Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Thoughts on the East, Paperback / softback Book

Thoughts on the East Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

Out of stock

Description

The Eastern religious traditions, especially the varieties of Buddhism, were the last great passion in Thomas Merton's life.

His participation in a monastic conference in Asia led to his premature, accidental death.

He discoursed on equal terms with the Dalai Lama, and extracts from their interviews appear in this book.

The introduction brings together extracts from Merton's "Asian Journal" (Hinduism and varieties of Buddhism), and other short works on Eastern religions written in the last few years of his life.

They all combine to demonstrate the breadth of vision that is such an integral part of Merton's lasting appeal, his quest for a deeper unity underlying apparent fragmentation.

They might be regarded as steps toward the great book on monasticism that Merton might have written but never did.

As they stand, they provide Merton's essential definitions of the religions that so interested him in the last years of his life, and of which he became a skilful Western interpreter.

Information

Save 6%

£15.99

£14.89

Out of stock
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information