Thanks to Digita Dharma for remnding us of Thomas Merton’s contribution to the integration of wisdom beyond wisdom, regardless of tradition. Forty years after his premature death many of us still owe him so much for clarifying the Path.
Merton saw Buddhism not as a substitute for Christianity, but an enriching way. Out of the centre of the Catholic Christian tradition, he was able, as one scholar put it, to engage in dialogue with other restless Catholics, Christians and people of other faiths or no formal faith
And I love this:
The biggest human temptation, said Thomas Merton, is to settle for too little.
Cheers.