INTERVIEW: “Huston Smith on Meeting with Thomas Merton” / Berkeley Buddhist Monastery / 2010

Thomas Merton’s magnum opus: The Seven Storey Mountain
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Houston Smith’s magnum opus: The World’s Religions (Plus)
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BOOKS: “Shakespeare and Company Antiquarian Books” / Sylvia Whitman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Jgofy1caXsU
With cameo appearances in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris and Richard Linklater’s Before Sunset, Shakespeare and Company is arguably the most iconic bookshop in the French capital. The building, a 17th century ex-monastery has become a landmark in the 5th arrondissement. Apart from being a bookstore, it also serves as a haven where aspiring writers can stay for free – Allen Ginsberg and Anaïs Nin have both been guests in the past. Originally established in 1919 by an American called Sylvia Beach, fellow expatriate George Whitman took over after Beach’s death in 1951.