The Way of Chuang-Tzŭ
Author: Zhuangzi
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 1965
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780811201032
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Free renderings of selections from the works of Chuang-tzŭ, taken from various translations.
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A Way to God
Author: Matthew Fox
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 2016-04-01
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 1608684202
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This unique reflection was prompted by an invitation Matthew Fox received to speak on the centennial of Thomas Merton’s birth. Fox says that much of the trouble he’s gotten into — such as being excommunicated in 1993 from the Dominican Order by Cardinal Ratzinger (who later became Pope Benedict) — was because of Thomas Merton, who sent Fox to Paris to complete a doctoral program in philosophy. Fox found that Merton’s journals, poetry, and religious writings revealed a deeply ecumenical philosophy and a contemplative life experience similar to that of Meister Eckhart, the fourteenth-century mystic/theologian who inspired Fox’s own “creation spirituality.” It is little surprise to find Fox and Merton to be kindred spirits, but the intersections Fox finds with Eckhart are intellectually profound, spiritually enlightening, and delightfully engaging.
New Seeds of Contemplation
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1590300491
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of thirty-nine short essays in which Thomas Merton examines what true contemplation is and how it can impact one's spirituality.
The Seven Storey Mountain
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher:
Published: 2014-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780281073665
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This title tells the story of Thomas Merton's search for faith and peace in a world which first fascinated and then appalled him. It is written with the profound insight of a man who has seen himself clearly.
The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780811205702
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Ways of the Christian Mystics
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Shambhala Pocket Classics
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781570620300
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In a miniature collection of classic essays taken from the bestselling Mystics and Zen Masters, Thomas Merton examines the diverse ways Christians of vastly different times and places have regarded the meaning and method of the Way that leads to the highest levels of religious and metaphysical awareness.
The Seeker and the Monk
Author: Scott Sophfronia
Publisher: Broadleaf Books
Published: 2021-03-16
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1506464963
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What if we truly belong to each other? What if we are all walking around shining like the sun? Mystic, monk, and activist Thomas Merton asked those questions in the twentieth century. Writer Sophfronia Scott is asking them today. In The Seeker and the Monk, Scott mines the extensive private journals of one of the most influential contemplative thinkers of the past for guidance on how to live in these fraught times. As a Black woman who is not Catholic, Scott both learns from and pushes back against Merton, holding spirited, and intimate conversations on race, ambition, faith, activism, nature, prayer, friendship, and love. She asks: What is the connection between contemplation and action? Is there ever such a thing as a wrong answer to a spiritual question? How do we care about the brutality in the world while not becoming overwhelmed by it? By engaging in this lively discourse, readers will gain a steady sense of how to dwell more deeply within--and even to love--this despairing and radiant world.
A Book of Hours
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Published: 2007-03-01
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1933495332
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Thomas Merton was the most popular proponent of the Christian contemplative tradition in the twentieth century. Now, for the first time, some of his most lyrical and prayerful writings have been arranged into A Book of Hours, a rich resource for daily prayer and contemplation that imitates the increasingly popular ancient monastic practice of "praying the hours." Editor Kathleen Deignan mined Merton's voluminous writings, arranging prayers for Dawn, Day, Dusk, and Dark for each of the days of the week. A Book of Hours allows for a slice of monastic contemplation in the midst of hectic modern life, with psalms, prayers, readings, and reflections.
Creation Spirituality
Author: Matthew Fox
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1991-03-29
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0060629177
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From Matthew Fox, the popular and controversial author of The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, a prophetic manifesto for the preservation of the planet. For those new to the works of Matthew Fox, and for those eager to learn his thoughts after his Vatican-ordered public silence, comes this introduction to creation spirituality--Fox's framework for a far-reaching spirituality of the Americas. Passionate and provocative, Fox uncovers the ancient tradition of a creation-centered spirituality that melds Christian mysticism with the contemporary struggle for social justice, feminism, and environmentalism. Basic to Fox's notion of creation spirituality is the gift of awe--a mystical response to creation and the first step toward transformation. Awe prompts indignation at the exploitation and destruction of the earth's people and resources. Awe leads to action. Showing how we can learn from each other, Fox's spirituality weds the healing and liberation found in both North and South America. Creation Spirituality challenges readers of every religious and political persuasion to unite in a new vision through which we learn to honor the earth and the people who inhabit it as the gift of a good and just creator.
Tales of the Taoist Immortals
Author: Eva Wong
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2001-07-24
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 0834826763
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Eva Wong heard and memorized many tales told to her by Hong Kong's finest professional storytellers, by actors on the radio, and by her grandmother. These popular tales of the Taoist immortals were also often dramatized in Chinese operas. The stories are of famous characters in Chinese history and myth: a hero's battle with the lords of evil, the founder of the Ming dynasty's treacherous betrayal of his friends, a young girl who saves her town by imitating rooster calls. Entertaining and often provocative, these tales usually include a moral. The immortals are role models in Chinese culture, as well as examples of enlightenment. Some of the immortals were healers, some were social activists, some were aristocrats, and some were entrepreneurs. The tales chosen by Eva Wong here are of the best-known immortals among the Chinese. Their names are household words and their stories are told and retold by one generation to the next.
