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Jonathan Harvey's avatar

RadTrad (Radical Traditionalist) Roman Catholics are also criticizing centering prayer, some of them falsely claiming that it is Buddhist in origin. Centering prayer always seemed to me to fit in comfortably into mainstream Anglicanism. I fail to understand why there is such a panic about it.

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Karen Sommer's avatar

It’s interesting to learn that some Christians practice what you call Centering Prayer, which is also used in Buddhism & yoga. Of course it’s a real kind of praying — what could be more simple: you sit in the presence of God! No rules required! I’m intrigued by some of the words you use: The Philokalia, hesychasm, apophatic, even Orthodox mysticism — like a wisp of exotic incense drifting through the temple.

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