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The Way of Chuang Tzu
Thomas Merton
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Description for The Way of Chuang Tzu
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRKN5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
Working from existing translations, Thomas Merton composed a series of his own versions of the classic sayings of Chuang Tzu, the most spiritual of Chinese philosophers. Chuang Tzu, who wrote in the fourth and third centuries B.C., is the chief authentic historical spokesperson for Taoism and its founder Lao Tzu (a legendary character known largely through Chuang Tzu’s writings). Indeed it was because of Chuang Tzu and the other Taoist sages that Indian Buddhism was transformed, in China, into the unique vehicle we now call by its Japanese name—Zen.
The Chinese sage abounds in wit and paradox ... Read more
Working from existing translations, Thomas Merton composed a series of his own versions of the classic sayings of Chuang Tzu, the most spiritual of Chinese philosophers. Chuang Tzu, who wrote in the fourth and third centuries B.C., is the chief authentic historical spokesperson for Taoism and its founder Lao Tzu (a legendary character known largely through Chuang Tzu’s writings). Indeed it was because of Chuang Tzu and the other Taoist sages that Indian Buddhism was transformed, in China, into the unique vehicle we now call by its Japanese name—Zen.
The Chinese sage abounds in wit and paradox ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
159
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780811218511
SKU
V9780811218511
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About Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) entered the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, following his conversion to Catholicism and was ordained in 1949. During the 1960s, he was increasingly drawn into a dialogue between Eastern and Western religions and was actively engaged with domestic issues of war and racism. His Holiness The Dalai Lama is both the head of State and the ... Read more
Reviews for The Way of Chuang Tzu
"A most admirable introduction to this less known but important source book of Taoism."
Alan Watts - The New York Times Book Review "Thomas Merton is the saintly man who caused the Dalai Lama to come to admire Christianity as the equal of his beloved Buddhism."
Robert Thurman "Merton is an artist, a Zen."
Thich Nhat Hanh ... Read more
Alan Watts - The New York Times Book Review "Thomas Merton is the saintly man who caused the Dalai Lama to come to admire Christianity as the equal of his beloved Buddhism."
Robert Thurman "Merton is an artist, a Zen."
Thich Nhat Hanh ... Read more