Abe, Masao.  “Mahayana Buddhism and Whitehead: A View by a Lay Student of Whitehead's Philosophy.”  Philosophy East and West 25 (Oct. 1975): 415-28.

Abstract

The author attempts to clarify the essential differences between the structures of Buddhists thought and Whitehead's thought to develop a creative and productive dialogue between them.  Despite his close interaction with the world, God alone, in Whitehead, is not an actual occasion but a nontemporal entity.  In God, temporality and nontemporality are not completely interrelated.  On the contrary, in Mahayana Buddhism, temporality and nontemporality are existentially realized to be interdependent.  Hence, "samsara" as it is, is "nirvana".  This is possible only through the realization of "sunyata", the realization of absolute nothingness which is lacking in Whitehead.  [Abstract from The Philosopher’s Index]