Zen and the Birds of Appetite - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zen and the Birds of Appetite write by Thomas Merton. This book was released on 1968. Zen and the Birds of Appetite available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Mystics and Zen Masters
Mystics and Zen Masters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mystics and Zen Masters write by Thomas Merton. This book was released on 1999-11-29. Mystics and Zen Masters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thomas Merton was recognized as one of those rare Western minds that are entirely at home with the Zen experience. In this collection, he discusses diverse religious concepts-early monasticism, Russian Orthodox spirituality, the Shakers, and Zen Buddhism-with characteristic Western directness. Merton not only studied these religions from the outside but grasped them by empathy and living participation from within. "All these studies," wrote Merton, "are united by one central concern: to understand various ways in which men of different traditions have conceived the meaning and method of the 'way' which leads to the highest levels of religious or of metaphysical awareness."
On Eastern Meditation
On Eastern Meditation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On Eastern Meditation write by Thomas Merton. This book was released on 2012-06-20. On Eastern Meditation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Zen Catholicism
Zen Catholicism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zen Catholicism write by Aelred Graham. This book was released on 1994. Zen Catholicism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author's reflection upon Zen Buddhism and Catholicism has shown many points of contact between them, in spite of their divergent rituals and philosophies. Although he warns against the weaknesses of Zen, he urges Westerners in general, and Catholics in particular, to draw from its strengths, suggesting that the harmony Zen points to at the heart of religion could bring the West freedom from unnecessary anxiety and a new awareness of the peace of God.
The Way of Chuang-Tzŭ
The Way of Chuang-Tzŭ - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Way of Chuang-Tzŭ write by Zhuangzi. This book was released on 1965. The Way of Chuang-Tzŭ available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Free renderings of selections from the works of Chuang-tzŭ, taken from various translations.
