The Huston Smith ReaderUniversity of California Press, 26 mrt 2012 - 256 pagina's “I read Huston Smith’s The World’s Religions as a teenager. It was the most influential event in my life. He has shaped my thinking, my lifelong quest, and guided me to where I am today. The Huston Smith Reader will enlighten you, delight you, and expand your awareness. I intend to carry this book with me wherever I go.”—Deepak Chopra, author of War of the Worldviews “Huston Smith approaches religion with the wisdom of a philosopher and the wonder of a child. He looks for similarities that unite, not differences that divide. He comes armed with knowledge and blessed with understanding."—Don Lattin, author of The Harvard Psychedelic Club "This remarkable book by the beloved scholar-practitioner Huston Smith has the depth and breadth of no other. It is wise and full of insight, at times funny, at times poignant. Manifesting both lived and living wisdom, the book's power, beauty, and courage will take the reader into the heart of the world's religions."—Joan Halifax, Founding Abbot, Upaya Zen Center “No one in our time, neither Martin Buber nor Elie Wiesel, neither Karen Armstrong nor Simone Weil, has made a greater contribution to our understanding of religion and spirituality than Huston Smith. We are privileged to live in his era, not only for his books and films, but for his emphasis on gleaning the wisdom from ancient traditions, and the example he has afforded the rest of us in practicing what he preaches, thus illuminating for us what it means to have a lived-in philosophy of the religious life. In turn, this book affords us the widest and most penetrating range of insights yet published into the mind and heart of this great teacher.”—Phil Cousineau, editor of The Way Things Are: Huston Smith on the Spiritual Life and author of The Art of Pilgrimage "Huston Smith's words serve me well in traversing my spiritual path."—Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now |
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The Way Things are | 13 |
two Kinds of teaching | 31 |
The Sacred Dimensions of Everyday life | 40 |
light | 53 |
Empirical Metaphysics | 68 |
My Three other Religions | 77 |
Explaining Fundamentalism | 96 |
on native american Religion | 104 |
Book Four The Big Picture | 149 |
on opening the Eye of the Heart | 151 |
Do Drugs Have Religious import? | 162 |
The levels of Reality | 172 |
The levels of Selfhood | 186 |
Western Philosophy as a Great Religion | 205 |
Book Five Return to the Personal | 219 |
Encountering God | 221 |
Three Ways of Relating to the World Three Geographies Three Religious traditions | 112 |
a Japanese Sense of the Sacred | 125 |
The Spiritual Heritage of india | 127 |
The importance of the Buddha | 131 |
tibetan Chanting | 135 |
The Relevance of the Great Religions for the Modern World | 140 |
Reflections upon turning ninety | 223 |
The Sacred Unconscious | 229 |
The Man Who Took Religion Seriously Huston Smith in Context Dana Sawyer | 237 |
Works by Huston Smith | 247 |
Credits | 255 |
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