Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

Buddhism because he is aware that the Bible is lacking
in some respects. But we should guide him to make a
re-estimation of the Christian religions (as in Chapter
VII, B). Certainly, we cannot accept the view that
Western religion (or any one sect of it) offers the only
way to salvation as it claims—this is not a correct idea,
for other religions also have merits equal to or greater
than that of Christ's.
The great merit of this type of person is that, having
kept the ethical commandments of Christianity, he is
easily able to receive and practice the Buddha's five
precepts. Already he has some background of doing
good and has belief in a happy state after death as a
result of this. All we have to do is to guide him and
point out that this is a limited teaching and that the
spiritual path stretches far beyond the rather narrow
limits of Christianity.
Without our book, and such guidance, a person like this
may fall into the trap of making false comparison and
equations. He may, for instance, equate God with the
Dharmakaya, or declare the salvation in all religions is
the same. Without putting obstacles in the way of
interreligious peace, we should say quite frankly that
such a non-discriminating attitude is never encouraged
in Buddhism, where instead of turning a blind eye to all
the differences which exist between the various faiths,
one is encouraged to mature one's wisdom through a
proper evaluation of religions.
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