ARGONAUT BOOKS

The much-beloved and most widely read of Mertons works, "New Seeds of Contemplation" covers a diverse range of subjects including faith, spiritual wonder, "the night of the senses," and renunciation.

Reviews
Destined to go down as one of the great spiritual classics of our century.
The New Republic - Francine du Plessix Gray

Thomas Merton really is someone we can look up to
His Holiness The Dalai Lama

I can't remember a time when Thomas Merton wasn't a piece of my mental furniture.
John Jeremiah Sullivan

Merton's masterpiece.
Sue Monk Kidd

He is an artist, a Zen.
Thich Nhat Han