BIB_ID
412871
Accession number
MA 22097.9
Creator
Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968.
Display Date
New Dehi, India, 1968 November 9.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 28 x 21.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Dear Friends."
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
Giving details about his time in India and Thailand; describing his encounter with the Dalai Lama and Tibetan Buddhists; discussing the differences between the monks in Asia, their spiritualism, and their way of life; talking about the people he has met and everything he has experienced; adding that he is sorry he cannot respond to mail, but that he is too occupied with his monastic encounters and study and prayer.
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