TY - JOUR
AU1 - Sprague, Deborah.
AB -  Deborah Sprague Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School The week before New Year's Day has often spurred me to evaluate my personal path. I courted my own permission to apply to graduate school, charting scenarios, figuring options, but still I held back. Browsing the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School website, I found a unique course offering: Deepening the Heart of Wisdom: Buddhist Christian Contemplative Practice and Dialogue. I knew I had to take it! Class was going to start in a week and as yet I hadn't even applied to the school's graduate program. In a flurry I requested transcripts, garnered recommendations, and considered childcare options. My desire to engage this particular dialogue grew through my Christian practice of Centering Prayer1 and my Episcopal parish's contemplative interfaith Vital Conversations program. These vital conversations began with an intentional time of silence in which we prepared the "eye of the heart" to perceive the conversation at a deeper level. Our rector invited a guest from a different faith tradition each month.2 He engaged the guest in questions and dialogue regarding his or her spiritual practices and personal story. Then, the guest received questions from the group. After hearing a Buddhist guest 
TI - Reclaiming the Integration of Body and Mind
JF - Buddhist-Christian Studies
DA - 2013-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/university-of-hawai-i-press/reclaiming-the-integration-of-body-and-mind-mRg70A7BIa
SP - 101
EP - 113
VL - 33
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -