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Author QuotedHeinrich Dumoulin S.J.
Title Quotedhistory of Zen Buddhism / Heinrich Dumoulin ; transl. from the German by Paul Peachey
Date (Year/Month/Day)1964/07/20
ImprintNew York : Pantheon Books. [1963]
QuotationIt is a great pleasure to receive your letter and to be in contact with you. Needless to say, it makes me happy to be able to tell you directly how much I have enjoyed your book on Zen. It is most valuable, and besides that, it has been presented in a most attractive way.
Quotation SourceThe Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns.; Selected and edited by William H. Shannon. / New York : Farrar Straus Giroux. 1985, p. 170
Letter toHeinrich Dumoulin
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