tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post6876003109265775188..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: Zendo and Mosque: Sharing Space in IrelandNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-53896842039234393992011-04-03T16:22:50.704-07:002011-04-03T16:22:50.704-07:00"The implicit assumption is that these are al..."The implicit assumption is that these are all the resources which can be accessed--I wonder about that." This is a good point. And it's probably true that both the Zen group and the Muslim students are, in Dublin, pretty new and fairly marginal. However, my guess is that there also might be some added challenges for at least some of those Muslim students who are also more recent Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-60892264179328704492011-04-03T09:39:21.429-07:002011-04-03T09:39:21.429-07:00I'm not a member of treeleaf-- so cannot comme...I'm not a member of treeleaf-- so cannot comment there. But I do know from years of experience in interfaith dialogue that the groups "new" to the terrain too often end up competing for scarce resources-- a dualistic frame of mind which as Zen students we are trained to see beyond. The implicit assumption is that these are all the resources which can be accessed--I wonder about Ji Hyanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09836334688328111181noreply@blogger.com