But I also see Christianity as a sort of aggregation of pre-Christian thought, both Western (which we call Eastern, i.e. Greek), and Eastern (which we call Indian, i.e. Buddhism).

The Middle East was a sort of borderland between the two, and I think Christianity encompasses and expands on both, and takes both to the logical conclusion. But it's important to recognize and understand the roots of Christianity as well.

I remove the “Zen” because that's a far later Japanese variation. The word Zen comes from the Pali word jhana, but it would be odd to talk about “Jhana Buddhism”.

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i knew the greeks influenced medieval christianity, but this book really brought it home in an interesting way. as a bitcoiner it’s also fascinating to consider why eastern philosophy was totally cool with the concept of “zero” and western philosophy was like “🤯”

https://www.audible.com/pd?asin=1705270409&source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=library_overflow