num_pages: 320
description: 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. 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
language: English
title: THE MONK AND THE PHILOSOPHER: EAST MEETS WEST IN A FATHER-SON DIALOGUE
titlecomplete: THE MONK AND THE PHILOSOPHER: EAST MEETS WEST IN A FATHER-SON DIALOGUE
genres: Inspirational, Psychology, Self Help, Philosophy, Religion, Buddhism, France, Spirituality, Unfinished, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1606
publisher: Schocken Books