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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... creatures all the glories of his is-ness (isticheit). The Buddhist enlightenment is nothing more than this ... creature is able to give another life. For in being, mere being, lies all that is at all. Being is the first name. Defect ...
... creatures all the glories of his is-ness (isticheit). The Buddhist enlightenment is nothing more than this ... creature is able to give another life. For in being, mere being, lies all that is at all. Being is the first name. Defect ...
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... creatures, not as creatures but as God. The love God bears himself contains his love for the whole world.7 Eckhart's statement regarding God's self-love which "contains his love for the whole world" corresponds in a way to the Buddhist ...
... creatures, not as creatures but as God. The love God bears himself contains his love for the whole world.7 Eckhart's statement regarding God's self-love which "contains his love for the whole world" corresponds in a way to the Buddhist ...
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... creature and the creator as in the following: "Between the only begotten Son and the soul there is no distinction ... creatures, and anything he sheds his beams upon absorbs them, yet he loses nothing of his brightness. 14" From this ...
... creature and the creator as in the following: "Between the only begotten Son and the soul there is no distinction ... creatures, and anything he sheds his beams upon absorbs them, yet he loses nothing of his brightness. 14" From this ...
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... creatures would forever be something utterly alienated from him. As long as God is love, as creator, he can never be outside the creatures. But this cannot be understood as meaning the oneness of one with the other in every possible ...
... creatures would forever be something utterly alienated from him. As long as God is love, as creator, he can never be outside the creatures. But this cannot be understood as meaning the oneness of one with the other in every possible ...
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... creatures. And having dived into the basis of things to the best of my ability I find that it is no other than absolute detachment (abegescheidenheit) from everything that is created. It was in this sense when our Lord said to Martha ...
... creatures. And having dived into the basis of things to the best of my ability I find that it is no other than absolute detachment (abegescheidenheit) from everything that is created. It was in this sense when our Lord said to Martha ...
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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