Abstract：A methodology for Dialogue as Cross Talk whereby the parties allow their different ways of being-in-the-world collide as to open up avenues of exploration .The first of the East/ West dialogue of ancient civilization , namely , the dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism firstly happened on Silk Roadin the1st century .It is still alleged from the Christian side that the Thomas Mission changed the character of Buddhism and took it (henceforth as Mahayana) towards the Theistic side .However ,thereis enoughcounter theses from theBuddhist side where it is the Asokan Mission that exported the Buddha Dharma to the West…inspiring the Essenes from where John the Baptist came and broke away…after which Jesus so baptized by John took the message to another direction . Both sides have some truth in it . The Parables of the Lotus Sutra speak could be regarded as a testimony to a dialogue among ancient Silk Road civilizations to create a multi-vocal civilization of dialogue today .
[美]黎惠伦. 重提多马传道会个案:从21世纪的视角看1世纪[J]. 浙江大学学报(人文社会科学版), 2010, 40(3): 15-20.
Whalen Lai. Resurrecting the Case of the Thomist Mission :Seeing the 21st Century in the 1st. , 2010, 40(3): 15-20.
