Leo D. Lefebure is Matteo Ricci, SJ, Professor of Theology at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. He received his PhD in Christian theology from the University of Chicago Divinity School in 1987 and is a trustee of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions. He is the author of four books and numerous articles, and coauthored, with Peter Feldmeier, The Path of Wisdom: A Christian Commentary on the Dhammapada (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2011).
摘要
Both the Buddhist and Christian traditions have long viewed uncontrolled greed as a deadly poison whose allure arises from ignorance. Both traditions see the promises made by greed as illusory and challenge their followers to true wisdom that nurtures lives of generosity.