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Christian Contemplation and Zen Enlightenment: Are They the Same?

This is a workshop given in 1991 at the Spiritual Life Center in Wichita, Kansas with Jim Arraj. It describes how Zen is coming into the Catholic Church, especially through the Catholic students of the late Zen master, Koun Yamada, and it tries to give the flavor of Zen practice by including part of an actual Zen awakening account (excerpted from the video Zen Journey). Then it compares Zen enlightenment with Christian metaphysics and mystical experience by looking at contemplation, according to John of the Cross, including the story of a Christian contemplative experience (excerpted from the video A Contemplative Journey) and the revolutionary insight to be found in the metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas. Finally, it frames an explanation of Zen enlightenment from a Christian point of view, following the work of Jacques Maritain on the mysticism of the Self.