In The Spirit of Happiness: A Book of Spiritual Wisdom

Now in paperback, the bestselling authors of "How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend" distill their collective spiritual wisdom in a book that explains how the elements of a monk's life—self-discipline, solitude, prayer, acts of love and forgiveness—are pathways that anyone can follow to achieve true happiness and spiritual fulfillment.

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In The Spirit of Happiness: A Book of Spiritual Wisdom

Now in paperback, the bestselling authors of "How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend" distill their collective spiritual wisdom in a book that explains how the elements of a monk's life—self-discipline, solitude, prayer, acts of love and forgiveness—are pathways that anyone can follow to achieve true happiness and spiritual fulfillment.

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In The Spirit of Happiness: A Book of Spiritual Wisdom

In The Spirit of Happiness: A Book of Spiritual Wisdom

by Monks of New Skete
In The Spirit of Happiness: A Book of Spiritual Wisdom

In The Spirit of Happiness: A Book of Spiritual Wisdom

by Monks of New Skete

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Now in paperback, the bestselling authors of "How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend" distill their collective spiritual wisdom in a book that explains how the elements of a monk's life—self-discipline, solitude, prayer, acts of love and forgiveness—are pathways that anyone can follow to achieve true happiness and spiritual fulfillment.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780316606943
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication date: 01/03/2001
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.79(d)

Table of Contents

Prefacexi
Authors' Notexiv
1The Seeker4
Interlude: What Is Monasticism?24
2First Fervor27
3The Discipline of Change48
Interlude: What Is a Monk?68
4Asceticism and Life72
5What About Techniques?95
Interlude: The Beginnings of Christian Monasticism111
6Self-Knowledge114
7Sacred Reading and the Word134
Interlude: The Growth of Christian Monasticism150
8Practicing Sacred Reading153
9Pray Without Ceasing?174
Interlude: Later Developments in Monasticism198
10One Mind, One Heart203
11What Does Love Look Like?237
Interlude: Whence New Skete?258
12Good Work262
13A River of Mercy284
Interlude: More About New Skete304
Epilogue: In the End, Happiness308
Glossary315
Bibliography: Understanding Scripture: Suggested Reading321
Index323
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