Dear All, and especially for our members who walk the Christian and Zen path together ...
My Dharma Brother, Gustav Ericsson's, book is back in print:
It is on Amazon only:In this spiritual memoir chronicling the journey of a man who became both an ordained Zen meditation teacher and an ordained priest in the Lutheran Church of Sweden, Gustav Ericsson shares reflections and glimpses into the story of how he learned to stop and sit down, be still and listen.
Artfully crafted around a travel journal from a deeply reflective trip to Japan, My Christian Journey with Zen is an expression of the author’s spiritual path, focusing on how his meditation practice has grown in both his life and in his service as a parish priest and hospital chaplain.
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Gustav Ericcson is a Dharma successor of our Gudo Wafu Nishijima Roshi (Jundo's Teacher) and, since 2010, also a Lutheran Priest with the Church of Sweden, which is the largest Christian church organization in Sweden and largest Lutheran church in the world. In 2009 he founded Anzenkai, which is an interreligious network of friends based on daily shikantaza zazen. He is also a former prison guard before becoming a Lutheran priest. Obviously, Gustav is very interested in the intersection of Buddhist and Christian Teachings. You can read an interview with Gustav HERE.
https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Jou...9170816&sr=8-1
My review there:
Gustav was a guest teacher at Treeleaf Tsukuba a few years ago, and you can still sit with us ...Lovely Perspectives
I am so glad to see this back in print. Although I am not a Christian, and only a Zen fellow of rather skeptical nature, this book helped me sweep away all such concerns to find the common road beyond this or that. A marvelous, moving story and beautiful perspectives. I am recommending the book, not only to all those who walk the "not one, not two" paths of Zen and Christianity, but to those who doubt or are merely curious as to how that may be done. So many people who have come to Zen and Buddhism later in life have done so, in part, due to some less than fulfilling memories of their encounter with the religion of their childhood. This book teaches that it need no be so for all, and many can find common ground if their heart is wide enough to look beyond differences in words and symbols. Zen accepts "just what is," and that "just what is" can include another religious belief when we drop inner barriers. Thank you for this lesson, Gustav. Such a lovely and good man, such a lovely and good book. Peace, Jundo
Gassho, J
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