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

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  • Matthieu Ricard
  • Author:  Matthieu Ricard
  • Year: 25-02-2005
  • Translator from French: Svetlana Ivanova
  • Availability:  Out Of Stock
  • Product Code:  88-01
  • SKU: 13.0089
  • ISBN: 954-321-041-1

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Jean Francois-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 dialogue engages East with West, ideas with life, and science with the humanities, providing wisdom on how to enrich the way we live our lives.

About the Author

Matthieu Ricard

Matthieu Ricard

Matthieu Ricard (born 15 February 1946) is a French writer and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal. Matthieu Ricard grew up among the personalities and ideas of ... Read more

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Tags: Buddhism, Figures, Eastern Wisdom & Philosophy, Eastern Philosophy, Philosophical Researches

Specification
Year 25-02-2005
Translator from French: Svetlana Ivanova
Pages 384
Size 140/215 мм
Weight 0.38 kg
Cover Type Paperback
Genre Buddhism, Figures, Eastern Wisdom & Philosophy, Eastern Philosophy, Philosophical Researches

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