| IEB-ID | IEB0000157017 |
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| ISBN | 9780811219945 (alk. paper) [ Holdings: WC · NII ] |
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| ISBN | 9780811219952 [ Holdings: WC · NII ] |
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| Author | Personal name: Merton, Thomas, Dates associated with a name: 1915-1968 |
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| Title | Uniform title: Works Date of a work: 2012 Form subheading: Selections |
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| Title | Title: On Eastern meditation / Remainder of title page transcription/statement of responsibility: Thomas Merton ; edited, with an introduction, by Bonnie Thurston [ Holdings: WC · NII ] |
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| Imprint | Place of publication, distribution, etc.: New York : Name of publisher, distributor, etc.: New Directions Pub. Corp., Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 2012 |
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| Description | Extent: xviii, 76 p. ; Dimensions: 16 cm. |
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| Series | Series statement: New Directions paperbook ; Volume number/sequential designation: NDP 1226 |
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| Contents | Formatted contents note: On landscape -- On teaching/dharma, general -- Teachers/guru -- Self -- Zen -- Emptiness -- Enlightenment -- On practice/skillful means, general -- Contemplative life -- Solitude -- Fasting -- Possessions -- Prayers/praying -- Meditation -- Non-violence/ahimsa -- Compassion |
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| Summary | Summary, etc.: 'Almost from the beginning of his monastic career, Thomas Merton tentatively began to discover the great Asian religions of Buddhism and Taoism,' biographer George Woodcock wrote in his introduction to Merton's Thoughts on the East. 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 further still came dialogues with the Dalai Lama and Taoist leader Daisetz Suzuki. Among the 'Eastern' works of Thomas Merton are interpretations of the philosophy of Chuang Tzu and an unfinished journal Merton was compiling as he toured Asia to meet with its spiritual leaders. Eastern Wisdom, edited by Bonnie Thurston (author of Merton and Buddhism, 2007) gathers the best of his Eastern theological writings and studies into a gorgeously designed gift book edition. Included are poems, essays, dialogues, and journal entries that serve as the perfect entry for anyone curious about the religious beliefs of the East.'--Publisher's description |
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| Subject | Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Christianity and other religions General subdivision: Asian |
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| Subject | Geographic name: Asia General subdivision: Religion |
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| Subject | Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Meditation Geographic subdivision: Asia |
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| Subject | Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Spiritual life General subdivision: Comparative studies |
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| Subject | Topical term or geographic name as entry element: East and West |
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| Added entry | Personal name: Thurston, Bonnie Bowman |
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