Impersonal Compassion

The Beshara Trust

Impersonal Compassion 
The Distinction between Non-theistic and Theistic Spirituality according to Ibn ‘Arabi  
With Avi Abadi
 
While Buddhism embraces the concepts of the inexpressible and of compassion as the quality that alleviates suffering, it does not address the matter of the Compassionate as <A HREF="http://www.ibnarabisociety.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Ibn 'Arabi" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ibn ‘Arabi</A> presents it: the Single Being who, due to His mercy, lends existence to the infinity latent in His Essence. 
It is perhaps all too easy to identify the Buddhist ‘inexpressible’ with what Ibn ‘Arabi means by ‘the Essence’. Hence the question arises whether the distinction between non-theistic and theistic spirituality is just a matter of semantics rather than one of significant difference. 
 
The seminar aims to explore this question with some relevant film clips, with reference to the approach of Ibn 'Arabi. 
Refreshments supplied.
Avi Abadi has been a student of the work of Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi<A HREF="http://www.chisholme.org/resources/muhyiddin-ibn-arabi.html" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></A> for many years. For several years he was the Director of Studies at the <A HREF="https://www.chisholme.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Chisholme Institute" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chisholme Institute</A>. He has presented several seminars for the Beshara Trust, and in 2018 gave the Beshara Lecture.
(Painting by <A HREF="https://www.tibetanart.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Robert Beer" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Robert Beer</A>)<A HREF="https://www.tibetanart.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Robert Beer" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></A>

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