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.
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