Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Wisdom in emptiness : a dialogue between Daisetz T. Suzuki and Thomas Merton

Item 1 -  Part II- A Dialogue: Wisdom and Knowledge in the Desert Fathers. Prefatory Note:

First Lines:  In the spring of 1959, after the completion of the above translations from the Verba Seniorum

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  4

Additional authors/contributors:  Merton, Thomas

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6a

Item 2 - 1.

First Lines:  When I speak about Zen to the Western audience who is mostly brought up in Christian tradition,

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  16

Additional authors/contributors:  Suzuki, D. T.

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6a

Item 3 - 2) T. Merton:

First Lines:  The last word in this brief dialogue between East and West shall be Dr Suzuki's statement which,

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  Merton, Thomas

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6a

Item 4 - -by D.T. Suzuki

First Lines:  I am not well acquainted with all of the Christian literature produced by the learned, talented,

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  Suzuki, D. T.

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6a

Item 5 - The Recovery of Paradise

First Lines:  One of Dostoievsky's "saints", the Staretz Zosima who speaks as a typical witness to the tradition

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  15

Additional authors/contributors:  Merton, Thomas

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6a