Meditation and Hesychasm - a Transdisciplinary Approach
Adrian-Neculai Lăcătuș
Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Philosophy & Humanistic Sciences December 28, 2020 DOI: 10.18662/lumenphs/8.2/48 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | Argues that hesychasm, the contemplative ascetic tradition of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, represents one enduring way of approaching the divine, and that comparable ascetic states have appeared across nearly all religious traditions and continue today, especially on Mount Athos. The paper's contribution is a theoretical analysis of asceticism developed through parallels between hesychasm and other religious doctrines. |
Abstract
Throughout the historical ages, man has sought to approach the Divinity in various ways: through fasting, prayer, meditation, etc. The states of asceticism reached by the Holy Fathers have remained a testimony and persist over the centuries. Not only in Christianity have such states been obtained, but in almost all religious traditions. Nowadays, man has not given up his relationship with God and certain practices are still perpetuated today, especially in the Holy Mount Athos. In this paper we will mainly address the hesychasm, but we will also draw a number of parallels with other religious doctrines in order to make a theoretical analysis of asceticism.
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