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Evanna McCarter says:
This book is only helpful if you are a Christian, looking to strengthen your faith, against a world of new and old philosophies. It will march your mind straight back to Christian ideas. I myself am neither, and found the dialog between Jesus and Buddha to be very slanted towards Christianity. Also, I feel the author didn't fairly represent Buddhist thought, or philosophy, but instead gave a superficial view. I feel this book is unfairly titled, and should have a title more like, "Buddhism through Christian Evangelical Eyes".
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Audiofile Magazine says:
THE LOTUS AND THE CROSS: Jesus Talks with Buddha
Ravi Zacharias
Read by Simon Vance
A conversation between two founders of world religions could come across as more of a diatribe than a dialogue, especially when written by an apologist for one of those religions. However, with the injection of another, very human, character, it takes the shape of a search for ultimate truth as defined by Buddhism and Christianity. Simon Vance gives each character his own voice and personality, but the script-like book, when read unabridged, forces the listener to hear seemingly endless repetitions of the characters’ names, thus breaking the flow of the discourse with each change in speaker. But with writing like that of Zacharias‚ and the engaging story behind it, this book still engages. S.M.M. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
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Antonina Ruth Bruno says:
Cross-cultural Missions for Dummies? No, but Ravi Zacharias does a great job of making the subject interesting, understandable and memorable for folks like me who fall asleep reading the usual informative-but-dry apologetics books.
Zacharias incorporates everything you need to know about Buddhism (and Christianity's answers to this religion), but through the medium of Story, and that's what intrigued me. This is a very short book, but powerfully packed with thought-provoking answers and life-changing truths. Highly recommended!
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