?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Comparative+Religion%3A+Correspondences+Between+Jewish+Mysticism+and+Indian+Religion+-+Philosophy.+Some+Significant+Relations+to+Science&rft.creator=Randrup%2C+Dr.+Axel&rft.creator=Bagchi%2C+Dr.+Tista&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.description=In+the+literature+we+have+found+correspondence+of+several+significant+traits+of+Jewish+mysticism+with+traits+of+Buddhism+and+other+systems+of+Indian+religion-philosophy.+Among+the+corresponding+traits+is+the+fundamental+idea+of+emptiness+or+nothingness%2C+shuunyataa+in+Sanskrit%2C+ayin+in+Hebrew.+Also+corresponding+are+attempts+to+harmonize+the+idea+and+experience+of+emptiness+with+fullness%2C+and+with+the+experience+of+the+secular+world+with+its+many+things+and+concepts.+We+list+eight+significant+traits+of+Jewish+mysticism%2C+which+we+find+correspond+with+traits+of+Indian+religion-philosophies.+We+also+discuss+some+important+relations+of+these+Indian+and+Jewish+belief+systems+with+modern+science.+We+contend%2C+that+natural+science+is+built+on+spontaneous+sensory+experiences%3B+on+this+basis+concepts+and+theories+are+constructed.+Likewise+we+think%2C+that+spiritual+experiences+occur+spontaneously+and+contribute+to+the+basis+of+religious%2C+mystic+and+some+philosophical+belief+systems.+We+thus+think%2C+there+are+important+parallels+between+scientific+and+spiritual+cognition.%0AKey+words%3A+Comparative+religion%3B+Emptiness%2Ffullness%3B+nothingness%3B+God%3B+compassion%3B+reincarnation%3B+cognition%2C+scientific+spiritual%3B+spiritual+experiences%3B+Buddhism.%0A&rft.date=2006-03&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4796%2F1%2Findianjewish.html&rft.identifier=++Randrup%2C+Dr.+Axel+and+Bagchi%2C+Dr.+Tista++(2006)+Comparative+Religion%3A+Correspondences+Between+Jewish+Mysticism+and+Indian+Religion+-+Philosophy.+Some+Significant+Relations+to+Science.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4796%2F