Silent Life

Thomas Merton Wrote The Silent Life A Decade After He Took Orders. In His Prologue Merton Describes The Book As A Meditation On The Monastic Life By One Who Without Any Merit Of His Own Is Privileged To Know That Life On The Inside . . . Who Seeks Only To Speak As The Mouthpiece Of A Tradition Centuries Old. It Is A Remarkable Work-One That Combines A Lucid And Informative Description Of The Nature And Forms Of Monasticism Communal And Solitary With A Passionate Defense Of The Contemplative'S Quest For God. The Intense Beauty Of Merton'S Meditation Radiating From Beneath Its Surface Calm Makes The Silent Life A Classic Of Its Kind.