An honest and creative attempt to interpret Buddhist teachings and apply them to basic religious issues that are alive today A BUDDHIST SPECTRUM will be an ap propriate resource for courses in comparative religion. Joel Brereton Assistant Professor of Religion

Barnard College, Columbia University

The essays of Marco Pallis have been and continue to be a rich resource for the dialogue between Christians and Buddhists. Pallis' sympathetic understanding of Western culture and theology is balanced by his extra-ordinary grasp of the refinements of Buddhist thought. He is an explorer of terrain whose treasures are already trans forming our worldview and spirituality.

Readers of Thomas Merton will welcome these writ ings by an author who influenced the thought of that monk and bridge-builder between East and West. Brother David Steindl-Rast, O.S.B.