The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2453 page)

Jain text revered by both
vet
mbaras and
Digambaras
. It is attributed to
Um
sv
mi
(also Um
sv
ti,
c.
2nd cent. CE?), and consists of ten chs. of 357 sutras, expounding the seven
tattvas
(principles). It is said that ‘there is no Jaina doctrine or dogma which is not expressed or implied in these aphorisms’ (K. B. Jindal), and it is recited daily in many temples.

 
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Major text written by
K'ang Yu-wei
while in seclusion on Mount Hsi Chao Shan, 1884–5, though not published until 1901. It is an eclectic work, drawing on all resources which point to the abolition of social and labour divisions, so that (echoing Confucius), ‘the world may become a common state’.

 
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(
c.
1300–61).
German Christian mystic. He became a
Dominican
at Strasbourg in 1315 where he probably came under the influence of Meister
Eckhart
and
Henry Suso
. Famous as a preacher and director, especially of nuns, he became still more popular because of his devotion to the sick during the Black Death. His mystical doctrine, found mainly in his sermons, is firmly grounded in
Thomism
, and concentrates on the practical consequences of God's indwelling, manifest particularly in humility and abandonment to the will of God.

 
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