The Way of Chuang Tzu
by Merton, Thomas; Preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- As New with No dust jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0811218511
- ISBN 13
- 9780811218511
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: New Directions Publishing Corporation. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1997. First Edition. First Printing. Soft Cover. 0811218511 . Publisher's printed card wraps. Illustrated with B&W drawings. Working from existing translations, Thomas Merton composed a series of his own versions of the classic sayings of Chuang Tzu, the most spiritual of Chinese philosophers. Chuang Tzu, who wrote in the fourth and third centuries BCE., is the chief authentic historical spokesperson for Taoism and its founder Lao Tzu. 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 and paradox and shattering insights into the true ground of being. Thomas Merton, no stranger to Asian thought, brings a vivid, modern idiom to the timeless wisdom of Tao. Classic writings from the great Zen master in exquisite versions by Thomas Merton, in a new edition with a preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. B&W drawings. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 159 pp .
Synopsis
Thomas Merton (1915–1968) was a Trappist monk, spiritual director, political activist, social critic, and one of the most-read spiritual writers of the twentieth century. He is the author of many books, including The Seven Storey Mountain .
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- Seller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 28960
- Title
- The Way of Chuang Tzu
- Author
- Merton, Thomas; Preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Format/Binding
- Soft Cover
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0811218511
- ISBN 13
- 9780811218511
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 0811218511, Religion, Dalai Lama, Spirituality, Eastern Religions, taoism, Zen Buddhism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion & Mythology; Philosophy & Social Sciences;
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