Taplinger Publishing wanted Merton's comments to send to reviewers of Zen: Way to Enlightenment by Fr. Hugo M. Enomiya-Lassalle.
Richard Taplinger was head of Taplinger Publishing Company in New York.
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# | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1968/01/31 |
TLS to Merton |
This Spring we are planning to publish an American edition of ZEN: Way to Enlightenment |
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«detailed view» |
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1968/02/11 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I am glad to hear you are publishing Fr Enomiye's book on his experience in the Zen monastery. |
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«detailed view» |
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1968/02/14 (#01) |
TLS to Merton |
I was most pleased to receive your kind letter of 11 February and am anxious to tell you how very |
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«detailed view» |
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1968/02/14 (#02) |
other to Merton |
Dear Reviewer, A short while ago Father Thomas Merton wrote to us regarding ZEN: Way to |
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«detailed view» |
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1968/03/18 (#01) |
TLS to Merton |
I am attaching herewith a notice regarding ZEN: Way to Enlightenment which we hope to insert |
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[encloses letter dated 1968/April/30 to reviewers - see 1968/March/18#2 - contains handwritten response by Merton, see 1968/March/20 below]
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1968/03/18 (#02) |
TL to Reviewers |
A short while ago Father Thomas Merton wrote to us regarding ZEN: Way to Enlightenment |
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[dated 1968/April/30 - enclosed with 1968/March/18 letter]
«detailed view» |
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1968/03/20 |
HN from Merton |
Ok. Ma. 20. |
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[Merton's handwritten approval of Taplinger's proposed insert - written on 1968/March/18 letter]
«detailed view» |
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