The interior silence : my encounters with calm, joy, and compassion at 10 monasteries around the world
Title:
The interior silence : my encounters with calm, joy, and compassion at 10 monasteries around the world
Author:
Sands, Sarah, author.
ISBN:
9781797210452
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Physical Description:
xxi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Harmony, Koyasan, Japan -- Self-denial and nature, Francis of Assisi -- The dark night of the soul, Montserrat, Catalonia -- Solitude, The Egyptian desert -- The art of happiness and saving the planet, Bhutan -- Simplicity and the inner silence, Marham Abbey, Norfolk -- Truth and silence, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Senanque -- Living on the edge, Lindisfarne -- Music and monasticism, Salzburg -- Humility and sacred quiet, Meteora, Greece -- Epilogue.
Abstract:
"Monk's Medicine is a quest for ancient and proven wisdom and practices - a pilgrimage to ten monasteries around the world, from the roots of monasticism at a Coptic monastery in the eastern desert of Egypt to Assisi, Greece, Bhutan Montserrat and more. We follow Sarah Sands on her personal journey as she identifies common characteristics from centuries of monastic life and how they can take us beyond the self-absorption of many contemporary self-help strategies to genuine inner peace and happiness."-- Provided by publisher.
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