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On Eastern Meditation
Thomas Merton
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Description for On Eastern Meditation
Paperback. Editor(s): Thurston, Bonnie B. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 103 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 88.
Merton’s biographer, George Woodcock, once wrote that “almost from the beginning of his monastic career, Thomas Merton tentatively began to discover the great Asian religions of Buddhism and Taoism.” Merton, a longtime social justice advocate, first approached Eastern theology as an admirer of Gandhi’s beliefs on non-violence. Through Gandhi, Merton came to know the great Hindu text the Bhagavad Gita and in time came to have dialogues with the Dalai Lama and Taoist leader D. T. Suzuki. Merton then became deeply interested in Chuang Tzu and Zen thought. On Eastern Meditation, edited by Bonnie Thurston (author of Merton and Buddhism), ... Read more
Merton’s biographer, George Woodcock, once wrote that “almost from the beginning of his monastic career, Thomas Merton tentatively began to discover the great Asian religions of Buddhism and Taoism.” Merton, a longtime social justice advocate, first approached Eastern theology as an admirer of Gandhi’s beliefs on non-violence. Through Gandhi, Merton came to know the great Hindu text the Bhagavad Gita and in time came to have dialogues with the Dalai Lama and Taoist leader D. T. Suzuki. Merton then became deeply interested in Chuang Tzu and Zen thought. On Eastern Meditation, edited by Bonnie Thurston (author of Merton and Buddhism), ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780811219945
SKU
V9780811219945
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About Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) entered the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, following his conversion to Catholicism and was ordained in 1949. During the 1960s, he was increasingly drawn into a dialogue between Eastern and Western religions and was actively engaged with domestic issues of war and racism. Scholar and poet, Bonnie Thurston is a founding member and past president of ... Read more
Reviews for On Eastern Meditation
"Thomas Merton is the saintly man who caused the Dalai Lama to come to admire Christianity as the equal to his beloved Buddhism."
Robert Thurman "Merton is an artist, a Zen."
Thich Nhat Hanh "One of the most engaging features of Merton's mind and sensibility is his feeling for what is authentic and pure, even when it occurs ... Read more
Robert Thurman "Merton is an artist, a Zen."
Thich Nhat Hanh "One of the most engaging features of Merton's mind and sensibility is his feeling for what is authentic and pure, even when it occurs ... Read more