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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Dumoulin, Heinrich, Fr., S.J.".
Fr. Heinrich Dumoulin was a Jesuit priest, professor at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and a scholar of the history of Zen Buddhism. In the mid-seventies, he was the founder and first director of the Nanzen Institute for Religion and Culture.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also published letters from Merton to Dumoulin in The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 170-174; and see also the "Johnston, William" file for another Zen scholar at Sophia University. See also Series 13 of the "Fox, James" file for a letter from Merton's abbot to the Trappist abbot general concerning Merton's proposed trip to Japan.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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| 1. |
1964/06/16 |
TALS to Merton |
I wish to you my most sincere gratitude for the very kind review of my "History of Zen Buddhism" |
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«detailed view» |
| 2. |
1964/07/20 |
TAL[c] from Merton |
It is a great pleasure to receive your letter and to be in contact with you. Needless to say, |
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«detailed view» |
| 3. |
1964/09/16 |
TLS to Merton |
I was glad to receive your kind letter of July 20. The main reason for the long delay of my answer |
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«detailed view» |
| 4. |
1964/09/24 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Your letter of the 16th was a very agreeable surprise, and I must say I was delighted to get it. |
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«detailed view» |
| 5. |
1964/09/24 (#02) |
TLS from Merton to James Fox |
PETITION In view of the fact that Fr Dumoulin SJ one of the foremost Catholic experts on Buddhism |
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[attached to letter to Dumoulin of the same date]
«detailed view» |
| 6. |
1964/10/17 (#01) |
TLS to Merton |
Thank you for your kind letter of Sept. 24. I am so glad that you are willing to come over to Japan |
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«detailed view» |
| 7. |
1964/10/17 (#02) |
TL[c] to Fox, James |
For some time I am in correspondence with Father Thomas Merton, whose competent books |
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«detailed view» |
| 8. |
1964/11/29 |
TL[c] from Merton |
You have perhaps guessed the reason for the long delay in a final answer to the proposal for a trip |
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«detailed view» |
| 9. |
undated/no/no |
TLS from DiSalvo, David / to William Shannon |
Dear Rev. Shannon, This is all I could come up with about your requested letters: |
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response to Shannon's request for some letters from an assistant to the Curator at Florida State U (?)
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| 10. |
undated/no/no |
other |
HEINRICH DUMOULIN Born on May 31, 1905 in Wevelinghoven, Rhineland, Germany, |
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biographical information / list of some books he has written
«detailed view» |
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