Meditation and Piety in the Far East

by Karl Ludwig Reichelt

Book cover: Meditation and Piety in the Far East

Extent: 172 pages

Publisher: James Clarke & Co

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Classics Religion Asia

Language: English

Paperback (No longer our product)

(February 2004)

ISBN: 9780227172353

5.47 x 8.46 inches

Price: $40.00

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The result of more than forty years of intimate contact with the ‘religious elite’ of the Far East, Dr. Reichelt’s book is a study of a too-often remote and unknown world. For the western reader this study reveals the life of the East Asia religious communities, their sanctuaries, sacred writings and daily discipline. These non-Christian religions present a massive front of tradition and dogma, which so far the Christian faith has rarely penetrated. This engaging book is comprehensive in its scope. The author examines the meditation traditions of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and Yoga in detail, drawing on his first-hand experiences. Karl Ludvig Reichelt was one of the few gifted interpreters of the East to the West, who knew the mind of the East Asia religions, and had the respect of their leaders.

  • By (author) Karl Ludwig Reichelt