The Way of Chuang Tzu by Thomas Merton

The Way of Chuang Tzu by Thomas Merton

Chuang Tzu, who wrote in the fourth and third centuries B.C., is the chief authentic historical spokesman 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, paradox, satire, and shattering insight into the true ground of being. Father Merton, no stranger to Asian thought, brings a vivid, modern idiom to the timeless wisdom of Tao. Illustrated with early Chinese drawings.

"A most admirable introduction to his less known but important source book of Taoism" -- Alan Watts - New York Times Book Review

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.

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Titel	The Way of Chuang Tzu
Autor	Thomas Merton
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Erscheinungsjahr	1969-02-01
Seitenanzahl	160
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