In recent years, there has been a metamorphesis in studies done on the human body-mind research which seems to be heading towards a renewed interest in meditation as a technique for enhancing overall health.Every religion has has had as part of their traditions the practice of contemplation and meditation, at least among the more "spiritual" of their adherents.
The Roman Catholic Church has through the centuries however, developed a suspicion and fear of such practices as leading to heresy. In the early years of the Church, many believers withdrew from the cities into the wilderness and desert areas in order to live monastic lives of prayer. In response to this movement, conflict arose which is referred to as the Pelagian Controversy. This dealt with the contra. Mdictory belief that one could get to heaven by one's own efforts, or that he could only get there through God's gift of grace. This controversy has continued into the modern world and has until recently been seen in the contrast between atheistic or agnostic Buddhism and theistic Judaism, Christianity or Islam.
As with many seemingly many controversies, the appropriate response to this "problem" is not either/or, but both/and.
The Roman Catholic Church has through the centuries however, developed a suspicion and fear of such practices as leading to heresy. In the early years of the Church, many believers withdrew from the cities into the wilderness and desert areas in order to live monastic lives of prayer. In response to this movement, conflict arose which is referred to as the Pelagian Controversy. This dealt with the contra. Mdictory belief that one could get to heaven by one's own efforts, or that he could only get there through God's gift of grace. This controversy has continued into the modern world and has until recently been seen in the contrast between atheistic or agnostic Buddhism and theistic Judaism, Christianity or Islam.
As with many seemingly many controversies, the appropriate response to this "problem" is not either/or, but both/and.
[By Thomas Keating, OCSO]
The Human Condition, Thomas Keating, Paulist Press, Snowmass
CO, 1999
Crisis of Faith, Thomas Keating, Cistercian Press, Spencer, MA
1979
The Heart of the World, Thomas Keating, Crossroads, NY 1999
Open Mind, Open Heart, Thomas Keating, Amity House, NY
1986
Reawakenings, Thomas Keating, Crossroads, NY 1998
Manifesting God, Thomas Keating, Lantern Books, NY, 2005,
The Divine Indwelling, Thomas Keating, Lantern Books, NY, 2001
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, Thomas Keating, Cowley,
2004, Maryland
-------------------------------------------------------------------
[by D.T. Suzuki]
Mysticism:Christian and Buddhist, D.T.Suzuki, Routledge, 1957,
NY
NY, 1964
-----------------------------------------------------------
[ by Thomas Merton]
Thoughts In Solitude, T.Merton, Farrar et als, N.Y. 1956
Intimacy With
God, Thomas Keating, Crossroad, N.Y. 2005
Reflections on the Unknowable, Thomas Keating, OCSO, Lantern
Open Mind, Open Heart,T. Keating, Continuum, NY, 1986
The Heart of the World, T.Keating, Crossroad, NY, 1981
Sundays At the Magic Monastery, T.Keating, et als, Lantern, NY,
2002
Books Brooklyn, NY 2014
The Common Heart, Thomas Keating, Lantern Books, NY, 2003The Human Condition, Thomas Keating, Paulist Press, Snowmass
CO, 1999
Crisis of Faith, Thomas Keating, Cistercian Press, Spencer, MA
1979
The Heart of the World, Thomas Keating, Crossroads, NY 1999
Open Mind, Open Heart, Thomas Keating, Amity House, NY
1986
Reawakenings, Thomas Keating, Crossroads, NY 1998
Manifesting God, Thomas Keating, Lantern Books, NY, 2005,
The Divine Indwelling, Thomas Keating, Lantern Books, NY, 2001
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, Thomas Keating, Cowley,
2004, Maryland
-------------------------------------------------------------------
[by D.T. Suzuki]
Mysticism:Christian and Buddhist, D.T.Suzuki, Routledge, 1957,
NY
Zen Buddhism, D.T.Suzuki, Three Leaves, NY, 1996
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, D.T.Suzuki, Grove PressNY, 1964
-----------------------------------------------------------
[ by Thomas Merton]
Thoughts In Solitude, T.Merton, Farrar et als, N.Y. 1956
Zen and the Birds of Appetite, T. Merton, New Directions, NY, 1968
Mystics and Zen Masters, T.Merton, Delta, NY, 1961
Contemplative Prayer, T. Merton, Doubleday, NY,1971
The Way of Chuang Tzu, Thomas Merton, Gethsemani, KY 1965
-------------------------------------------------------
Also:
The Art of
Prayer, Faber & Faber, Surrey,
England
1966
The Psalms
Are Christian Prayer,T. Worden, Sheed & Ward,
N.Y. 1946
N.Y. 1946
The Dancing
Wu Li Masters, Gary Zukav, Bantam, N.Y., 1979
Jesus before
Christianity, A. Nolan, Orbis, Maryknoll, NY, 1978
The Zen
Teachings of Jesus, K. Leong, Crossroad, N.Y. 1995
Zen Spirit,
Christian Spirit, R.Kennedy, Continuum, N.Y., 1995
Thomas
Aquinas, The Teacher—The Mind Gateway, Chicago,1953
Merton’s
Palace of Nowhere, James Finley, Ave Maria, Notre
Dame, 1968
Jesus The
Jew, Geza Vermes, Fontana, London, 1973
This Man
Jesus, Bruce Vawter, Doubleday,
N.Y., 1973
The Secret Oral
Teachings, A. David-Neel, City Lights, San
Francisco, 1967
The Desert Fathers, Helen Waddell, Vintage, N.Y., 1998
Christian Zen, W.Johnston,Fordham, N.Y.,
1997
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, Shunryu Suzuki, Shambala, Boston,
2006
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, D.T.Suzuki, Grove, N.Y., 1964
The Golden Age of Zen, J.C.H.Wu, Doubleday, N.Y., 1996
Tales of a Magic Monastery, Theophane the Monk, Crossroad,
NY, 1981
Tao Te Ching, Lao Tsu, Vintage,1997, NY
The Third Jesus, Deepak Chopra, Harmony, NY, 2008
Abandonment to Divine Providence, Causssade, Benziger,
Boston
1887
Living Buddha, Living Christ, Thich Nhat Hanh, Riverhead, NY, 1995
The Documents of Vatican
II, W.Abbott,SJ,
Guild, NY 1963-
1965
The Tao of Physics, F.Capra, Bantam, NY , 1975
The Silence of Saint
Thomas, J.Pieper,
Logos, Chicago, 1957
Radical Amazement, J.Cannato, Sorin, Notre Dame, 2006
Not Always So, Shunryu Suzuki, Quill, San Francisco, 2002
Zen & The Kingdom of Heaven,
T. Chetwynd,
Wisdom, Boston,
2001
The Path of Centering Prayer, David Frenette, Sounds True,
Boulder, CO 2012
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comments are welcome and may be moderated; standards of civility apply. It will be courteous for commenters to provide a name, even a firstname, with a comment .
Thank you for reading!