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Eastern Thought and Spirituality
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Robert Thurman, the first Western Tibetan Buddhist monk, writes from his experiences and from a historical foundation in exploring ways to change ourselves and the world. "If we look at the rise of outer modernity through the eyes of a nonparticipant -- whether a member of the enlightenment movement or a tribesman, a Lakota warrior, a Mongolian herdsman -- it does not seem at all to be a triumph of human ingenuity or a wonderful culmination of human progress."
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Jung details the contribution that Eastern philosophy and religion can play in the West. "Science is the tool of the Western mind, and with it one can open more doors than with bare hands. It is part and parcel of our understanding, and it obscures our insight only when it claims that the understanding it conveys is the only kind there is. The East teaches us another, broader, more profound, and higher understanding -- understanding through life."
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A survey of Eastern philosophy and mysticism by one of the foremost Christian writers of the 20th century. "In reality, when we examine them [spiritual traditions] more closely, the great contemplative traditions of the East and West, while differing sometimes in their understanding of their methods, agree in thinking that by spiritual disciplines a man can radically change his life and attain to a deeper meaning, a more perfect integration, a more complete fulfillment, a more total liberty of spirit than are possible in the routines of a purely active existence centered on money-making."
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An exploration and discovery of interspirituality, the genuine spirituality that draws on the mystic core of all religions. "Interdependence is an inescapable fact of our contemporary world. Not only is it a prevailing condition that dominates international commerce, cultural exchange and scientific collaboration, it is a value that promotes stable global peace. A spiritual interdependence also exists between and among the worlds religions."
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