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Contemplative prayer

Thomas Merton

1969116 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1969
first published
  • 1969Herder and Herder · 144 pages · ENG
  • 1973DARTON,LONGMAN TODD LTD · 144 pagesISBN 9780232512076
  • 1996Image Books · 116 pages · ENGISBN 9780385092197
  • 2009The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9780307589538
  • 2007Saint Anthony Messenger Press · ENGISBN 9780867168266
  • 2005Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd · 144 pagesISBN 9780232526042

In this classic text, Thomas Merton offers valuable guidance for prayer. He brings together a wealth of meditative and mystical influences--from John of the Cross to Eastern desert monasticism--to create a spiritual path for today. Most important, he shows how the peace contacted through meditation should not be sought in order to evade the problems of contemporary life, but can instead be directed back out into the world to affect positive change.Contemplative Prayer is one of the most well-known works of spirituality of the last one hundred years, and it is a must-read for all seeking to live a life of purpose in today's world.In a moving and profound introduction, Thich Nhat Hanh offers his personal recollections of Merton and compares the contemplative traditions of East and West.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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