`Mysticism' is "the pursuit of communion with, identity with, or conscious
awareness of an ultimate reality, divinity, spiritual truth, or God,
through direct experience, intuition or insight." The International
Conference "Mysticism without Bounds" makes an attempt to explore the
"mystical consciousness" from different disciplines,like religions
(Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Sufism, Taoism, etc.),
sciences (biology, new physics, neuroscience, and logic), humanities
(philosophy, theology, spirituality, psychology, etc.), and art forms
(poetry, music, dance, visual arts and rituals).
Researches reveal that
certain common grounds do exist among the various forms of consciousness,
scattered among the world's religions, theologies, sciences, philosophies
and art forms. The discovery of such points of convergence holds out the
possibility of creating a `new worldview', and this new world view can
create an awareness of the essential `unity' of humanity. Let these
scholarly and challenging papers from different religious experiences
create an awareness among the inquisitive readers of the need of overcoming
the `bounds' of individuation and discovering the `unity' of self.
Contents
1. A Note from the Editor /
Dr. Kurian Kachappilly, CMI
2. Mystics are beyond Religions /
His Holiness Swami Paramananda
3. Dukkha - Passio: Buddhist and Christian Meanings of Suffering in the
Context of Mystical Experience /
Dr. Jakub Urbaniak
4. The Abiding Density of Light: Light and Sound Carved and Chiseled Across
the Luminous Black Light of the Islamic and Sufi Void /
Dr. Barbara A. Amodio
5. Sufi Inspired Devotional Islam in Egypt /
Dr. Emilio Giuseppe Platti
6. The Place of the Word of God in Mystical Experience /
Dr. Luke Emehiele Ijezie
7. Buddhist Epistemology of Vipassana and its Meaning /
Dr. Hoang Thi Tho
8. Mysticism without Bounds: Islamic Perspective /
Dr. Gnanapragasam Lazar, SVD
9. Mysticism and Sociability in Daoism from a Christian Point of View /
Dr. Romualdas Dulskis
10. In Quest for the Unbound: Sufi Ritual as Sacred and Secular /
Dr. Kashshaf Ghani
11. Significance of "You Have No Part with Me" in John 13:8: A Potential
Mystical Interpretation /
Sr. Bincy Mathew
12. Dialogue along Mystics' Spirituality: Models of Effective
Interreligious Dialogue in Religious Pluralistic Societies / Dr. Marinus C. Iwuchukwu
Contributors
Index of Subjects
Index of Authors
Dr. Kurian Kachappilly is the Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the
DVK, Bangalore, India; and Associate Director, Research Centre, Christ
University, Bangalore, India. He holds Master's Degrees in English
Literature and Psychology, and a Licentiate and Doctorate in Philosophy
from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He is a Visiting Fellow
at the Bangalore University, Bangalore; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(KUL), Belgium; Fakultt fr Informatik & Wirtschaftsinformatik, Wrzburg,
Germany; the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, the Philippines; and other
institutions.
He is the Executive Editor of Tattva, Journal of Philosophy, Christ
University, Bangalore; a Member of the International Advisory Board,
Process Studies, Claremont, USA; a Member of the Pontifical Organization,
Militia Christi, and a Member of the Governing Board, International Process
Network (IPN). Dr. Kachappilly is a prolific writer with several books and
many scientific articles to his credit. Some of the books include God of
Love Revisited (1998), Between Partners (1999), Word of God Retold (2001),
God of Love: A Neoclassical Inquiry (2002), God-Talk Reconstructed: An
Introduction to Philosophy of God (2006), Process: Implications and
Applications (2006), Mystic Musings in Art and Poetry: Thematic Essays from
the International Conference `Mysticism without Bounds' (2013), etc. His
major areas of research are `Indian Roots of Process Philosophy',
'Whitehead and Philosophical Doctrines of Buddhism', `Innovative
Experiments in Pedagogy', `Religion vis a vis Society', `Inquiry into
Religious Experience' and `Corporate Social Responsibility'.
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