Word: buddhahood
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Merton seemed most at home with a master of the ancient Tibetan Buddhist way of Dzogchen, a mystical method that like Zen stresses the ability to achieve sudden illumination. "The parting note was a kind of compact that we would both do our best to make it [to complete Buddhahood] in this life." Yet what Merton found most striking in his exploration of Buddhism was the realization that the contemplative ways of the East were for him only an analogue of his own methods. Though he greatly admired the spirituality of Asian holy men, he remained steadfastly Christian, always aware...