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Bellini, Francesco.

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The role of humor in the transmission of Hindu, Zen and Sufi traditions.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The role of humor in the transmission of Hindu, Zen and Sufi traditions./
Author:	Bellini, Francesco.
Description:	320 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-03, Section: A, page: 0967.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-03A.
Subject:	Religion, General. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3126434
ISBN:	0496737198

The role of humor in the transmission of Hindu, Zen and Sufi traditions.
Bellini, Francesco.

The role of humor in the transmission of Hindu, Zen and Sufi traditions. - 320 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-03, Section: A, page: 0967.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--California Institute of Integral Studies, 2004.

Humor is one of the most neglected aspects in the study of the wisdom traditions of the world, and yet my personal experience with reputable teachers of Siddha Yoga, Zen and Sufism revealed that humor is a mode commonly used to convey spiritual wisdom. My research on the ontological and epistemological aspects of spiritual humor, its incidence in ancient as well as modern teachings, coupled with interviews on the subject has confirmed to me that: (A) Each wisdom tradition regards spiritual humor positively and has left scores of textual records to demonstrate its importance. Humor is undoubtedly a viable didactical tool in the hands of a skillful spiritual teacher. (B) Humor can be a powerful catalyst of spiritual evolution in the individual: It implies finding pleasure in the incongruous and paradoxical, fundamental elements of mystical knowledge and it provokes the kind of opening necessary for spiritual transformation. (C) Humor is a natural consequence of true spiritual knowledge: the master is humorous because he/she has unshakable faith and limitless insight. The clarity and creativity intrinsic in the attainment of spiritual knowledge give both the cosmic as well as the comic vision. (D) Humor is an antidote for stringent religious views: it implies the acceptance of an alternative. Today more than ever has become necessary to find methods of reconciliation and dialogue between world religions. Humor may be one of the shared values we can use as common ground for dialogue.

ISBN: 0496737198Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017453
Religion, General.

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