Emptiness, Bodhisattvas, and Meister Eckhart

In assessing the Mahāyāna bodhisattva tradition, the author argues that the bodhisattva vow ought to be understood not typically as a singular heroic aim to serve all beings until all have attained Nirvana first. Rather it is universally necessary, and that there is no Nirvana without it. Further, t...

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Main Author: Feldmeier, Peter (Author)
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Published: University of Hawaii Press [2018]
In: Buddhist Christian studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 38, Pages: 187-201
Further subjects:B Buddha-nature
B divine ground
B Buddhahood
B Nirvana
B Mahāyāna
B Suchness
B Eckhart
B Prajñāpāramitā
B Bodhisattva
B Emptiness
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