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RT @nick_routledge: @CarlMcColman Nobody has yet articulated a Buddhist metaphysical grammar fusing eschatological drama and incarnational stakes. I suspect fusion, if it comes, will be born of reality itself evolving—contemplative depth co-constituted through dynamic reciprocity, alive to context and current.

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1/ I once asked the Christian master, Cynthia Bourgeault, what she believes distinguishes the contemplative experience in fundamentally ‘prophetic’ dispensations, such as Christianity, from that of ‘non-prophetic’ traditions, such as Buddhism. “I don't know," she humbly offered.
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Copy of tweet here: 1/ I once asked the Christian master, Cynthia Bourgeault, what she believes distinguishes the contemplative experience in fundamentally ‘prophetic’ dispensations, such as Christianity, from that of ‘non-prophetic’ traditions, such as Buddhism. “I don't know," she humbly offered.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 28 Oct 2025

The final battle, not one fought. Once again, I'm treasuring the privilege and blessing of sitting in pre-dawn candlelight, incense rising, becoming morning. After a couple of decades away from the daily temple grind, it's lighter now. The Long March polished the step, perhaps. x.com/nick_routledge1/status/1979322958037553641

Altar flowers, Buddha statue, and candle, in the darkness.
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Altar flowers, Buddha statue, and candle, in the darkness.

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @AStratelates @suzania 1/ Traditions that have spent millennia refining attention, perception, interior discipline and the structure of consciousness have something to teach us. 1 Thess 5:21 doesn’t come with a clause about acceptable sources. If Christ is the Logos, then all truth participates in Him.Quoted by@AStratelates @suzania 1/ Traditions that have spent millennia refining attention, perception, interior discipline and the structure of consciousness have something to teach us. 1 Thess 5:21 doesn’t come with a clause about acceptable sources. If Christ is the Logos, then all truth participates in Him.Quoted by29 years ago, a wandering mendicant, I tried hitching to Texas. 24 eventful hours later, but 25 miles along and utterly lost, I was stumbled upon a Buddhist gonpa. Shock: I had no idea Tibetans were anywhere near. This morn, I was back for the first time. Next door neighbors now.