Paths to Transcendence According to Shankara,

In our day when there is much strife between factions, this work illuminates the theme of transcendence as understood by the saints of the religious traditions: Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity.

Preface

ix

Introduction

xi

Shankara: Tat tvam asi

1

(68)

Doctrine of the Transcendent Absolute

2

(10)

Designations and Definitions of the Absolute

2

(6)

Being and Transcendence

8

(4)

The Spiritual Ascent

12

(41)

The Role of Scripture

13

(4)

Action

17

(4)

Rites and Knowledge

21

(3)

Meditation

24

(4)

Concentration and Interiorization

28

(8)

Moksa

36

(17)

Existential ``Return''

53

(16)

The Mind

54

(2)

``All is Brahman''

56

(3)

Action and Prarabdha Karma

59

(4)

Suffering and the Jivan-Mukta

63

(2)

Devotion

65

(4)

IBN ARABI: La ilaha illa'Llah

69

(62)

Doctrine of the Transcendent Absolute

71

(8)

Doctrine as Seed or Fruit?

71

(4)

Unity and Multiplicity

75

(4)

The Spiritual Ascent

79

(26)

Sainthood and Prophethood

79

(8)

Ontological Status of the Vision of God

87

(5)

Fana'

92

(13)

Existential ``Return''

105

(13)

Poverty and Servitude

105

(6)

``The People of Blame''

111

(2)

Theophany: Witnessing God's ``Withness''

113

(3)

The Heart and Creation

116

(2)

Transcendence and Universality

118

(13)

Meister Eckhart: The Geburt

131

(62)

Doctrine of the Transcendent Absolute

132

(10)

Beyond the Notion of God

132

(3)

From God to Godhead

135

(7)

The Spiritual Ascent

142

(30)

Virtue and Transcendence

142

(10)

Unitive Concentration, Raptus, and the Birth

152

(8)

Intellect and Grace

160

(12)

Existential ``Return''

172

(21)

Thought and Action in the World

173

(2)

Seeing God Everywhere

175

(3)

The Saint and Suffering

178

(4)

Poverty

182

(11)

The Realization of Transcendence: Essential Elements of Commonality

193

(28)

Doctrines of Transcendence

193

(5)

Dogma and Beyond

193

(3)

One Absolute or Three?

196

(2)

The Spiritual Ascent

198

(13)

Virtue

198

(1)

Ritual and Action

198

(2)

Methods of Ascent

200

(3)

Bliss and Transcendence

203

(2)

Transcendent Union

205

(2)

Agency in Transcendent Realization

207

(4)

Grace

211

(1)

Existential ``Return''

211

(10)

Poverty

211

(3)

Existence and Suffering

214

(3)

Devotion and Praise

217

(1)

Vision of God in the World

218

(3)

EPILOGUE --- RELIGION AND TRANSCENDENCE

221

(8)

APPENDIX --- AGAINST THE REDUCTION OF TRANSCENDENCE: A Critical Appraisal of Recent Academic Approaches to Mystical Experience

229

(24)

Part I: Against Reductionist Epistemology: Katz and ``Contextualism''

229

(8)

Part II: Against Reductionist Experience: Forman's ``Pure Consciousness Event''

237

(4)

Part III: Against Reductive Typologies: Stace, Zaehner, and Smart

241

(7)

1. Stace and The ``Universal Core''

241

(2)

2. Zaehner: ``Monism'' vs. ``Theism''

243

(2)

3. Smart: The ``Numinous'' vs. the ``Mystical''; ``Union'' vs. ``Identity''

245

(3)

Part IV: Against Reductive Universalism: Staal and Huxley

248

(5)

Bibliography

253

(4)

Biographical Note

257

(2)

Index

259

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