Monastic Practices

Author : Charles Cummings
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780879074845

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For three decades, Monastic Practices has been a valued resource for English-speaking aspirants to monastic life. In this revised edition, updated and expanded, Charles Cummings, OCSO, explores the common practices of the monastic life in order to rediscover them as viable means of leading persons to a deeper encounter with God. How do monks and nuns occupy themselves throughout the day? Have they modernized their lifestyle or is it still cluttered with medieval customs? Could any of the monastic practices be of use to those outside the monastery? A certain wisdom is necessary to know how to use such practices and how to give oneself to them until they lead one to God. After long monastic experience, Cummings shows us how the ordinary things we do constitute our path to God. In the art of living life, he argues, we are always beginners, searching for God through our concrete circumstances and actions.

Author : Charles Cummings
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Monastic and religious life
ISBN : 9780879070502

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For three decades, Monastic Practices has been a valued resource for English-speaking aspirants to monastic life. In this second edition, updated and expanded, Charles Cummings, OCSO, explores the common practices of the monastic life in order to rediscover them as viable means of leading persons to a deeper encounter with God. How do monks and nuns occupy themselves throughout the day? Have they modernized their lifestyle or is it still cluttered with medieval customs? Could any of the monastic practices be of use to those outside the monastery? A certain wisdom is necessary to know how to use such practices and how to give oneself to them until they lead one to God. After long monastic experience, Cummings shows us how the ordinary things we do constitute our path to God. In the art of living life, he argues, we are always beginners, searching for God through our concrete circumstances and actions.

Author : Charles Cummings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Monastic and religious life
ISBN : 0879079754

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"The following chapters study our common monastic practices as still viable means of leading contemporary monks and nuns to a deeper experience of God in faith, hope and love. These traditional practices are still viable, in the sense of being at the service of life, if we know how to use them and how to give ourselves to them until they lead us to God. This will be a 'how to' book more than a theological or historical study of monastic customs. It is not only newcomers who need to learn how. All of us need to rediscover deeper levels of meaning in the things we do every day: our interactions with other in the community, the time we spend alone in our cell, the common rituals we perform as we move through the daily schedule, our living and our dying. In the art of being monks and nuns, we are always beginners, beginning once again to seek and find, because there is always more of the living God to be experienced." [Introduction].

Author : Joan Chittister
Publisher : Convergent Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780593239421

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The Monastic Heart by Joan Chittister Pdf

The activist, nun, and esteemed spiritual voice who has twice appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday sounds the call to create a monastery within ourselves—to cultivate wisdom and resilience so that we may join God in the work of renewal, restoration, and justice right where we are. “Essential reading for anyone wishing to find the compass of their heart and the wellspring from which to live fully.”—Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries and New York Times bestselling author of Tattoos on the Heart “In every beating heart is a silent undercurrent that calls each of us to a place unknown, to the vision of a wiser life, to become what I feel I must be—but cannot name.” So begins Sister Joan Chittister’s words on monasticism, offering a way of living and seeing life that brings deep human satisfaction. Amid the astounding disruptions of normalcy that have unfolded in our world, Sister Joan calls all of us to cultivate the spiritual seeker within, however that may look across our diverse journeys: “We can depend only on the depth of the spiritual well in us. The well is the only thing that can save us from the fear of our own frailty.” This book carries the weight and wisdom of the monastic spiritual tradition into the twenty-first century. Sister Joan leans into Saint Benedict, who, as a young man in the sixth century, sought moral integrity in the face of an empire not by conquering or overpowering the empire but by simply living an ordinary life extraordinarily well. This same monastic mindset can help us grow in wisdom, equanimity, and strength of soul as we seek restoration and renewal both at home and in the world. At a time when people around the world are bearing witness to human frailty—and, simultaneously, the endurance of the human spirit—The Monastic Heart invites readers of all walks to welcome this end of certainty and embrace a new beginning of our faith. Without stepping foot in a monastery, we can become, like those before us, a deeper, freer self, a richer soul—and, as a result, a true monastic, so “that in all things God may be glorified.”

Author : Swami Bhajanananda
Publisher : Advaita Ashrama (A Publication House of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Glory of Monastic Life by Swami Bhajanananda Pdf

This book discusses the traditional modes of monasticism and compares them with the modern monastic way of life as seen in the Ramakrishna Order. With the changing times, monasticism too has to grow and assume new forms to adapt to the new situations. Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda brought about this change in the outward form of Indian monasticism without deviating from the eternal principles. Here the readers will get an overview of monasticism in general, and the Ramakrishna monasticism in particular. Published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India.

Author : Greg Peters
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493415564

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The Monkhood of All Believers by Greg Peters Pdf

Although the institution of monasticism has existed in the Christian church since the first century, it is often misunderstood. Greg Peters, an expert in monastic studies, reintroduces historic monasticism to the Protestant church, articulating a monastic spirituality for all believers. As Peters explains, what we have known as monasticism for the past 1,500 years is actually a modified version of the earliest monastic life, which was not necessarily characterized by poverty, chastity, and obedience but rather by one's single-minded focus on God--a single-mindedness rooted in one's baptismal vows and the priesthood of all believers. Peters argues that all monks are Christians, but all Christians are also monks. To be a monk, one must first and foremost be singled-minded toward God. This book presents a theology of monasticism for the whole church, offering a vision of Christian spirituality that brings together important elements of history and practice. The author connects monasticism to movements in contemporary spiritual formation, helping readers understand how monastic practices can be a resource for exploring a robust spiritual life.

