The unity of mystical traditions : the transformation of consciousness in Tibetan and German mysticism / by Randall Studstill.
Material type: TextSeries: Studies in the history of religions ; 107.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 304 pages)Content type:- text
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- 9789047407218
- 9047407210
- 1433707128
- 9781433707124
- 9789004143197
- 900414319X
- 1280867957
- 9781280867958
- Mysticism -- Comparative studies
- Mysticism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
- Mysticism -- Germany
- Mysticisme -- Études comparatives
- Mysticisme -- Chine -- China -- Tibet
- Mysticisme -- Allemagne
- Mysticisme -- Chine -- Région autonome du Tibet
- RELIGION -- Mysticism
- Mysticism
- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
- Germany
- Mystiek
- Rdzogs-chen
- Bewustzijn
- 248.2/2/094309023 22
- BL625 .S795 2005eb
- 11.09
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and index.
Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction: A Mystical Pluralist Theory of Mysticism; Chapter Two A Critique Of Constructivism; Chapter Three An Alternative Methodology: A Systems Approach To Consciousness; Chapter Four Doctrine and Practice in the Dzogchen Tradition; Chapter Five Doctrine And Practice In German Mysticism; Chapter Six Mystical Pluralism, Systems Theory, and the Unity of Mystical Traditions; Appendix A Defining 'Mysticism' and 'Mystical Experience'; Appendix B Remarks On Essentialist and Typological Approaches to Mysticism.
The book supports an ecumenical theory of mysticism through a comparative analysis of Tibetan Dzogchen and German mysticism. Using a systems model of consciousness as an interpretive framework, it shows how the distinct doctrines and practices of these two traditions function in parallal, equally transformative ways.
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