Christianity affirms God s permanence. God reveals Himself as the one who is, who has been and who is to come. The Buddhist proposition, in its radicality, goes beyond language. Salvation Buddhism and Christianity are both paths of salvation. The principle of salvation, in Buddhism, must be sought in oneself.
Every recourse outside is an abdication, a waste of energy.
Christians believe in Jesus-Christ as unique mediator and universal Saviour. Theological appreciation of the salvific value of other religions challenges christology and ecclesiology deeply. For our believing contemporaries, to take up this challenge is a grace, a kairos which the magisterium must lay hold of. The renewal of spirituality can consist in a new recourse to the Christian mystical tradition, which is both revelatory and apophatic. It also consists in humbly sitting at the feet of the great spiritual figures of other traditions.