Facing the Seeming Pointlessness of Aspirant Life: Acedia and Thīna-Middha
This study places Evagrius's exposition of the logismos of acedia alongside the Buddhist nīvaraṡa of thīna-middha (sloth-torpor). Both are considered the last obstacles to be overcome by the aspirant, and overcoming both marks the arising, respectively, of apatheia for Evagrius, and samādhi for...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2019
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Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 54, Issue: 4, Pages: 562-585 |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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Renunciation
B Accidie B Samādhi B Buddha B Buddha (The concept) B Hindrances B MEANINGLESSNESS (Philosophy) B Apatheia B Dharma B SUFFERING; Religious aspects B Evagrius B thīna-middha |
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