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Beyond enacted experiences
- Author(s):
- Amod Lele (see profile)
- Date:
- 2012
- Group(s):
- Buddhist Studies, Philosophy
- Subject(s):
- Philosophy, Comparative, Religions, Consciousness, Mysticism
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Integral Theory, Ken Wilber, mystical experience, tradition, Comparative philosophy, Comparative religion
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6C589
- Abstract:
- Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory insists that valid knowledge must be derived from paradigms: sets of injunctions and social practices that lead to replicable experiences. Wilber claims that the theory still includes the essentials of premodern traditions, because the essentials of those traditions consist of a phenomenological core of practices leading to mystical experience. Drawing on the works of Robert Sharf and Wilhelm Halbfass and on close readings of primary texts, this article argues that mystical paradigms of replicable experience are not in fact the essentials of these traditions—neither for the majority of practitioners, nor even for their revered teachers or masters. Its conclusion discusses the implications of this point for constructive integral work.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Publisher:
- Metaintegral Foundation
- Pub. Date:
- 2012
- Journal:
- Journal of Integral Theory and Practice
- Volume:
- 7
- Issue:
- 2
- Page Range:
- 72 - 87
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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