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Publication
Imprint: Bloomington, Indiana : World Wisdom, 2007. Series: Perennial Philosophy Series. Responsibility: Edited by Harry Oldmeadow. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xiii, 341 pages ; 23 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, index.
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CR / Oldme
ISBN
9781933316222
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Description: Light from the East is an anthology of writings illuminating the ways in which the modern Western world has assimilated aspects of Eastern philosophy and spirituality. It includes essays by leading traditionalist authors such as René Guénon , Ananda Coomaraswamy , and Frithjof Schuon as well as contributions from some of the pivotal figures in this intellectual and spiritual encounter. The question which underpins the anthology as a whole is what lessons the modern West might most profitably derive from the traditions of the East. Light from the East is a companion piece to Journey’s East: 20th Century Western Encounters with Eastern Religious Traditions by Harry Oldmeadow. -- from publisher
Table of Contents: Introduction by Harry Oldmeadow
I. Principles: the formal diversity and inner unity of traditions --
What can the east offer to the west? by Frithjof Schuon
Oriental metaphysics by René Guénon
The vedanta and western tradition by Ananda Coomaraswamy
A wish for harmony by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Anti-theology and the riddle of Alcyone by Whitall Perry
II. In the tracks of eastern wisdom --
The Tibetan tradition its presiding ideas by Marco Pallis
Taoism by Huston Smith
The private encounter with the master by Philip Kapleau
An introduction to Jainism by Lynna Dhanani"
Sannyasa by Swami Abhishiktananda
The absolute in mahayana Buddhism and the pure land by John Paraskevopoulos
III. Art, symbolism, and the language of silence
Hindu art by Titus Burckhardt
The Buddha figures at Polonnaruwa by Thomas Merton
Tibetan Sacred Music by Anagarika Govinda
The symbolism of the taoist garden by Jean Cooper"";
The substance of the teachings by Gustie Herrigel
Sacredness by Jean Biès
IV. Eastern light on modern predicaments
Sri Ramakrishan and religious tolerance Ananda Coomaraswamy""; ""
Who Speaks for the east? by Rama Coomaraswamy"
Some reflections on time by Aldous Huxley
Gandhi and the one-eyed giant by Thomas Merton
Hindu Cosmology and Modern Science by Ian Watson
The Imagined Community by Diana Eck.
FY2007 /
Table of Contents: Introduction by Harry Oldmeadow
I. Principles: the formal diversity and inner unity of traditions --
What can the east offer to the west? by Frithjof Schuon
Oriental metaphysics by René Guénon
The vedanta and western tradition by Ananda Coomaraswamy
A wish for harmony by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Anti-theology and the riddle of Alcyone by Whitall Perry
II. In the tracks of eastern wisdom --
The Tibetan tradition its presiding ideas by Marco Pallis
Taoism by Huston Smith
The private encounter with the master by Philip Kapleau
An introduction to Jainism by Lynna Dhanani"
Sannyasa by Swami Abhishiktananda
The absolute in mahayana Buddhism and the pure land by John Paraskevopoulos
III. Art, symbolism, and the language of silence
Hindu art by Titus Burckhardt
The Buddha figures at Polonnaruwa by Thomas Merton
Tibetan Sacred Music by Anagarika Govinda
The symbolism of the taoist garden by Jean Cooper"";
The substance of the teachings by Gustie Herrigel
Sacredness by Jean Biès
IV. Eastern light on modern predicaments
Sri Ramakrishan and religious tolerance Ananda Coomaraswamy""; ""
Who Speaks for the east? by Rama Coomaraswamy"
Some reflections on time by Aldous Huxley
Gandhi and the one-eyed giant by Thomas Merton
Hindu Cosmology and Modern Science by Ian Watson
The Imagined Community by Diana Eck.
FY2007 /
Physical description
xiii, 341 p.; 23 cm
Description
This is a collection of writings about the spiritual meeting of East and West in the modern world including articles by the Dalai Lama, Huston Smith, Frithjof Schuon, Thomas Merton, Titus Burckhardt, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Diana Eck, Gary Snyder and Aldous Huxley. Highlighting aspects of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism that have proved most attractive to Western seekers, it explores the similarities and differences between Eastern and Western traditions while emphasizing respect amongst the adherents of different faiths.
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Original language
English