Mysticism, Christian and BuddhistIn the first four essays in this collection, D. T. Suzuki reads Meister Eckhart with the eye of a master, pointing out where his understanding deeply coincides with that of Zen Buddhism. Next, he takes on a subject Christians often find difficult, the question of transmigration or reincarnation. Suzuki then compares the dimensionality of the crucifixion with that of enlightenment. In the later essays, Suzuki moves on to the Pure Land tradition of Buddhism, and in particular to the works of Rennyo (1415-1499) and the poetry of Asahara Saichi (1850-1932), for which he provides a rare translation. |
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... birth the soul is born back into God. It is one birth; as fast as she is reborn into God the Father is begetting his only Son in her.2 God the Father and the Son have nothing to do with time. Generation is not in time, but at the end ...
... birth the soul is born back into God. It is one birth; as fast as she is reborn into God the Father is begetting his only Son in her.2 God the Father and the Son have nothing to do with time. Generation is not in time, but at the end ...
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... birth the soul is born again into God. It is one birth, as fast as she is reborn into God the Father is begetting his only Son in her." (The last sentence is from Evans, p. 209.) 13 Ibid., "The Defense," p. 303. 14 Evans, pp. 142-3. It ...
... birth the soul is born again into God. It is one birth, as fast as she is reborn into God the Father is begetting his only Son in her." (The last sentence is from Evans, p. 209.) 13 Ibid., "The Defense," p. 303. 14 Evans, pp. 142-3. It ...
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... birth" is ascribed to Hui-nêng (Yeno, died 713), the sixth patriarch of Zen Buddhism in China. This corresponds to Eckhart's statement which he quotes as by "an authority": "Blessed are the pure in heart who leave everything to God now ...
... birth" is ascribed to Hui-nêng (Yeno, died 713), the sixth patriarch of Zen Buddhism in China. This corresponds to Eckhart's statement which he quotes as by "an authority": "Blessed are the pure in heart who leave everything to God now ...
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... and unoccupancy--these are not the Buddhist conception of emptiness. Buddhists' Emptiness is not on the plane of relativity. It is Absolute Emptiness transcending all forms of mutual relationship, of subject and object, birth and death, ...
... and unoccupancy--these are not the Buddhist conception of emptiness. Buddhists' Emptiness is not on the plane of relativity. It is Absolute Emptiness transcending all forms of mutual relationship, of subject and object, birth and death, ...
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Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki. mutual relationship, of subject and object, birth and death, God and the world, something and nothing, yes and no, affirmation and negation. In Buddhist Emptiness there is no time, no space, no becoming, no ...
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki. mutual relationship, of subject and object, birth and death, God and the world, something and nothing, yes and no, affirmation and negation. In Buddhist Emptiness there is no time, no space, no becoming, no ...
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absolute according altogether Amida amida-butsu asked Atman birth Blakney Bodhidharma Bodhisattvas Buddha Buddhist philosophy butsu Chinese Christian comes consciousness contradiction creatures death devotee Dhammapada Dharma divine doctrine Eckhart says egolessness Emperor Wu Emptiness enlightenment enlightenment-experience Evans everything existence express favor feeling gahakāraka God's Godhead grateful happy heaven human Ibid idea infinite inner intellect is-ness Japanese karuṇā kind knowledge kono-mama Land of Bliss language light of eternity linguistics little point living Mahāyāna means Meister Eckhart metaphysical mind monk Myōgō Namu Namu-amida Namu-amida-butsu nature Nembutsu never Nirvana nothingness Nyorai-san object ourselves Oya-sama Oya's prajñā praṇidhāna Pure Land question quoted Reality realize relative ego Saichi Saichi's heart samsāra sankhāra Sanskrit sense sermon Shin six syllables soul spirit śūnyatā Sūtra symbol Tathāgata teaching things thou thought transcend transcendental ego translation transmigration tṛiṣṇā truth turn unattainable understand utter words worship wretched Zen master