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The unity of mystical traditions : the transformation of consciousness in Tibetan and German mysticism / by Randall Studstill

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Studstill, Randall
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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
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1 online resource (xii, 304 pages).
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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.
Summary
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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9789047407218 (electronic bk.)
9047407210 (electronic bk.)
1433707128
9781433707124
9789004143197 (alk. paper)
900414319X (alk. paper)
1280867957
9781280867958
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and index.
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