"The Buddha-Jesus statue at Takamori Soan symbolizes the dynamic of eternal salvation so well. Buddha, in a sense, is the Lord of this world. There is a story about Buddha saying at his birth, âI alone am the honored one in the heavens and on earthâ (Chinese 怩äžć€©äžćŻæçŹć°). Jesus is the Son of the Holy Other, the Father, who is not contained in this universe, but is its Creator. Jesus is sent to live among us in this world as a channel for eternal salvation. Buddha, gazing upon the child, Jesus, is holding incarnate Love, coming from the Holy Other as His Only Son. Buddha represents this world, yearning for salvation."
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Chisato Kitagawa, Episcopal priest and professor of Japanese at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst â p. x
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Shigeto Oshida
Shigeto Oshida, also known as Shigeto Vincent Oshida (15 January 1922 â 6 November 2003), was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and Dominican friar.
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