Tasǒk Yu Yǒngmo on god as nothingness

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In the East Asian philosophical traditions, the concept of nothingness has been occupying a central place. Yu Yǒngmo (1890-1981, pen name: Tasǒk hereafter Tasǒk) was one of those who accepted Christianity in the early twentieth century Korea yet incorporated its notion of God into the broad framework of nothingness. For him, God (Hananim), far from being identified with an anthropomorphic, personal being of certain supernatural properties, is closely associated with the primordial void (mu; ǒpsǔm). In other words, despite having accepted the Christian Bible as the basis of his fundamental faith he integrated its central doctrines into the ancient traditions in East Asia. As sons and daughters of God, i.e., as embodied divinity expressing True Self (cham-na) or Spiritual Self (ǒl-na), we also participate in this spiritual order of nothingness. There are thus strong Buddhist-Confucian-Daoist elements that are found in his indigenized form of Christianity. © 2019 Academia Koreana. All rights reserved.

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