Ramy dialogu chrześcijańsko-buddyjskiego

Abstract

The dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism has to overcome the consequences of foregoing the reception of Buddhist ideas in the West, which are described as reductionisms: philosophical, geographical, Marxist and naturalistic. The main differences between these two religions concern: the existence of God, conception of the soul, vision of afterlife and liberation/salvation. In effect, the differences are of a fundamental character. The central significance of the issue of suffering, and structural similarities as to religious ethics and their universalism, make the dialogue possible, however, on practical grounds.