Books by Huston Smith: Beyond the Post-Modern Mind,  Essays on World Religion,  The Illustrated World's Religions: A Guide to our Wisdom Traditions, Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in the Age of Disbelief,  more...

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Huston Smith is Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Distinguished Adjuct Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Syracuse University. His discovery of Tibetan multiphonic chanting was lauded as "an important landmark in the study of music", and his film documentaries of Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Sufism have won international awards and a wide audience.

This sincere and moving talk begins with T. S. Elliot's quatrain:

"We shall not cease from exploration,
And the end of our exploring,
Will be to arrive where we began,
And to know that place for the first time.