Huston Smith, the man who brought the world's religions to the
West, was born almost a century ago to missionary parents in China
during the perilous rise of the Communist Party. Smith's lifelong
spiritual journey brought him face-to-face with many of the people
who shaped the twentieth century. His extraordinary travels around
the globe have taken him to the world's holiest places, where he
has practiced religion with many of the great spiritual leaders of
our time.
Smith's life is a story of uncanny synchronicity. He was there
for pivotal moments in human history such as the founding of the
United Nations and the student uprising at Tiananmen Square. As he
traveled the world he encountered thinkers who shaped the twentieth
century. He interviewed Eleanor Roosevelt on the radio; invited
Martin Luther King Jr. to speak at an all-white university before
the March on Washington; shared ideas with Thomas Merton on his
last plane ride before Merton's death in Bangkok; and was rescued
while lost in the Serengeti by Masai warriors who took him to the
compound of world-renowned anthropologists Louis and Mary
Leaky.
In search of intellectual and spiritual treasures, Smith
traveled to India to meet with Mother Teresa and befriended the
Dalai Lama; he studied Zen at the most challenging monastery in
Japan; and he hitchhiked through the desert to meet Aldous Huxley,
dropped acid with Timothy Leary, and took peyote with a Native
American shaman. He climbed Mount Athos, traipsed through the Holy
Land, and was the first to study multiphonic chanting by monks in
Tibet, which he recorded with Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead.
Most important, he shared the world's religions with the
West--writing two bestselling books and serving as the focus of a
five-part PBS television series by Bill Moyers.
Huston Smith is a national treasure. His life is an
extraordinary adventure, and in his amazing Tales of Wonder, he
invites you to come along to explore your own vistas of heart,
mind, and soul.
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