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- 1967 September 16 (Creation)
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1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
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First lines: "Here is some stuff I dug out of the pile. Not much, if any, about nonviolence but some on Zen and"... Contents index: background on Zen for Berrigan's seminar on non-violent and violent religious traditions - Zen and Samurai fighting - swordsmanship without violence - non-aggressive posture - "Turning violence back on itself" - D. T. Suzuki / death of Ad Reinhardt - first of "immediate gang" to go - "I guess my whole bunch won't outlast sixty.".
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- English
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