New PDF release: Light from the East: Eastern Wisdom for the Modern West

By Harry Oldmeadow

ISBN-10: 1933316225

ISBN-13: 9781933316222

it is a selection of writings concerning the non secular assembly of East and West within the smooth international together with articles by means of the Dalai Lama, Huston Smith, Frithjof Schuon, Thomas Merton, Titus Burckhardt, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Diana Eck, Gary Snyder and Aldous Huxley. Highlighting features of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism that experience proved most fascinating to Western seekers, it explores the similarities and alterations among jap and Western traditions whereas emphasizing appreciate among the adherents of alternative faiths.

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