Merton & Buddhism Wisdom, Emptiness & Everyday Mind

by Bowman Thurston, Bonnie; Merton, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9781887752848
• ISBN10: 1887752846
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Fons Vitae

Summary

Divided into three sections, this insightful volume of essays by numerous scholars focuses on Thomas Merton's interest in and transformation through Buddhism. In addition to analysis of how Merton's studies of Buddhism affected his work in the arts, the study also offers information about his Asian journey as well as a complete bibliography of secondary materials. Contributors include Judith Simmer-Brown, Roger J. Corless, Rubin L.F. Habito, John P. Keenan, Roger Lipsey, Paul M. Pearson, and James Wiseman, OSB.

Author Biography

Bonnie Bowman Thurston is the author of Philippians and Philemon, Preaching Mark, and Women in the New Testament. She lives in Wheeling, West Virginia. Thomas Merton was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. He is the author of more than 70 books, including such classics as New Seeds of Contemplation, The Seven Storey Mountain, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite.

Table of Contents

The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton Series	p. vii
Dedication	p. ix
Dedication of Merit	p. xi
Merton's Prayer in Calcutta	p. xii
Preface	p. xiii
Introductory Essays
An Overview of Buddhism	p. 1
Unfolding of a New World: Thomas Merton & Buddhism	p. 15
Merton and Buddhist Traditions
Thomas Merton and Theravada Buddhism	p. 31
The Liberty That Nobody Can Touch: Thomas Merton Meets Tibetan Buddhism	p. 51
Hearing the Cries of the World: Thomas Merton's Zen Experience	p. 91
The Limits of Thomas Merton's Understanding of Buddhism	p. 118
Buddhist Traditions and Thomas Merton's Art
Merton, Suzuki, Zen, Ink: Thomas Merton's Calligraphic Drawings in Context	p. 137
Beyond the Shadow and the Disguise: The Zen Photography of Thomas Merton	p. 176
The Light Strikes Home: Notes on the Zen Influence in Merton's Poetry	p. 199
Footnotes to the Asian Journey of Thomas Merton	p. 217
Br. David Steindl-Rast, O.S.B.	p. 218
James George	p. 220
Lobsang Lhalungpa	p. 223
Harold Talbott	p. 224
Virginia Gray Henry	p. 233
Bibliography, Contributors, and Acknowledgments
Merton and Buddhism: A Bibliography	p. 243
Contributors	p. 256
Photography	p. 259
Illustrations without captions	p. 260
Permissions	p. 261
Index	p. 263
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