Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Paradoxes and dilemmas on the spiritual path
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| ISBN: | 9781939681959
1939681952
9781939681966
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references.
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| Summary: | "The term "spiritual transmission" refers to the passing of the state of enlightenment from teacher to student, which takes place in many spiritual traditions. In itself, the transmission is synonymous with the experience of enlightenment. But the fact that the student's experience is rooted in a relationship with a human teacher who is perceived to possess absolute knowledge lends the experience much of its intrinsic, yet hidden, nature. Following the breakup of his 21-year relationship with his own spiritual teacher, Amir Freimann launched a quest to discover the deeper realities of the student teacher relationship, logging over 1,000 hours of interviews with students and teachers. These interviews reveal the promises and perils of the guru-to-student relationship and explore hot-button topics such as the differences and similarities between therapists and gurus; the role of trust vs. rationality in the spiritual quest; and how money, power and sex are dealt with during the course of a student's training." -- From Amazon.com summary.
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| Other form: | Online version: Freimann, Amir, 1958- author. Spiritual transmission Rhinebeck, New York : Monkfish Book Publishing Company, 2018 9781939681966
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