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mimizorro Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Wright 帮你提出了对 “宗教 ” > 该有的质疑, Huston Smith > 做出漂亮而有启发性的回答 > > > > Huston Cummings Smith (born May 31, 1919) is a > religious studies scholar in the United States. > His book The Religions of Man (later revised and > retitled The World's Religions), remains a popular > introduction to comparative religion. > > Smith was born in Soochow, China to Methodist > missionaries and spent his first 17 years there. > He taught at the Universities of Colorado and > Denver from 1944–1947, moving to Washington > University in St. Louis, Missouri for the next ten > years, and then Professor of Philosophy at MIT > from 1958–1973. While at MIT he participated in > some of the experiments with entheogens that > professor Timothy Leary conducted at Harvard > University. He then moved to Syracuse University > where he was Thomas J. Watson Professor of > Religion and Distinguished Adjunct Professor of > Philosophy until his retirement in 1983 and > current emeritus status. He now lives in the > Berkeley, CA area where he is Visiting Professor > of Religious Studies at the University of > California, Berkeley. > > During his career, Smith not only studied, but > practiced Vedanta Hinduism, Zen Buddhism (studying > under Goto Zuigan), and Sufism for over ten years > each. He is a notable autodidact. > > As a young man, after suddenly turning to > mysticism of his own volition, Smith set out to > meet with then-famous author Gerald Heard. Heard > responded to Smith's letter, invited him to his > Trabuco College (later donated as the Ramakrishna > Monastery) in Southern California, and then sent > him off to meet the legendary Aldous Huxley. So > began Smith's experimentation with meditation and > association with the Vedanta Society in Saint > Louis under the auspices of Swami Satprakashananda > of the Ramakrishna order. > > Via the connection with Heard and Huxley, Smith > eventually experimented with Timothy Leary, > Richard Alpert Ram Dass, and others at the Center > for Personality Research, of which Leary was > Research Professor. The experience and history of > the era are captured somewhat in Smith's book > Cleansing the Doors of Perception. In this period, > Smith joined in on the Harvard Project as well, an > attempt to raise spiritual awareness through > entheogenic plants. > > Smith has been a friend of the XIVth Dalai Lama > for more than forty years and met and talked to > some of the great figures of the century, from > Eleanor Roosevelt to Thomas Merton. > > Smith developed an interest in the Traditionalist > School formulated by Rene Guenon and Ananda > Coomaraswamy. This interest has become a > continuing thread in all his writings. > > In 1996, Bill Moyers devoted a 5-part PBS special > to Smith's life and work, "The Wisdom of Faith > with Huston Smith." Smith has produced three > series for public television: "The Religions of > Man," "The Search for America," and (with Arthur > Compton) "Science and Human Responsibility." His > films on Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Sufism > have all won awards at international film > festivals. > > Smith's latest DVD release is The Roots of > Fundamentalism - A Conversation with Huston Smith > and Phil Cousineau. His most recent book is Tales > of Wonder, an autobiographical review of his life > and associations. > > (from Wiki)