Thomas Merton's biography of a little known saint, St. Lutgarde of Aywieres, the Cistercian mystic, now reissued. von Merton, Thomas

Working from existing translations, Thomas Merton composed a series of his own versions of the classic sayings of Chuang Tzu, the most spiritual of Chinese philosophers. Chuang Tzu, who wrote in the fourth and third centuries B.C., is...

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...

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"Weisheit der Stille" von Thomas Merton ist eine tiefgründige Untersuchung und Reflexion über die Prinzipien und Praktiken des Zen. Merton erforscht die Konzepte der Stille, Meditation und Erleuchtung, die im Zen zentral sind. Er zieht...

Christliche Kontemplation war eines der zentralen Anliegen Thomas Mertons, um das er sich in seiner persönlichen, oft schmerzvollen Gottessuche zeitlebens bemüht hat. "Brot in der Wüste" ist ein Text, ebenso authentisch und radikal wie...

"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...

Thomas Merton, 1915 in Frankreich geboren, mit zwanzig Jahren Kommunist, mit dreiundzwanzig Katholik, mit sechsundzwanzig Jahren Trappistenmönch in Kentucky, Grenzgänger zwischen Buddhismus und Christentum, schreibt mit diesem Buch eine...

The New Man shows Thomas Merton at the height of his powers and has as its theme the question of spiritual identity. What must we do to recover possession of our true selves? By way of an answer, Merton discusses how we have become...

In No Man Is an Island, religious scholar and theologian Thomas Merton offers "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,...

The second volume of Thomas Merton's "gusty, passionate journals" (Thomas Moore) chronicles Merton's advancements to priesthood and emergence as a bestselling author with the surprise success of his autobiography, The Seven Storey...

Here this concern finds expression in poetic irony and in meditations intentionally dour. In these brief, challenging pieces, Father Merton does not offer consolation or easy remedies. He looks candidly and without illusions at the world...