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Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781590300497
A collection of thirty-nine short essays in which Thomas Merton examines what true contemplation is and how it can impact one's spirituality.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : Ravenio Books
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
There are so many Christians who do not appreciate the magnificent dignity of their vocation to sanctity, to the knowledge, love and service of God. There are so many Christians who do not realize what possibilities God has placed in the life of Christian perfection — what possibilities for joy in the knowledge and love of Him. There are so many Christians who have practically no idea of the immense love of God for them, and of the power of that Love to do them good, to bring them happiness. Why do we think of the gift of contemplation, infused contemplation, mystical prayer, as something essentially strange and esoteric reserved for a small class of almost unnatural beings and prohibited to everyone else? It is perhaps because we have forgotten that contemplation is the work of the Holy Ghost acting on our souls through His gifts of Wisdom and Understanding with special intensity to increase and perfect our love for Him. These gifts are part of the normal equipment of Christian sanctity. They are given to all in Baptism, and if they are given it is presumably because God wants them to be developed. Their development will always remain the free gift of God and it is true that His wise Providence sees fit to develop them less in some saints than in others. But it is also true that God often measures His gifts by our desire to receive them, and by our cooperation with His grace, and the Holy Spirit will not waste any of His gifts on people who have little or no interest in them.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781590302538
This volume is a stimulating series of spiritual reflections which will prove helpful for all struggling to find the meaning of human existence and to live the richest, fullest and noblest life. --Chicago Tribune
Author : Thomas Merton,William H. Shannon
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780062245083
Now in paperback, revised and redesigned: This is Thomas Merton's last book, in which he draws on both Eastern and Western traditions to explore the hot topic of contemplation/meditation in depth and to show how we can practice true contemplation in everyday life. Never before published except as a series of articles (one per chapter) in an academic journal, this book on contemplation was revised by Merton shortly before his untimely death. The material bridges Merton's early work on Catholic monasticism, mysticism, and contemplation with his later writing on Eastern, especially Buddhist, traditions of meditation and spirituality. This book thus provides a comprehensive understanding of contemplation that draws on the best of Western and Eastern traditions. Merton was still tinkering with this book when he died; it was the book he struggled with most during his career as a writer. But now the Merton Legacy Trust and experts have determined that the book makes such a valuable contribution as his major comprehensive presentation of contemplation that they have allowed its publication.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : IND:30000081005724
The essence of Merton's thought and its relevance for today, presented in a collection of short readings from a broad selection of his work.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780811230711
Poet, Trappist monk, religious philosopher, translator, social critic: the late Thomas Merton was all these things. This classic selection from his great body of poetry affords a comprehensive view of his varied and progressively innovative work. Selected by Mark Van Doren and James Laughlin, this slim volume is now available again as a wonderful showcase of Thomas Merton’s splendid poetry.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780811219952
A great introduction to the religions of the East by a monk from the West. 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), gathers the best of his Eastern theological writings into a gorgeously designed gift book edition.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0811209318
Discusses Blake, Joyce, Pasternak, Faulkner, Styron, O'Connor, Camus, symbolism, creativity, alienation, contemplation, and freedom.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : HMH
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780547544960
This diary of a monastic life is “a continuation of The Seven Storey Mountain . . . Astonishing” (Commonweal). Chronicling six years of Thomas Merton’s life in a Trappist monastery, The Sign of Jonas takes us through his day-to-day experiences at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, where he lived in silence and prayer for much of his life. Concluding with the account of Merton’s ordination as a priest, this diary documents his growing acceptance of his vocation—and the greater meaning he found within his private world of contemplation. “This book is made unmistakably real and almost, at times, unbearably poignant by the fact that the exuberance of youth so often wells up through it with rapture, impatience, and even bluster.” —TheNew York Times “A stirring book—the most readable and on the whole, most illuminating of the author’s writings.” —Catholic World
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0811201015
This paperbook collection of his prose writings reveals the extent to which Thomas Merton moved from the other-worldly devotion of his earlier work to a direct, deeply engaged, often militant concern with the critical situation of man in the world.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0811217248
The much-beloved and most widely read of Mertons works, "New Seeds of Contemplation" covers a diverse range of subjects including faith, spiritual wonder, "the night of the senses," and renunciation.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780811219723
Merton, one of the rare Western thinkers able to feel at home in the philosophies of the East, made the wisdom of Asia available to Westerners. "Zen enriches no one," Thomas Merton provocatively writes in his opening statement to Zen and the Birds of Appetite--one of the last books to be published before his death in 1968. "There is no body to be found. The birds may come and circle for a while... but they soon go elsewhere. When they are gone, the 'nothing,' the 'no-body' that was there, suddenly appears. That is Zen. It was there all the time but the scavengers missed it, because it was not their kind of prey." This gets at the humor, paradox, and joy that one feels in Merton's discoveries of Zen during the last years of his life, a joy very much present in this collection of essays. Exploring the relationship between Christianity and Zen, especially through his dialogue with the great Zen teacher D.T. Suzuki, the book makes an excellent introduction to a comparative study of these two traditions, as well as giving the reader a strong taste of the mature Merton. Never does one feel him losing his own faith in these pages; rather one feels that faith getting deeply clarified and affirmed. Just as the body of "Zen" cannot be found by the scavengers, so too, Merton suggests, with the eternal truth of Christ.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : Image
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0385092199
In this classic text, Thomas Merton offers valuable guidance for prayer. He brings together a wealth of meditative and mystical influences–from John of the Cross to Eastern desert monasticism–to create a spiritual path for today. Most important, he shows how the peace contacted through meditation should not be sought in order to evade the problems of contemporary life, but can instead be directed back out into the world to affect positive change. Contemplative Prayer is one of the most well-known works of spirituality of the last one hundred years, and it is a must-read for all seeking to live a life of purpose in today’s world. In a moving and profound introduction, Thich Nhat Hanh offers his personal recollections of Merton and compares the contemplative traditions of East and West.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781429945073
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is one of the foremost spiritual thinkers of the twentieth century. Though he lived a mostly solitary existence as a Trappist monk, he had a dynamic impact on world affairs through his writing. An outspoken proponent of the antiwar and civil rights movements, he was both hailed as a prophet and castigated for his social criticism. He was also unique among religious leaders in his embrace of Eastern mysticism, positing it as complementary to the Western sacred tradition. Merton is the author of over forty books of poetry, essays, and religious writing, including Mystics and Zen Masters, and The Seven Story Mountain, for which he is best known. His work continues to be widely read to this day.
Author : Gail Saunders-Smith
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1560657715
Text and photographs depict types of flower seeds, how they travel, and what happens when they are planted.