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The Other Side of the Mountain

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by Thomas Merton


  Khantipalo, Phra, 211, 212

  King, Coretta, 79, 80

  King, Martin Luther, 77–79, 80, 81, 128

  King, Winston, 18, 57, 74

  Klapheke, Fred, 148

  Kolbsheim, 4n., 6

  Kozlowski, Supt., 178

  Kraemer-Rains, 52

  Krishnamurti, 241

  Lal, P., 149, 218

  La Mystique et les mystiques (Ravier), 118

  Landry, Lionel, 144

  Language and Silence (Steiner), 32, 34, 35

  Laughlin, James, 9, 52, 167, 286

  Laura project, 131

  Lavanoux, Maurice, 75

  Lawrence, D. H., 290n., 301

  Lawrence, Peter, 61

  Lax, Bob, 24, 44, 126, 128, 129, 130, 298, 303

  Leavis, F. R., 34

  Leclercq, Dom Jean, xiv, 9, 35, 55, 66, 149, 154, 165, 166, 297, 327

  Leduc, Fr., 328., 328n.

  Lee Beng Tjie, 324

  Leff, Gordon, 140

  Lekai, Louis, 130–31

  Lemercier, Dom Gregorio, 147

  Lentfoehr, Sr. Thérèse, 11, 289

  Le Saux, Dom Henri, 235, 235n., 282

  Leslie, Sr., 110, 112, 118, 119, 145

  L’Étranger (Camus), Merton’s article on, 65

  Levertov, Denise, 22, 256, 256n.

  Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 15, 34

  Lhalungpa, Lobsang Phuntsok, 232, 235, 267, 268, 282

  Literary Ersays of Thomas Merton, The (Hart, ed.), 72n.

  Llorente, Fr., of Cordova, 178, 183, 183n., 189

  Loftus, Fr. john, xv, 52, 63, 160

  Lokesvarananda, Swami, 221

  London, 3

  Loneliness, 12

  Lossky, Vladmir, 187–88, 188n.

  Lotus and the Robot, The (Koestler), 304

  Loughlin, John, 14

  Louise, Sr., 21, 22

  Lowell, Jim, 134

  LSD, 279

  Lucovina, Mother, 289

  Lum’s restaurant, Lexington, KY, 77–78

  Lu Tung, 101

  Lytle, Andrew, 121

  M.: advocates Merton leave vocation, 11, 18; after break-up with Merton, 18, 29; letters burned, 157; phone calls from Merton to, 11

  Madhyamika, 252, 253, 260, 262, 274, 276, 323

  Maharshi, Ramana, 302, 302n.

  Mailer, Norman, 5

  Maitreya, 263, 263n.

  Malinowski, Bronislaw Kasper, 59, 59n.

  Maloney, Bishop, 70

  Mambu (Burridge), 10

  Man at Play (Rahner), 14

  Mandala, 227, 228–29, 233–34, 236, 238–40, 241, 242, 244, 246, 247, 250, 254, 255

  Manske, Fr. James 1., 193, 193n.

  Marcuse, Herbert, 125, 262

  Marie, Sr., postulant, RSHM, 201

  Maritain, Jacques, 4n., 6, 52

  Maritain, Raïssa, 4n.

  Martin, Fr. Vincent, 45–46, 57

  Martinez, Nelson, 177

  “Marxism and Monastic Perspectives” (Merton), xviii, 263, 266, 268, 298

  Mary, Sr., Precious Blood Convent, 197, 200

  Maurer, Bro. Job, 24

  McCarthy, Colman, 27

  McDonough, Archbishop, 70

  McIntyre, Cardinal, 73

  McKiernan, Hugh, 199, 199n.

  Meatyard, Chris, 137, 162

  Meatyard, Gene (and family), 3, 4, 22, 48, 77, 162

  Meditation, 63, 68, 128, 132, 137, 145, 162, 171, 211, 216, 232–33, 238, 239–40, 242, 244, 247, 251, 258, 261, 271, 273n., 278, 279, 283–84; proposed Tibetan center, 293, 310

