The Significance of Luke-Acts for Zen Buddhism
The author, who is both a Christian and a Zen Buddhist, considers the meaning of Acts 9:8 in light of that dual religiosity. Paul's experience of God has great resonances with the Zen Buddhist view of "God" as absolute nothingness. This cross-religious view of God also comports well w...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Hawaii Press
1996
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Buddhist Christian studies
Year: 1996, Volume: 16, Pages: 79-85 |
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| Summary: | The author, who is both a Christian and a Zen Buddhist, considers the meaning of Acts 9:8 in light of that dual religiosity. Paul's experience of God has great resonances with the Zen Buddhist view of "God" as absolute nothingness. This cross-religious view of God also comports well with Meister Eckhart's exegesis of this passage in his seventy-first sermon as well as with the views of the sixth-century B.C.E. Greek philosopher Heraclitus. |
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| ISSN: | 1527-9472 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Buddhist Christian studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1390157 |