The Unity of Mystical Traditions, The Transformation of Consciousness in Tibetan and German Mysticism.

The Unity of Mystical Traditions, The Transformation of Consciousness in Tibetan and German Mysticism.

This book argues that mystical doctrines and practices initiate parallel transformative processes in the consciousness of mystics. This thesis is supported through a comparative analysis of Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen (rdzogs-chen) and the medieval German mysticism of Eckhart, Suso, and Tauler. These...

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Main Author: Randall Studstill

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2005.

Series: Numen Book Series 107.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

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Mysticism > Comparative studies.
Mysticism > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Mysticism > Germany.

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Call Number: BL625 .S795 2005

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