What We Can Learn From the East

An influential philosopher sheds light on the truth, beauty, and wisdom of Christianity through insights and stories from Buddhist, Hindu, and other Eastern spiritual traditions. Beatrice Bruteau offers perspectives and practices from Eastern wisdom sources that have parallels in Christianity so that Christians can adapt or adopt them and deepen their own experiences. She also presents challenging ideas from the East that are at variance with usual Christian beliefs in order to stimulate fresh thinking and new insights. Throughout, she interweaves views and techniques from the East with familiar Christian stories and worship to turn the Christian jewel to new angles of brilliance and glow.