Monk of the West Monk Of the West A Alvin, Jr. Moore
The author of this slender but profound book, a Cistercian monk, discovered as a young man the work of his fellow countryman Reni Guinon, whose writings introduced him to genuine metaphysical doctrine and to possibilities of spiritual realization. This discovery marked him indelibly, and he resolved to follow a monastic path in order to be free for the 'one thing needful'. The word Advaita, which designates Vedantic non-dualism, is Sanskrit for 'non-dual' or 'not two'; but the doctrine itself is by no means exclusively Hindu, being present in Buddhism, Islam, Taoism, and Judaism. In...
The author of this slender but profound book, a Cistercian monk, discovered as a young man the work of his fellow countryman Reni Guinon, whose writin...
