Thomas Merton on Zen and the Art of Narcissism « Entersection

Thomas Merton on Zen and the Art of Narcissism

Thomas Merton and Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki meeting in NYC (June 1964)
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Descartes made a fetish out of the mirror in which the self finds itself. Zen shatters it.
— Thomas Merton in Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

Posted on behalf of Thomas Merton on Saturday, December 5th, 2009 under Quotations.

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