Numinous Presences in Two Buddhist Sūtras: Toward a Comparative Phenomenology
Experiences of ‘presence’ are common in religion. This essay attempts to approach presence along phenomenological lines, arguing that the pluralism of the phenomena and contexts referred to is not an obstacle to a methodologically open dialogue between different experiences. Despite the impersonalis...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2017
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Exchange
Anno: 2017, Volume: 46, Fascicolo: 3, Pagine: 249-263 |
| Notazioni IxTheo: | AA Scienze religiose AG Vita religiosa BL Buddhismo HA Bibbia NBC Dio |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Phenomenology
comparative theology
presence
Heart Sūtra
Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa Sūtra
triple body of Buddha
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| Riepilogo: | Experiences of ‘presence’ are common in religion. This essay attempts to approach presence along phenomenological lines, arguing that the pluralism of the phenomena and contexts referred to is not an obstacle to a methodologically open dialogue between different experiences. Despite the impersonalism of Buddhist conceptions of ultimate reality, personal presences play a considerable role even in two scriptures devoted to evoking this ultimate emptiness. Conversely the vibrant personalism of Biblical presentations of the divine does not exclude the possibility of a Buddhist critique and tempering of them, even if the two styles of approaching ultimate reality cannot be expected to coincide. |
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| Descrizione fisica: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1572-543X |
| Comprende: | In: Exchange
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1572543X-12341446 |
