Aquinas and Dogen on entrance into the religious life.(Thomas Aquinas )

From: Buddhist-Christian Studies | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Mikkelson, Douglas K. | Copyright information

Comparative studies of Christianity and Buddhism have the potential to draw on a wide array of dialogic partners from their respective histories. Two promising candidates are Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) and Dogen (1200-1253). Aquinas was the angelic doctor whose theological thinking became normative for Roman Catholicism; Dogen was the prominent Zen master whose influence on the intellectual development of Zen Buddhism is unsurpassed. As it happens, both men "entered into the religi...

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