  Meerloo, Joost, IO

  Merton, Gertrude Merton (Aunt Kit), 84–85, 100, 125

  Merton Legacy Trust, 3, 6, 10–11, 12, 27, 52

  Merton, Thomas: and abbatial election, xiv, 6, 8, 24–25, 32, 35–36, 37–38, 39–43; on American politics, 127, 134, 138–39, 140, 143, 151, 155, 156, 157–58, 161, 194, 265; anxiety before last journeys, 164; becoming homeless, 174; birthday, 47, 58; conflicts between outer world and monastic life, 12–13, 20, 21, 25, 39, 43, 49, 50, 54, 57, 58, 63, 66, 68, 75, 82–83, 103, 113, 125, 129, 130, 131, 132, 137, 142, 146, 148, 154, 261; contemplates leaving Gethsemani, 117, 147–48, 152–53, 154, 158, 162–63, 166, 252, 253, 282; correspondence and letter writing, 14–15, 19, 22, 27, 30, 31, 47, 50, 66, 68, 126, 141, 144, 145, 152, 190n., 193, 219, 252, 268, 286, 289; and Dalai Lama, xiii, xv, xvii, 146, 149, 200, 222, 246, 265, 297; and Dalai Lama, first audience, 245, 249, 250–52; and Dalai Lama second audience, 258–59; and Dalai Lama third audience, 266; death of, xvii–xix; on death, II, 34, 44, 51, 60, 85, 174, 177; deluded woman and problems offame, 61, 63, 73, 82, 83, 86, 129, 142; dissatisfaction with Gethsemani, 122, 125, 131, 133, 138, 142, 146, 147–48, 153, 181, 252, 253, 282; emotionality of, 7; fasting, 15, 18–19, 25, 130; gardening, 62, 65, 74, 81–82, 137; health of, 9, 12, 13–14, 19, 34, 43–44, 62, 82, 87, 106, 133, 152, 161, 177–78, 201, 277–78, 279–80, 287, 289, 293–94; hermitage, 17, 54, 62, 74, 80, 81, 83, 85, 86, 87, 125, 128, 241, 252, 253, 282, 293; journal entry, final, xvii, 326–29; journals kept by, xiii–xiv, xvii, 9, 118, 134; and karma, 307; last night and day at Gethsemani, 166, 171, 186; M., relationship with, 11, 18, 29, 157; memories of England, 3, 11; Native Americans, interest in, 4n., 10; nickname, 194; premonition/thoughts of death, 147, 163, 205; reflections on past, 15, 26, 29, 45, 130, 155–56, 236, 275, 284; religious observances of (e.g. Mass said), 11, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 29, 30–31, 33, 34, 35, 45, 55, 60, 61, 74, 76, 84–85, 86, 98, 105, 112, 119, 121, 140, 158, 159, 186, 193, 195, 199, 213, 218, 235, 265n., 268, 273, 274–75, 276, 279–80, 291, 295, 301, 308, 324, 329; routine/mundane activities, 18, 25, 33, 49, 61, 66, 87–88, 119, 130; and search for Buddhist teacher (guru), 229, 238, 239, 243, 247, 251–52, 277, 279; social conscience, 10, 12, 24, 37, 49, 51–52, 55–56, 58, 66–67, 69, 107, 123–24, 127, 194; temps vierge, use of term, 262, 262n.; travel, see main entry of destinations; travel denied, xiv; travel, premonastic days, xiii; Vietnam War opposition, 5, 33, 51, 52, 56, 62, 65, 67, 134, 138–39, 142–43; vocation of, 9, 15, 20, 21, 29, 39, 72, 135, 136, 137, 147, 151, 162, 252, 282, 295–96; vow of poverty, xvi; and women, 75–76, 77, 160; on his writing and writing plans, 23–24, 28, 35, 49, 50–51, 52, 56, 63, 66, 73, 84, 118, 128, 129, 130, 142, 156, 219–20, 240, 298; years at Gethsemani, 156, 236; years in monastic life, xviii

  Message of Contemplatives, 8

  Message of the Tibetans (Desjardins), 227, 239

  “Messenger, Carol, Responsory (1948)” (Merton), 7

  Metamorphoses III (Ovid), 271

  Methodius, Fr., 13

  Milarepa, 217–18, 240, 247, 250

  Milosz, Czeslaw, 199, 286, 289

  Miss Lonelyhearts (West), 326

  Mistral, Gabriela, 6

  Mitchell, Sr. Barbara, 222, 224

  Mitchell, Elsie, 152

  Molière, 109

  Monastery of Christ in the Desert. See New Mexico

  Monasticism and contemplative life, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 30, 38, 45, 56, 63, 93, 96, 107, 113, 123, 128, 133, 147, 150–51, 166, 200, 232, 240, 262, 278, 281–82, 297, 298; and Dalai Lama, 259, 266; of lamas/Indian holy men, 246–49, 291, 292–93; proposed monastery for Ceylon, 313

  Monchanin, Abbé Jules, 295, 296n.

