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| Jiddu Krishnamurti and Thich Nhat Hanh on the Silence of God and the Human Condition | ||
| 作者 | Grego, Richard Forrest (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| 卷期 | v.58 n.5 Section A |
| 出版日期 | 1997 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | D.A. |
| 校院名稱 | State University of New York at Albany |
| 系所名稱 | Department of Humanistic Studies, College of Arts & Sciences |
| 畢業年度 | 1997 |
| 附註項 | 94p |
| 關鍵詞 | Philosophy; Modern History; Religious History; Peace Movement |
| 摘要 | This dissertation examines the paradoxical relation between Emptiness or Nothingness as the animating ground of existence and the possibility of meaning and morality in human experience. Specifically, it addresses contrasting perspectives on this issue in the respective philosophies of Jiddu Krishnamurti and Thich Nhat Hanh. It is asserted that, though both thinkers consider the realization of this emptiness intrinsic to a meaningful and moral life, they disagree regarding precisely how a meaningful or moral life might be lived. Both thinkers claim that the meaning of existence is ultimately ineffable but do not contend that existence is simply meaningless. In fact, both claim that meaning and moral purpose in human experience only become possible when the attempt to make meaning rationally intelligible is abandoned. The attempt to reduce life to a mere object of knowledge must be abandoned or transcended in order for life to be experienced in an "enlightened" state which is unconditioned by a critically detached knower. The paper goes on to assert, however, that Krishnamurti and Thich Nhat Hanh disagree with respect to how enlightened realization can or should manifest itself in an authentic life. They disagree with respect to how enlightened realization can or should manifest itself in an authentic life. They disagree regarding exactly how an authentic life is lived. It is argued that Krishnamurti conceived of authentic living as relatively more remote or disengaged from the corruption of egoistic or unenlightened living than does Thich Nhat Hanh, who envisions enlightened or authentic experience as radically co-extensive with unenlightened experience. This difference in perspective has been reflected in divergent attitudes toward world events and human affairs. It is concluded that Thich Nhat Hanh's attitude has been one of active engagement with the strife and suffering in world affairs, while Krishnamurti seemed to consider involvement in the turmoil of an unenlightened world to be incompatible with authentic living. Thus, Thich Nhat Hanh has been comfortable taking an active role in events such as the Vietnamese War, while Krishnamurti remained deliberately aloof from events such as World War II during his lifetime. |
| ISBN | 9780591430165 (E); 0591430169 |
| 點閱次數 | 536 |
| 建檔日期 | 2000.02.01 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.31 |
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