ABSTRACT
In the thought and experience of most Westerners, Buddhism and Christianity are a world, perhaps a universe, apart—geographically, historically, culturally, and religiously. All the connotations of the two terms “Buddhist” and “Christian” are those of separateness, difference, and incommunicability. Buddhism originated in India and has been concentrated in the Far East ever since; Christianity originated in the Middle East but early moved westward, and due to subsequent historical circumstances became almost concentrated in Europe and the New World-European civilizations.
