Title: Purity of heart and contemplation : a monastic dialogue between Christian and Asian traditions /
Authors: Barnhart, Bruno, 1931-; Huang, Yuese
Publisher: Continuum,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Monastic and religious life Comparative studies.; Asceticism Comparative studies.; Contemplation Comparative studies.
Contents: Part 1. Hinduism. Regaining the lost kingdom: purity and meditation in the Hindu spiritual tradition / Pravrajika Vrajaprana -- Heart yoga: a comparison of two texts, Pratyabhijna-hridayam (Kashmir, eleventh century) and Kaivalya-darsanam (West Bengal, nineteenth century) / Thomas Matus, O.S.B. Cam. -- The space in the lotus of the heart: the anthropological spirit in the writings of Bede Griffiths / Cyprian Consiglio, O.S.B. Cam. -- Part 2. Buddhism. A. Chan -- Glistening frost and cooking sand: unalterable aspects of purity in Chan Buddhist meditation / Martin J. Verhoeven -- Cleansing the heart: Buddhist bowing as contemplation / Rev. Heng Sure -- The historical Hai-neng, the sixth patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, in dialogue with the unknown author of The cloud of unknowing / Nicholas Koss, O.S.B. -- B. Zen -- Zen and the impurity of purity / Francis H. Cook -- Zazen: a path from judgment to love / William Skudlarek, O.S.B. -- Sacred fools and monastic rules: Zen rule-bending and the training for pure hearts / Rev. Taigen Dan Leighton -- Doubt and breakthrough in the desert fathers / Kevin Hunt, O.C.S.O.