Thomas Merton Leaves for Asia
This is a short clip from Morgan Atkinson's "Soul Searching: the Journey of Thomas Merton".
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October 15 - December 10, 1968
Welcome
I am remembering Thomas Merton 40 years after his pilgrimage to Asia in 1968. I'll be reading "The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton", studying some of the background texts, looking at the historical events of Merton's time, and generally using the opportunity to discover more about Merton and his message for today.
A very special welcome to those joining us from Donald Grayston's SFU class!
A very special welcome to those joining us from Donald Grayston's SFU class!
About Me
- Rob Pollock
- Westend, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- I am a minister in the United Church of Canada, husband, and father of three young adult daughters.
Archive
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October
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- Table of Contents
- The Journey begins
- Soul Searching
- "What a Wonderful World" 1968
- Good Morning Bangkok
- October 1968
- Interfaith Merton
- Thomas Merton and the Wombat
- Bangkok to Calcutta
- Calcutta 1968
- Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
- Spiritual Summit Conference
- Space Races - Then and Now
- "Religious Relevance"
- Merton and Khan - Kindred Spirits
- The Relevance of the Irrelevant
- Why Merton?
- October 24, 1968
- A Baha'i Viewpoint - 1968
- Early Morning Rain
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- October 27, 1968
- Personal Post - Looking Ahead
- Calcutta to New Delhi
- New Delhi Dawn
- 1968 - A (not so) Distant Mirror
- 1968
- Towards Tibet
- LBJ Ends Bombing Campaign
- Night of the living Dead
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October
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Merton References
These are some of the Merton books I refer to. The links to amazon.com are for book details only.
AJTM- The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton
SOP-Signs of Peace
TMLL-Thomas Merton a Life in Letters
CWA- Contemplation in a World of Action
LWW-Living With Wisdom
WTSN-When the Trees Say Nothing
IDBD-In the Dark Before Dawn
CGB-Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
JFKU-JFK and the Unspeakable
IM - The Intimate Merton
AJTM- The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton
SOP-Signs of Peace
TMLL-Thomas Merton a Life in Letters
CWA- Contemplation in a World of Action
LWW-Living With Wisdom
WTSN-When the Trees Say Nothing
IDBD-In the Dark Before Dawn
CGB-Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
JFKU-JFK and the Unspeakable
IM - The Intimate Merton
Merton Links
“The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.”
Thomas Merton
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2 comments:
What a beautiful clip, Dad. It really resonates with me, the feeling of longing to go home. Only his home was a place he had never been before. We all share that longing to be fulfilled, to strive to be whole. What a brave man going on such an intimidating journey; one in which he does not know what he will find, how it will fit into his life or change his world, and affect many others in the process.
Love Robyn
Great mind, Great MAn, Great Travelling seems picasso ,HE is much GREAT
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