Personal Emancipation Through a Comparative of Two Metaphysical Encounters: The Samaritan Woman in the New Testament, and Nachikethas in the Katha Upanishad

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D’Souza, Anil

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2023

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25

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This short essay deconstructs the idea of personal emancipation through two spiritual encounters. The first is a critical incident from the Gospel of John when the Samaritan woman encounters Jesus. The second encounter from the Katha Upanishad involves Nachikethas, the young boy who is offered to the God of Death by his father as part of his sacrificial ritual. Both themes make for a formidable argument on the quest for human redemption through the pursuit of truth and the quest for salvation. The essay integrates these two encounters with elements from eastern and western philosophical perspectives in examining individual motivation in seeking for a way out of bondage from eternal suffering.

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Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center, Creighton University

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https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/140346

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