Can you be a Buddhist as well as a Christian?

Sunday, 20 Feb 2022

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

Can you be a Buddhist as well as a Christian? Can a non-theist and theist perspective operate together hand in hand? Anna M St Clair

Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published on Sunday.

Sunday, 20 Feb 2022

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