

“God” must be an experience before “God” can be a word.

Buddha describes the broad energy field and Christ is a revealing instantiation of what happens when that energy takes form.

Tathagata, “he who has arrived.” His was a long, arduous journey toward the truth of Awakening; in fact, early tradition tells us that Buddha’s path to the transforming moment under the Bodhi Tree extends back over multiple lifetimes. But he did arrive. And this constitutes his attractive power – he shows, he embodies what all of us can achieve.

interpersonal relations are the most precious and necessary part of being human.

one also sees and feels others differently, and begins to act toward them differently. This different way of acting is described as compassion, or karuna. As all Buddhists recognize, and especially the reforming Mahayanists emphasize, it is impossible to have wisdom without compassion. They are the two faces of Enlightenment. To see one is also to

Mystics are both loyal followers and uncomfortable critics – which, it seems to me, is exactly what Christian churches need today.

God is the activity of giving and receiving, of knowing and loving, of losing and finding, of dying and living that embraces and infuses all of us, all of creation. Though every image or symbol limps, Christians can and must say what Buddhists might agree with – that if we’re going to talk about God, God is neither a noun nor an adjective. God is a