Two Masters Negating the Negation: A Comparative Study of Zhàozhōu Cōngshěn and Meister Eckhart

This essay is a comparative study of Zhàozhōu Cōngshěn and Meister Eckhart. I focus on how each of them achieves a negation of the negation, which is designed to more genuinely evince the Absolute. I begin with a close study of the Zen Buddhist Mu kōan, analysing some of the ways the inherent negati...

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Main Author: Williams, Duane (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2022
In: Medieval mystical theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-57
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
CB Christian life; spirituality
KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages
KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
Further subjects:B buddha-nature
B Meister Eckhart
B Zhàozhōu Cōngshěn
B Negation
B Absolute
B Nothing
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