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"The Monk and Philosopher combines three kinds of confrontation, each fascinating in its own way. East meets West, religion meets science, and son meets father. Americans who found themselves caught up in the human warmth and combative energy of My Dinner with Andre will respond in the same way to this endlesly engaging encounter."
--Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography
"It Is fascinating to listen in as a great philosopher and his Buddhist son debate what is fast becoming the most critical issue of the 21st Century: rationalism versus religion."
--Tom Wolfe
"The Monk and the Philosopher is an intellectual banquet--an enlightening and lively encounter that explores mankind's most profound questions."
--Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
"The monk explains Buddhism to the philosopher dispelling many stereotypes.The Philosopher listens and learns.This book offers a wonderful opportunity for the reader to experience a lucid and engaging Buddhist teacher, and to witness how very hard it can be to open one's mind."
--Elisabeth Young-Breuhl
"The Monk and the Philosopher is a brilliant and utterly fascinating book, a
stimulus to the mind, and a balm to the soul."
--Norman Podhoretz
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