03472nam 2200649 a 450 991078418860332120230617042549.01-280-86795-7978661086795090-474-0721-01-4337-0712-810.1163/9789047407218(CKB)1000000000334869(EBL)280841(OCoLC)191935448(SSID)ssj0000265209(PQKBManifestationID)11217020(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265209(PQKBWorkID)10293963(PQKB)10147441(MiAaPQ)EBC280841(nllekb)BRILL9789047407218(Au-PeEL)EBL280841(CaPaEBR)ebr10171647(CaONFJC)MIL86795(EXLCZ)99100000000033486920050223d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe unity of mystical traditions[electronic resource] the transformation of consciousness in Tibetan and German mysticism /by Randall StudstillLeiden ;Boston Brill20051 online resource (320 p.)Numen book series,0169-8834 ;v. 107Description based upon print version of record.90-04-14319-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index.Preliminary Material -- A Mystical Pluralist Theory of Mysticism -- A Critique Of Constructivism -- An Alternative Methodology: A Systems Approach To Consciousness -- Doctrine and Practice in the Dzogchen Tradition -- Doctrine And Practice In German Mysticism -- Mystical Pluralism, Systems Theory, and the Unity of Mystical Traditions -- Defining ‘Mysticism’ and ‘Mystical Experience’ -- Remarks On Essentialist and Typological Approaches to Mysticism -- The Motivational Basis of Cognitive Confirmation -- Bibliography -- Index -- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series.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 traditions are interpreted using a system/cybernetic model of consciousness. This model provides a theoretical framework for assessing the cognitive effects of mystical doctrines and practices and showing how different doctrines and practices may nevertheless initiate common transformative processes. This systems approach contributes to current philosophical discourse on mysticism by (1) making possible a precise analysis of the cognitive effects of mystical doctrines and practices, and (2) reconciling mystical heterogeneity with the essential unity of mystical traditions.Studies in the history of religions ;107.MysticismComparative studiesMysticismChinaTibet Autonomous RegionMysticismGermanyMysticismMysticismMysticism248.2/2/094309023Studstill Randall1517205MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784188603321The unity of mystical traditions3754113UNINA