Paths to Interreligious Dialogue: The Teaching of the Lotus Sutra and the Spirituality of Focolare Movement

This essay explores two religious movements, one Buddhist and the other Christian, to show how both arrive at the site of interreligious dialogue. One is Rissho Koseikai, established by Rev. Nikkyo Niwano based on the teaching of Buddhism with a special focus on the Lotus Sutra. The other is the Foc...

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Main Author: Niwano, Hiroshi Munehiro (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Hawaii Press [2020]
In: Buddhist Christian studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 40, Pages: 145-159
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra / Risshō Kōseikai / Spirituality / Fokolar-Bewegung / Interfaith dialogue
IxTheo Classification:AX Inter-religious relations
BL Buddhism
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Chiara Lubich
B the Lotus Sutra
B Unity
B Joy
B Nikkyo Niwano
B Focolare Movement
B Jesus Forsaken
B Never Disrespectful Bodhisattva
B Interreligious Dialogue
B Suffering
B Rissho Kosei-kai
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Summary:This essay explores two religious movements, one Buddhist and the other Christian, to show how both arrive at the site of interreligious dialogue. One is Rissho Koseikai, established by Rev. Nikkyo Niwano based on the teaching of Buddhism with a special focus on the Lotus Sutra. The other is the Focolare Movement, established by Chiara Lubich within the Catholic Church. Although both have different objects of devotion, teachings, modes of spirituality, practices and organizational structures, religious joy, a consequence of overcoming difficulties and suffering through faith becomes the common ground for a path to their sustained encounter of interreligious dialogue.
ISSN:1527-9472
Contains:Enthalten in: Buddhist Christian studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/bcs.2020.0008