{"product_id":"9780860122685","title":"Thoughts On The East","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThoughts On The East\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Thomas Merton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780860122685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Continuum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40619734401230,"sku":"9780860122685","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780860122685","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}