Light from the East: Eastern Wisdom for the Modern West by Harry Oldmeadow

By Harry Oldmeadow

this can be a choice of writings in regards to the non secular assembly of East and West within the glossy global together with articles via the Dalai Lama, Huston Smith, Frithjof Schuon, Thomas Merton, Titus Burckhardt, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Diana Eck, Gary Snyder and Aldous Huxley. Highlighting points of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism that experience proved most fascinating to Western seekers, it explores the similarities and variations among jap and Western traditions whereas emphasizing appreciate among the adherents of other faiths.

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