Dogen and Meister Eckhart on Detachment/Non-attachment
Dogen and Eckhart are two of the most influential spiritual masters of the thirteenth century. Though from completely different religious traditions, they share stark similarity concerning detachment/non-attachment. Both masters were criticized, condemned and neglected for centuries. They are, howev...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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Medieval mystical theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-35 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism CB Christian life; spirituality KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Mysticism
B breakthrough B Godhead B Zazen B detachment / non-attachment |
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| Summary: | Dogen and Eckhart are two of the most influential spiritual masters of the thirteenth century. Though from completely different religious traditions, they share stark similarity concerning detachment/non-attachment. Both masters were criticized, condemned and neglected for centuries. They are, however, regarded with great respect by Zen Buddhists, Catholic monks, and even by seminal philosophers such as Kitaro Nashida and Martin Heidegger. What makes these two masters so attractive to disparate groups and to unlikely places such as the Abbey of Gethsemane in Kentucky and Kyoto University in Japan? |
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| ISSN: | 2046-5734 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval mystical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/20465726.2018.1472415 |