2. Monasticism. Buddhist monks were led to establish monasteries to shelter themselves from the weather for months at a time. Christianity believes the monastic lifestyle developed in the fourth century when hermits began to populate the caves of the Middle East before forming the great monasteries of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires.
3. Meditation. the content of meditation is very different between Catholicism and BuInterreligious dialogue between Catholic and Buddhist monks has occured for the past half century.