The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life - Hardcover

Ricard, Matthieu; Revel, Jean-Francois

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805241620 ISBN 13: 9780805241624

Verlag: Schocken Books, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Revel Jean Francois Ricard Matthieu

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Reseña del editor:

Discuss consciousness, free will, the value of progress, the causes of war, and ways to approach living

Nota de la solapa:

s-Revel, a pillar of French intellectual life in our time, became world famous for his challenges to both Communism and Christianity. Twenty-seven years ago, his son, Matthieu Ricard, gave up a promising career as a scientist to study Tibetan Buddhism -- not as a detached observer but by immersing himself in its practice under the guidance of its greatest living masters.

Meeting in an inn overlooking Katmandu, these two profoundly thoughtful men explored the questions that have occupied humankind throughout its history. Does life have meaning? What is consciousness? Is man free? What is the value of scientific and material progress? Why is there suffering, war, and hatred? Their conversation is not merely abstract: they ask each other questions about ethics, rights, and responsibilities, about knowledge and belief, and they discuss frankly the differences in the way each has tried to make sense of his life.

Utterly absorbing, inspiring, and accessible, this remarkable dialogu

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• Verlag: Schocken Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0805241620
• ISBN 13: 9780805241624
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 310