The following paragraph is from Japan missionary Stella Cox’s February 2022 newsletter. Stella, being around 90 years of age, has long seen and understood the emptiness in Buddhist and Shinto…
Manmade Nothingness
Category: Buddhism
Buddhism Basics
Because there are many branches of Buddhism (and multiple contradictory teachings within), it’s tricky to nail down what we might call Buddhism 101. But that’s sorta what you’ve got with…
Comparing Tibetan Buddhism with Christianity
The popularity of the Dalai Lama has even Christian people reading his books to find spiritual help. And Christian leaders join forces with him for various high-profile events that seem…
Buddhism Influencing the Church
At a Cincinnati Christian University grad school forum in 2010, Dr. Johnny Pressley had done a presentation about Buddhism’s influence on Hollywood. Dr. Jack Cottrell—knowing about the related research we…
Out of My Mindfulness Part 3
Part 1 and Part 2 of this little series lead in to this foundational question: Is mindfulness/meditation an Eastern religion practice or not? With its use in schools, businesses, and…