Identity elements
Reference code
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-A-007-#03
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
1961-12-30 (#03), transcript Acharya to Merton, 'En Inde, qu'on soit Hindou, musulman ou bouddhiste, la sainteté consiste'
Date(s)
- 1961 December 3 (Creation)
Extent
5 page(s); Transcript copy of a letter, i.e., re-typed or re-written after original.
Name of creator
(1911-2002)
Biographical history
Fr. Francis Mahieu Acharya, a native of Belgium who later became a Cistercian monk there, came to India in 1955 and founded a monastery in 1958. He was a pioneer in a rebirth of Syriac monasticism and of blending it with Indian spiritual traditions, such as the Upanishads, and was later Acharya, or "teacher" (and abbot), of the Kurisumala Ashram. They became officially a part of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) in 1988 and follow the liturgy of the Syro-Malankara Church (a Catholic Church in communion with Roman Catholicism).
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
First lines: "En Inde, qu'on soit Hindou, musulman ou bouddhiste, la sainteté consiste essentiellement dans"... Contents index: author listed as "(S) Un novice.".
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
- French
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
Senders and recipients—
to Thomas Merton from: Acharya, Francis Mahieu, Fr., O.S.C.O.