  Monks Pond, xvi, 28, 45, 45n., 48, 57, 60, 61, 80–81, 86, 123, 125, 134, 136, 137, 141, 147, 148, 150, 154, 157, 173

  Monte Alban, 4

  Montoya, Pearl, 177

  Moseley, Virginia, 147

  Mountains/metaphor for Merton, xiii, 96, 101, 103, 178, 182, 187, 188, 189–90, 195–96, 226, 240, 254, 284, 286; Kanchenjunga, 271, 272, 275, 277, 279, 281, 283, 284, 286–87, 295, 297

  Mount Analogue (Daumal), 106–7, 120

  Muggeridge, Malcolm, 55

  Mulloy, Joseph, 56, 57, 65

  Murphy, Fr. David, 46

  Murphy, Fr. Francis A., 197

  Murti, T. R. V., 252, 253, 254, 259, 260–61, 262–63, 274, 276, 279, 283, 290

  Music, 44, 48, 54, 56, 58, 73, 105, 119, 128, 144, 201

 
Myriam, Mother, 101, 104, 110, 119, 120, 141, 143, 166, 200, 297

  Mystics and Zen Masters (Merton), 27

  Nabokov, Peter, 106, 107, 121

  Nagarjuna, 247, 247n., 251, 273, 325

  Naked Society (Packard), 134

  Nanasampanno, Venerable, 212, 212n., 216

  Nanayakkara, Bishop, 310–11

  Nat Turner (Styron), Merton review of, 33, 34, 35, 37

  Nature, Merton’s entries on, 3, 5, 6, 11, 15, 16, 18, 23, 27, 32, 33, 35, 37, 48, 52, 56, 58, 63, 64, 65–66, 70–71, 74, 76–77, 79, 80, 87, 94, 97, 99, 100, 104, 107, 120, 132, 146, 147, 177, 237, 240, 241 See also Autumn; Night Sky; Spring; Summer; Winter

  Nepal, 143, 144, 145, 149, 277, 294

  New Apocalypse (Altizer), 72, 72n., 80

  New Clairvaux Abbey, CA, 13, 41

  New Directions Publishers, 18

  New Mexico, xiv, xvi, 83, 103–7, 121–22, 138, 162–63, 165, 186; Albuquerque, 186; Dulce, 178; en route, 171; Jicarilla Apache reservation, 177, 178–79, 181, 186; Monastery of Christ in the Desert, Abiquiu, xiv, xvi, 83, 103–7, 121–22, 138, 162–63, 173, 174–75, 186, 293; Santa Fe, 177, 186

  New York Review of Books, 65

  Nhat Hanh, Thich, 79, 88

  Nicholson, Harold, 148

  Niedecker, Lorine, 30

  Night sky, 10, 16, 46, 47, 52, 54, 264, 300, 308

  Niles, John Jacob, 7, 49, 86–87, 128, 289

  Niles, Rena, 49, 86–87, 289

  “Non-violence Does Not-Cannot-Mean Passivity” (Merton), 194n.

  Noonan, Ed, 186

  Norbert, Sr., 22

  “Notes on Love” (Merton), 19

  Nuns. See Our Lady of the Redwoods; specific orders

  Oakham, England, 11

  O’Brien, Darcy, 140

  O’Callaghan, Frank, 121, 129, 162

  O’Callaghan, Tommie, 6, 11, 27, 48, 52, 54, 56, 80, 117, 121, 129, 141–42, 143, 171, 186

  O’Flanagan, Most Rev. Dermot, 192, 192n.

  O’Gorman, Ned, 24

  O’Keeff, Georgia, 106, 107, 173, 175

  Oliver, Pat, 27

  Olmstead, Beatrice, 147

  One Dimensional Man (Marcuse), 125

  Origen, 15

  Orthodoxy, 92, 100

  Osservatore, 8

  Our Lady of the Redwoods, xiv, 82, 98–99, 101, 105, 110–13, 117–20, 122, 123, 125, 131, 138, 141, 145, 199, 205, 265, 282, 293

  Our Lady of the Valley, RI, xiii

  Pachomius, Bro., 23

  Pallis, Marco, 133, 133n., 227, 250n., 252, 259–60, 260n., 261

  Pascal, Blaise, 93, 93n.

  Passionists, 21

  Pasternak, Boris, 15, 39; Merton on Georgian Letters of, 15, 35

  Paton, Alan, 16

  Paul, Fr. (Merton’s former novice), 13

  Paul VI, Pope, 8

  Pavese, Cesare, 50, 155

  Peace News, 5

  Peaks and Lamas (Pallis), 133n.

