Religion: An Evolutionary View

..., we have John of the Cross and Eckhardt; in Protestantism Jakob Boehme; in Judaism the Baal Shem Tov; in Islam Ibn Arabi and Rumi; in Hinduism Ramana Maharshi and Ramakrishna; in Buddhism Padmasambhava and Bankei. One could go on and on. But what is it that these individuals have in common? They share a certain view, a certain spiritual orientation that centers on the following question: What is ...

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Zen Koans pt.2

Right and Wrong When Bankei held his seclusion-weeks of meditation, pupils from ... caught stealing. The matter was reported to Bankei with the request that the culprit be expelled. Bankei ignored the case. Later the pupil was caught in a similar act, and again bankei disregarded the matter. this angered the other ... they would leave in a body. When bankei had read the petition he called everyone ...

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