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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... intellect and consequently fails to experience the profound depths of Godhead. Whatever influence Eckhart might have received from the Jewish (Maimonides), Arabic (Avicenna), and Neoplatonic sources, there is no doubt that he had his ...
... intellect and consequently fails to experience the profound depths of Godhead. Whatever influence Eckhart might have received from the Jewish (Maimonides), Arabic (Avicenna), and Neoplatonic sources, there is no doubt that he had his ...
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... intellect move. The Zen teachers are all unknowing knowers or knowing unknowers. Therefore their "I do not know" does not really mean our "I do not know." We must not take their answers in the way we generally do at the level of ...
... intellect move. The Zen teachers are all unknowing knowers or knowing unknowers. Therefore their "I do not know" does not really mean our "I do not know." We must not take their answers in the way we generally do at the level of ...
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... intellect, and, therefore, that the best philosophy comes out of a mind most richly endowed with intellectual acumen and dialectical subtleties. But this is not the case. It is true that those who are poorly equipped with intellectual ...
... intellect, and, therefore, that the best philosophy comes out of a mind most richly endowed with intellectual acumen and dialectical subtleties. But this is not the case. It is true that those who are poorly equipped with intellectual ...
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... intellect, the idea of an individual ego besets us, and makes us eternally pursue the shadow of the ego. But the ego is something always eluding our grasp; when we think we have caught it, it is found to be no more than a slough left by ...
... intellect, the idea of an individual ego besets us, and makes us eternally pursue the shadow of the ego. But the ego is something always eluding our grasp; when we think we have caught it, it is found to be no more than a slough left by ...
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... intellect. The function of the intellect consists in leading the mind to a higher field of consciousness by proposing all sorts of questions which are beyond itself. The mystery is solved by living it, by seeing into its working, by ...
... intellect. The function of the intellect consists in leading the mind to a higher field of consciousness by proposing all sorts of questions which are beyond itself. The mystery is solved by living it, by seeing into its working, by ...
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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