Author : Micol Long
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004466494

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Learning as Shared Practice in Monastic Communities, 1070-1180 by Micol Long Pdf

In this study, Micol Long looks at Latin letters written in Western Europe between 1070 and 1180 to reconstruct how monks and nuns learned from each other in a continuous, informal and reciprocal way during their daily communal life.

Author : Francis Aidan Gasquet
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066204228

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English Monastic Life by Francis Aidan Gasquet Pdf

English Monastic Life is a work by Francis A. Gasquet. It details daily monastic life, the structures within them and the religious procedures undertaken by nuns and monks.

Author : Abbot Gasquet
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752336627

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English Monastic Life by Abbot Gasquet Pdf

Reproduction of the original: English Monastic Life by Abbot Gasquet

Author : Anne M. Blackburn
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691215877

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Buddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth-Century Lankan Monastic Culture by Anne M. Blackburn Pdf

Anne Blackburn explores the emergence of a predominant Buddhist monastic culture in eighteenth-century Sri Lanka, while asking larger questions about the place of monasticism and education in the creation of religious and national traditions. Her historical analysis of the Siyam Nikaya, a monastic order responsible for innovations in Buddhist learning, challenges the conventional view that a stable and monolithic Buddhism existed in South and Southeast Asia prior to the advent of British colonialism in the nineteenth century. The rise of the Siyam Nikaya and the social reorganization that accompanied it offer important evidence of dynamic local traditions. Blackburn supports this view with fresh readings of Buddhist texts and their links to social life beyond the monastery. Comparing eighteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhist monastic education to medieval Christian and other contexts, the author examines such issues as bilingual commentarial practice, the relationship between clerical and "popular" religious cultures, the place of preaching in the constitution of "textual communities," and the importance of public displays of learning to social prestige. Blackburn draws upon indigenous historical narratives, which she reads as rhetorical texts important to monastic politics and to the naturalization of particular attitudes toward kingship and monasticism. Moreover, she questions both conventional views on "traditional" Theravadin Buddhism and the "Buddhist modernism" / "Protestant Buddhism" said to characterize nineteenth-century Sri Lanka. This book provides not only a pioneering critique of post-Orientalist scholarship on South Asia, but also a resolution to the historiographic impasse created by post-Orientalist readings of South Asian history.

Author : Livia Kohn
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780824841669

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Monastic Life in Medieval Daoism by Livia Kohn Pdf

In Monastic Life in Medieval Daoism, a senior scholar of Daoist studies presents for the first time a detailed description and analysis of the organization and practices of medieval Daoist monasteries. Following an introduction to the wider, comparative issues involved in the study of monasticism, Livia Kohn outlines the origin, history, conceptual understanding, and social position of the monasteries, which came into their own early in the Tang dynasty. She examines texts from this period along with the architectural layout of Daoist monasteries, the daily discipline and interpersonal etiquette of monks and nuns, their implements and vestments, as well as the liturgical dimension (regular services, annual festivals, and special rites such as funerals) of monastic life. Throughout, Professor Kohn maintains a high comparative level, linking the Daoist situation and practices not only with Chinese popular, Confucian, Buddhist, and lay Daoist traditions, but also with relevant examples from Indian Buddhism and medieval Christianity. Monastic Life in Medieval Daoism breaks new ground in Daoist studies, the understanding of Chinese religion and medieval society, and the theoretical understanding and interpretation of the comparative phenomenon of monasticism. It will be required reading for scholars of Daoist studies and Chinese religion and medieval history and illuminating to experts in comparative religion and religious studies in general as well as to the wider public interested in questions of monastic life.

Author : Brother Benet Tvedten
Publisher : Paraclete Press
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781612610771

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How to Be a Monastic and Not Leave Your Day Job by Brother Benet Tvedten Pdf

You don't have to live in a monastery in order to live like a monk. Oblates are everyday people with jobs, families, and other responsibilities. Sometimes they are Catholic, sometimes not. In today's hectic, changing world, being an oblate offers a rich spiritual connection to the stability and wisdom of an established monastic community.

Author : David M. Miller,Dorothy C. Wertz
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1976-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780773593404

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Hindu Monastic Life by David M. Miller,Dorothy C. Wertz Pdf

Author : Jasmine Dum-Tragut,Dietmar W. Winkler
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Armenia
ISBN : 9783643910660

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Monastic Life in the Armenian Church by Jasmine Dum-Tragut,Dietmar W. Winkler Pdf

Monasticism is a vital feature of Christian spiritual life and has its origins in the Oriens Christianus. The present volume contains studies on Armenian Monasticism from various perspectives. The task is not only to produce historical studies. The aim is also to contribute to and reflect on monasticism today. Authors come from the Armenian Apostolic Catholicosate of Ejmiacin, the Holy See of Cilicia, the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and the Armenian-Catholic Church as well as from the Benedictine and Franciscan Orders of the Catholic Church. The experts reflected on the glorious past of Armenian monasticism and agreed to evaluate future challenges ecumenically to give more insight into both past and present Armenian monasticism.

Author : Francis Gasquet
Publisher : Litres
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040845798

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