Jesus in the Hands of Buddha

Lucien Miller attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his BA, MA, and PhD in comparative literature and with his wife, Bonnie raised their three children. During graduate school he studied Chinese language and literature at Berkeley, the University of Hawaii’s East-West Center, and the Stanford Chinese language center in Taiwan. He spent six sabbaticals in Taiwan, Japan, China, Hong Kong, and India. While teaching comparative literature and Chinese at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Lucien felt called to be a Roman Catholic deacon, and he served in that capacity and as spiritual director at the Newman Catholic Student Center for thirty-five years.

"Lucien Miller, a married Catholic deacon and professor of Chinese studies, documents his experience of the person and teachings of Shigeto Vincent Oshida, a Japanese Zen teacher and Catholic priest. Miller translates in poignant detail the life and work of this no longer hidden spiritual master. Jesus in the Hands of Buddha presents boundary-crossing insights and practices at the core of cross-cultural spiritual living. He profoundly offers an experience of accessible guidance and consolation for world readers of all faiths living on the ropes."Jonathan Montaldo, author of Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton

• CONTENTSPRELUDEJesus in the Hands of Buddha Sculpture   ixFOREWORDby Timothy Radcliffe, OP   xiINTRODUCTION   xxiCHAPTER ONEA Buddhist Who Encountered Christ   1CHAPTER TWOHermit and Pilgrim   25CHAPTER THREEPoet and Mystic   51CHAPTER FOURSesshin Part One   69CHAPTER FIVESesshin Part Two   121EPILOGUESeptember Meeting, Last Days, Gleanings   163 POSTLUDEThe Greatest Accomplishment   177ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  179VITA   181BIBLIOGRAPHY   189