George Sioris, a Greek scholar on Asia and a commentator on Asian affairs, has added two new titles to his writings: The first, "Monastic Discipline," is a lengthy study aimed at establishing the similarities as well as the differences between two entirely different monastic systems -- the Theravada Buddhist and the Christian Orthodox.
The second is a short monograph on the significance of the "Left Versus Right" symbolic patterns in the Far East -- from India to Japan.
The Vinaya work seems to break new ground completely. Although there have been a few similar essays of a philological nature in the past that examined the worlds of Buddhist and Christian Catholic monastic discipline, no one until now apparently has attempted a comparison with Eastern Christian monasticism.