This candid and beautifully written book on the meeting of East and West offers wise and significant insights into the life of the spirit. Dom Aelred Graham, a Benedictine monk, educator, and writer, has reflected here upon Zen Buddhism and Catholicism - usually considered divergent in their rituals and their philosophies - and found many points of contact between them. Although he eloquently warns against the weaknesses of Zen, Dom Graham urges Westerners in general, and Catholics in particular, to draw from its strengths, suggesting that the harmony Zen points to at the heart of religion could bring the West freedom from unnecessary anxiety and a new awareness of the peace of God.