"I
take refuge in the Holy Buddha"
Web Page of the Jesuit Assistancy of East Asia and Oceania for dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism
"My
prayer for them all is that they will be of one heart and one mind,
just as you and I are, Father\that just as you are in me and I am in
you, so they will be in us, and the world will believe you sent me."
The Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church in its document entitled Nostra Aetate that concerns the relationship of the Church to non-Christian religions, contains the following statement: Buddhism in its various forms testifies to the essential inadequacy of this changing world. It proposes a way of life by which men can, with confidence and trust, attain a state of perfect liberation and reach supreme illumination either through their own efforts or through the aid of divine help. Accordingly, the Church in recent years has actively encouraged dialogue with non-Christian religions, with the purpose of promoting peace, harmony, and mutual understanding.
This web page is maintained by Fr. Cyril Veliath SJ of Sophia University in Tokyo, and its purpose is to encourage and promote religious dialogue between Buddhists and Christians all over the world, but chiefly within the nations that comprise the Jesuit Assistancy of East Asia and Oceania. These are Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, Cambodia, East Timor, Thailand, Vietnam, Micronesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and a few others. In several of these nations Jesuits in their own way have been actively striving towards this dialogue, and by clicking on the following links you will be introduced to them and to the type of work that they are involved in.
JAPAN
- William Johnston SJ
- Kakichi Kadowaki SJ
- Klaus Riesenhuber SJ
- Joao M. Mira SJ
- Cyril Veliath SJ
- Mark Koo SJ
- Alexander Varickamackal SJ
Fr. Miguel Lafont SJ
INDONESIA
Petrus Puspobinatmo SJ
KOREA
Ingun Kang SJ
THAILAND
Paul Kriangyot Piyawanno SJ
CHINA
Christian Cochini SJ
Paul Yang SJ
MALAYSIA
Jojo M. Fung