The Dynamics of the Will in Buddhist and Christian Practice
Document Type
Article
Source
Buddhist-Christian Studies
Volume
4
Page Range
51
Publication Date
1984
Department
Religion and Philosophy
Abstract
"The task of this paper is to suggest that the will-dynamics educed by Buddhist and Christian contemplative paths share fundamental structural similarities, a hypothesis which, if true, lends support to the notion of a psychologia perennis. The contemplative dimensions of Buddhism and Christianity, we will suggest, possess formally similar strategies for the attunement of the human will to its source in the Real, and attunement and dynamic balance in which both Buddhist and Christian contemplatives discover the salvation they seek." ~ from the article
Rights
Copyright © 1984 the East-West Religious Project, University of Hawaii. Reproduced with permission.
Publisher Statement
Originally published as: Novak, P. (1984). The dynamics of the will in Buddhisht and Christian practice. Buddhist-Christian Studies, 4. 51 - 72. http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/t3-buddhist-christian-studies.aspx