"Nada vs sunyata". The Notion of Emptiness in John of the Cross and in Zen Buddhism

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dc.contributor.authorNiziński, Rafał Sergiusz
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T11:59:21Z
dc.date.available2022-10-05T11:59:21Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIt is not seldom that some authors try to compare the doctrine of Zen Buddhism with the doctrine of Saint John of the Cross with the intention of finding some parallels. The most striking similarity seems to be the term “emptiness” (nada – John of the Cross and sunyata – Zen Buddhism). The difficulty of the comparison stems from the fact that in both cases this term has an experiential meaning, i.e. it describes subjective feelings one has while following the spiritual path. Therefore, the intent of the paper is to capture the metaphysical and epistemological meaning of this term in order to facilitate the comparison. This effort has led to the conclusion that in both doctrines the essentially different meaning of emptiness reflects their different understanding of the ultimate reality. Consequently, meditational techniques which both forms of spirituality adopted to achieve the ultimate reality exclude each other, and the semantic proximity of Zen Buddhism and John of the Cross is misleading.pl
dc.identifier.citation"Verbum Vitae", 2022, T. 40, nr 2, s. 423-445pl
dc.identifier.doi10.31743/vv.13271
dc.identifier.issn1644-8561
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/3749
dc.language.isoenpl
dc.publisherWydawnictwo KULpl
dc.rightsUznanie autorstwa-Użycie niekomercyjne-Bez utworów zależnych 3.0 Polska*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/*
dc.subjectGodpl
dc.subjectultimate realitypl
dc.subjectcontemplationpl
dc.subjectnothingnesspl
dc.subjectmystical experiencepl
dc.subjectZen Buddhismpl
dc.subjectJohn of the Crosspl
dc.title"Nada vs sunyata". The Notion of Emptiness in John of the Cross and in Zen Buddhismpl
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlepl
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