Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1968/October/20 (#01)

Series:  7  Correspondence between Dom James Fox and Merton: Special Binding (Archive - Stack 5).

Type:  HLS - Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.

To/From:  from Merton to "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987"-->

# of pages:  1

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First Lines:  "I have been waiting for a chance to thank you for your warm and gracious letter, which reached me"

Contents:  [Merton writing from the Oberoi Grand Hotel in Calcutta] does not blame Fox for his past decisions / new openness in monastic life might lead to abuses - want his trip to be for a "spiritual goal" / finding Asian Buddhist meditation centers unknown in the West / Americans don't meditate nor "really know themselves"

Language:  English

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Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 7:    1968/October/20 (#01)