Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!parsec!ahearn From: ahearn@parsec.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Any interest in Buddhism? - (nf) Message-ID: <6062@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Mar-84 22:58:57 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.6062 Posted: Tue Mar 6 22:58:57 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Mar-84 07:19:45 EST Lines: 18 #R:decwrl:-604300:parsec:45700008:000:441 parsec!ahearn Mar 6 12:53:00 1984 Well, seing this reference to Merton on the net made my day. As I understand him, Merton establishes for the Western church two things: 1. The need for contemplative practice 2. The essential similarity in practice and results between Buddhist and Christian monastic orders What do you folks out in net-land make of these ideas? Joe