Bill,

Thank you for your info and introduction to the very helpful website.

P.

Bill Strider wrote:

> This story comes from the book "Living Buddha, Living
> Christ." Here's a direct quote, which I found at
>
> www.spiritsite.com/writing/thihan/part4.shtml
>
> "Twenty years ago at a conference I attended of
> theologians, and professors of religion, an Indian
> Christian friend told the assembly, "We are going to hear
> about the beauties of several traditions, but that does not
> mean that we are going to make a fruit salad." When it came
> my turn to speak, I said, "Fruit salad can be delicious! I
> have shared the Eucharist with Father Daniel Berrigan, and
> our worship became, possible because of the sufferings we
> Vietnamese and Americans shared over many years." Some of
> the Buddhists present were shocked to hear I had
> participated in the Eucharist, and many Christians seemed
> truly horrified. To me, religious life is life. I do not
> see any reason to spend one's whole life tasting just one
> kind of fruit. We human beings can be nourished by the best
> values of many traditions."
>
> -- Thich Nhat Hanh, "Living Buddha, Living Christ"
>
> Metta,
>
> Bill
>
> --- Piya Tan <libris@...> wrote:
> > Friends,
> >
> > I'm writing paper for an inter-religious forum. This is
> > one anecdote I
> > would like to use. Could anyone help me with the source
> > of this story:
> >
> > "Thich Nhat Hanh, the wellknown Vietnamese Buddhist monk,
> > activist, and
> > poet, now living in France, once attended an
> > inter-religious
> > forum. Speakers were telling how each religion should
> > respect other
> > religions, and not mix things up so as to end as fruit
> > salad. When Nhat
> > Hanh's turn to speak came, he said that 'loved fruit
> > salad'!"
> >
> > Thanks & sukhi.
> >
> > P.
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
>
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