At the Gates of Silence [Spiritual Life of China and India in the Middle of the First Millennium BCE]
The third book in the series “History of Religion” takes the reader into the mysterious world of Eastern religions. Its author, Alexander Men (1935–1990), is convinced that learning about the ancient teachings of India and China should be done not through the inventions of European theosophical compilers, but through the original sources: the Confucian canon and the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and Buddhist sutras. A deep analysis of these and other rare manuscripts, as well as the epochs in which they were created, allows the author—and thus the reader—to grasp the very essence of Eastern teachings and their role in humanity’s spiritual quest.