Rating: 
Summary: Excellent
Review: Thich speaks as someone who's suffered immeasurably. But his suffering, transformed, had enabled him tremendous insight. Thich is able to understand the dynamics that underpin two great traditions. He is able to step outside of time and tradition on speak on truth. He is not a "philosopher" or "lawyer" who plays with language to "prove" how these religions are one. Rather he speaks from his own experience to express his feelings regarding Jesus and Buddha. Highly recommended to all Christians looking to deepen their understanding of the holy spirit and to open their hearts to the living Christ.
Rating: 
Summary: Very good, but repetitive and a bit narrow
Review: Thich Nhat Hanh is a living Buddha. Let's get that straight.
However, he tends to repeat his message (often verbatim) from one book to the next. If you know his work, you'll recognize a lot of it here.
On the other hand, if you haven't read him before, then this is a good place to start. It is an admirable attempt at ecumenicalism.
Another caveat: the Christianity that he discusses is not the sort much practiced. That's his point, in part: it should be more practiced. Fair enough, he's right about that. But he tends to cite the Christian mystics with whom he feels most affinity (Thomas Merton, especially) and ignore how most people view Christianity.
In short, if you are a Christian, you should read this book to get another take on your religion. If you are a Buddhist familiar with Thay Hanh's writings, however, you won't find out much about Christianity as it is practiced, and you'll already be familiar with much of what he says about Buddhism.
Rating: 
Summary: Intolerance to Christ's Truth
Review: Unfortunately, we live in such relativistic times where there is no objective truth, just "what's truth for me may not be truth for you." Therein lies the problem. When peoples of different faiths start mingling their beliefs, you get confusion. Buddha said, "Do not worship me, for I am not a god." Christ said, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life."
To mingle Buddha's man-made teachings with Christ's, the son of God, who said "be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect," who very definitely through Tradition and in the bible left dogma to be followed in order to strive for holy perfection, is silly and politically correct drivel. And of course there will be those yelling "intolerance!" and "offensive!" but Christ was killed for offending people -- he claimed he was the son of GOD!
I'll take God's word over Siddhartha Guatama's, also known as "Buddha."
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