{"product_id":"on-eastern-meditation-by-thomas-merton-9780811219945","title":"On Eastern Meditation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMerton's biographer, George Woodcock, once wrote that \"almost from the beginning of his monastic career, Thomas Merton tentatively began to discover the great Asian religions of Buddhism and Taoism.\" Merton, a longtime social justice advocate, first approached Eastern theology as an admirer of Gandhi's beliefs on non-violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough Gandhi, Merton came to know the great Hindu text the \u003cem\u003eBhagavad Gita\u003c\/em\u003e and in time came to have dialogues with the Dalai Lama and Taoist leader D. T. Suzuki. Merton then became deeply interested in Chuang Tzu and Zen thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Eastern Meditation\u003c\/em\u003e, edited by Bonnie Thurston (author of \u003cem\u003eMerton and Buddhism\u003c\/em\u003e), gathers the best of his Eastern theological writings into a gorgeously designed gift book edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597428277484,"sku":"9780811219945","price":26.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3de3912ddd2671269aef63c8280b08c9.jpg?v=1777959133","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/on-eastern-meditation-by-thomas-merton-9780811219945","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}