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Five breaths

an invitation to silence

Andō
Aug 10, 2023
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Five breaths pray in me: sun moon
Rain wind and fire.

— Thomas Merton, from The Asian Journal.

These two lines are taken from a longer poetic form in Merton’s Asian journal. If you’re interested in spi…

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