  “Peace and Revolution” (Merton), 142

  Peck, Mr. and Mrs., 191

  Peloquin, Alexander, 73, 80, 159

  Pemba, T. Y., and wife, 290, 291

  Penco, Gregorio, 8

  Peron, Camara, 158

  Philomena, Mother, 69, 71

  Photography (Merton’s), xvi, 4, 4n., 19, 34, 73, 73n., 86, 106, 110, 119, 129, 196, 249, 266, 272, 279, 284, 297–98, 310, 322

  Pius XII, Pope, 8

  Plato, 175–76

  Poetry, 16, 22, 27, 30, 31, 32, 60, 71, 83, 87, 130, 134, 137, 144, 163, 217, 233–34, 301–2, 305; dedicated to Merton, 264–65, 265n.; haiku, Merton on, 4, 27; magazine (Merton’s), see Monks Pond; Merton’s, 10, 16, 24, 94, 95, 102, 144, 156, 171–74, 183–85, 206–8, 268–69, 273–74, 288–89, 313–19, 320–21; Niles setting of Merton’s poems to music, 7; Vaishnava, 255–57. See also Geography of Lograire; Sensation Time at the Home

  Pomaire (Merton’s Spanish Publisher), 6

  Ponge, Francis, 97

  Poor Clares, xvi, 20n., 21, 63, 69, 71, 179–80, 186

  Poor People’s March, Albuquerque, 107–8, 121, 123

  Popov, Eugene, 100

  Population, 24, 71

  Port Royal (Sainte-Beuve), 92, 92n.

  Poulet, Georges, 92n., 93, 93n., 108

  Power, 93

  Prakriti, 174

  Prayer (Heiler), 136, 141

  Private Correspondence, A (Durrell and Miller), 180, 180n.

  Psycholofia, 74

  Punnett, Ron, 154

  Quainton, Anthony, 231, 231n.

  Rabelais, François, 140

  Race War, The (Segal), 55

  Racism, 50, 51, 66, 81, 108–9, 113, 151, 155

  Raghavan, V., 299, 299n., 300, 304

  Rahner, Hugo, 14, 72, 72n.

  Rahula, Walpola, 309, 321

  Rama Krishna, 185, 185n.

  Ramanuja, 208, 208n.

  Ramanuja et la mystique vishnouite (Esnoul), 206n.

  Rambusch, Bob, 22

  Randall, Margaret, 28

  Reed, Nelson, 6

  Regina Laudis monastery, Bethlehem, CT, 3

  Regno, Bishop, 311–12

  Reiter, George, 6, 27, 28, 48

  Rendra, Willibrordus S., 163

  Reno, Fr. Roger, 32

  Requiem for a Faith (film), 222, 222n., 226

  “Return to Paradise” (Penco), 8–9

  Revolution, 24, 51, 81

  Revolution in Anthropology, The (Jarvic), 55–56

  Rice, Ed, 24, 154, 165, 308

  Richard, Fr., from Mepkin, 155

  Richardson, Sr. Jane Marie, 20, 20n., 21

  Rinpoches: Chatral, 278 79, 290 91; Chhokling, 249; Chobgye Thicchen, 263–64, 265; Chogyam Trungpa, 164, 164n., 219, 227, 252, 268; Drugpa Thugsey, 277; Jimpa, 277, 279, 292; Khamtul, 243, 298; Khempo Kalu, 292, 293

  Rita Mary, Mother, Precious Blood Convent, 197, 200

  Road to Joy, The: Thomas Merton’s Letters to New and Old Friends, 190n.

  Roberts, Jackie, 7

  Robertson, Fr. Vernon, 68

  Robin, Roger, 154

  Roger, Fr., 99, 104, 111, 112, 118, 119, 120, 153

  Rogers, Beatrice, 76, 79

  Roman Catholic Church, 21, 30, 40, 69, 72, 77, 83–84, 149, 158, 310, 328; birth control encyclical, 150; Pastoral Letter, “The Church in Our Day,” 40, 40n.

  Roshi, Shibuyama, 74

  Roy, Jamini, xvii, 220, 220n., 236, 305

  Rule of Saint Benedict, The, 86, 86n.

  Run to the Mountain (Merton), xiii

  Ryan, Dr., 57

  Ryman, Frank, 191

  Saarikoski, Pentti, 137

  “Sacred City, The” (Merton), 4, 4n.

  St. Bonaventure, Olean, NY, xiii

  St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 259

  St. Gregory of Nyssa, 259

  St. Irenaeus, 259

  St. Joseph’s Infirmary, Louisville, 284

  St. Mary’s Seminary, 8n.

  St. Rose’s Priory, 12

  Sales, de, Fr. Francis, 156

  Sankaracharya, 223, 223n., 247–48, 257–58, 261, 295, 304

  Santi Deva, 135, 247, 247n.

  Sartre, His Philosophy and Existential Psychoanalysis (Stern), 95, 95n., 96n., 113

 

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