Huston Smith
Born
in Suzhou, China
May 31, 1919
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The World's Religions
44 editions
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1958
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Buddhism: A Concise Introduction
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18 editions
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1958
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Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief
12 editions
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2000
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The Religions of Man
11 editions
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1958
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Tales of Wonder: Adventures Chasing the Divine, an Autobiography
13 editions
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2008
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Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals
4 editions
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2000
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Forgotten Truth: The Common Vision of the World's Religions
4 editions
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1992
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The Soul of Christianity: Restoring the Great Tradition
8 editions
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2005
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Islam: A Concise Introduction
11 editions
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1958
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Beyond the Post-Modern Mind: The Place of Meaning in a Global Civilization
7 editions
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1982
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“Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size of a gift, it is its quality and the amount of mental attachment you overcome that count. So don't bankrupt yourself on a momentary positive impulse, only to regret it later. Give thought to giving. Give small things, carefully, and observe the mental processes going along with the act of releasing the little thing you liked. (53)
(Quote is actually Robert A F Thurman but Huston Smith, who only wrote the introduction to my edition, seems to be given full credit for this text.)”
― Tibetan Book of the Dead
(Quote is actually Robert A F Thurman but Huston Smith, who only wrote the introduction to my edition, seems to be given full credit for this text.)”
― Tibetan Book of the Dead
“Love is the movement within life that carries us, that enables us, that causes us to break out of what Alan Watts calls the “skin-encapsulated ego.” Without love, we are self-centered, but love enables us to move the center of our lives outside our ego. Therefore it expands our lives and, needless to say, enriches it. Any human being would give anything to love or be loved. When it really happens, it is like heaven on earth.”
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“The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.”
― Beyond the Post-Modern Mind: The Place of Meaning in a Global Civilization
― Beyond the Post-Modern Mind: The Place of Meaning in a Global Civilization
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