Free Yourself of Everything. Wolfgang Kopp

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      First English language edition published. 1994 by

      Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

      of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan, with editorial offices at

      364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759 U.S.A.

      English translation © 1994 Ansata-Verlag

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,

      stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means,

      electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise,

      without prior permission from the publisher.

      German language edition published in 1991 by

      Ansata-Verlag, Interlaken,© 1991 Wolfgang Kopp

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Kopp, Wolfgang, 1938-

      [Befreit euch von allem. English]

      Free yourself of everything : radical guidance in the spirit of Zen and Christian mysticism I by Wolfgang Kopp ; translated from the German by Barbara Wittenberg-Hasenauer.

      p. cm.

       1. Spiritual life—Zen Buddhism. 2. Mysticism—Comparative studies. 3. Zen Buddism—Relations—Christianity. 4. Christianity and other religions—Zen Buddhism. I. Title.

      BQ9268.6.K6614 1994

       294.3'444—dc20

       94-7393

       CIP

      ISBN 978-1-4629-0134-0

      Text design by Jill Winitzer

      First Edition

       3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4

       (TP)

      Printed in the United States of America

      Contents

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE xi
FOREWORD xiii
Chapter One
THE UNIVERSALITY OF THE MIND 1
The World Is an Illusion 1
The Illusion of Multiplicity 4
The Mind-The Source of Everything 7
Chapter Two
THE DEPERSONIFICATION OF THE PERSONALITY 9
The Teaching of the Skandhas 9
The Teaching of Anatman 11
I Am That I Am 14
Chapter Three
THE WAY TO LIBERATION 17
The Consistency of the Spiritual Way 17
The Cheerfulness of the Soul 19
The World as Our Reflection 23
Turning to the Divine 24
The Noble Truth of Suffering 27
The Deceptive Nature of Phenomena 30
Radical Letting Go 31
Chapter Four
FROM AN IMAGINED GOD TO A NAMELESS DIVINITY 35
It Is for Your Good That I Go Away 35
Liberation From Signs and Symbols 37
The Inexpressible Divine Reality 39
The Finger Is Not the Moon 41
Birth and Death 44
Chapter Five
THE WAY OF ACTIVE MEDITATION 47
Longing for a Direct Experience of God 47
The Mystery Beyond the Scriptures 48
The Prayer of Silence 50
The Pitfall of the Dead Void 52
Active Meditation 55
Meditation Practice 58
Grace and Surrender 59
Beyond Life and Death 62
At the Moment of Death 66
Chapter Six
CRUCIFIXION AND TRANSFORMATION 71
The Misunderstood Crucifixion

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