Meister Eckhart
1260-1327Meister Eckhart was one of the great Christian mystics. He was born near Erfurt in Thuringia and in his distinguished career became Professor of Theology in Paris and took a leading pastoral and organizational role in the Dominican Order. In the language of Christian tradition Eckhart expounds his message of liberation and detachment in a style that is fresh and original in the best sense, and through his vivid use of imagery paradoxically directs us always to that which is beyond image. His work is valued by students from all religious backgrounds and none; the depth and universality of his teaching make him a natural point of reference for a genuine understanding of the wider ecumenism.
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1924 - 1992 |
After graduating from Jesus College Oxford, and military service in India, Pierre Houédard entered the Benedictine monastary Prinknash Abbey in 1949. He was ordained as a priest in 1959. He contributed to the translation of the Jerusalem Bible. In the 1960s he became well known as a concrete poet, and also, through his interest in other monastic traditions, developed relations with Tibetan lamas newly arrived in Britain. His contact with Beshara began in 1974. The talks on which Commentaries on Meister Eckhart Sermons are based were delivered at the Beshara centre at Frilford in 1990. He was an honorary fellow of the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society and a founder member of the Eckhart Society.