Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Berrigan, Daniel J., Fr., S.J., 1921-2016" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1967/September/16 (#02)

Series:    

Type:  TLS[x] - Xerox copy of a typed signed letter.

To/From:  from Merton to "Berrigan, Daniel J., Fr., S.J., 1921-2016"-->

# of pages:  1

Published in:  Hidden Ground of Love

First Lines:  "Here is some stuff I dug out of the pile. Not much, if any, about nonviolence but some on Zen and"

Contents:  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."

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Cornell University Department of Rare Books

Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Berrigan, Daniel J., Fr., S.J., 1921-2016:"    1967/September/16 (#02)