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"Shetty grew up in a family where you could become one of three things—a doctor, a lawyer, or a failure. His family was convinced he had chosen option three: instead of attending his college graduation ceremony, he headed to India to become a monk, to meditate every day for four to eight hours, and devote his life to helping others. After three years, one of his teachers told him that he would have more impact on the world if he left the monk’s...
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"...[F]ollowing on the heels of The Pure Joy of Monastery Cooking, his first fully illustrated cookbook, Brother Victor revives one of his classics for a whole new audience. These 200 vegetable recipes come direct from his kitchen at Our Lady of the Resurrection Monastery to yours..."--P. [4] of cover.
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"The year is 1327. Benedictines in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon—all sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence,...
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"Time ebbs and flows and characters come and go in this novel, set in the era of the Black Death, about a Benedictine convent of no great note. The nuns do their chores, and seek to maintain and improve the fabric of their house and chapel, and struggle with each other and with themselves. The book that emerges is a picture of a world run by women but also a story—stirring, disturbing, witty, utterly entrancing—of a community. What is the life...
5) Anathem
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"Fraa Erasmas is a young avout living in the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside 'saecular' world by ancient stone, honored traditions, and complex rituals. Over the centuries, cities and governments have risen and fallen beyond the concent's walls. Three times during history's darkest epochs violence born of superstition and ignorance has invaded...
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"Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk and one of the most influential spiritual figures of the 20th century. His writing on contemplation, monastic life, mysticism, poetry, and social issues have influenced generations and his legacy of interfaith understanding and social justice endures to this day. Thomas Merton: An Introduction to His Life, Teachings, and Practices offers an exploration of Merton as a monk, as a writer, and as a human being. Author...
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"Suffering from information overload and unable to sleep, acclaimed journalist Sarah Sands tried countless strategies to de-stress, only to find temporary relief. Searching for something different, something lasting, Sands went on a quest to uncover ancient and proven wisdom for a happier, quieter, and more compassionate life. In this insightful and beautifully written book, Sands takes us along on her pilgrimage to ten monasteries around the world....
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Jay Shetty, la super estrella mundial del crecimiento personal, nos presenta su primer y esperado libro que transmite la valiosa sabiduría que aprendió cuando era monje. Jay Shetty, la superestrella de las redes sociales y presentador del podcast no. 1 On Purpose, destila en este libro la sabiduría eterna que aprendió como monje y la expone con pasos prácticos que cualquiera puede aplicar para gozar de una vida más tranquila. Después de tres...
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"'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...
10) Zen for nothing
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"Zen for Nothing is a masterly immersion into life at a Japanese Zen monastery over three seasons. Swiss noice Sabine arrives at Antaiji and, after a brief welcome, she begins to learn the monestary rules: how to bow, sit in the meditation hall, carry out movements with chopsticks, etc. There's more to life there than meditation, farming, and maintenance, however--there are picnics, music, and WI-FI. And after the last snow has melted away, the...
11) Brides of Christ
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Behind convent walls, six remarkable women are caught between centuries old tradition and the radical changes reshaping society in the 1960s. In their care are spirited teenagers eager to experience newfound freedoms of their generation.
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"This warmhearted memoir describes how a small, insecure boy with a vibrant imagination found an unlikely family in the company of monks at Holy Trinity Abbey, in the mountains of rural Latter-day Saint Utah. Struggling with his parents' recent divorce, Michael O'Brien discovered a community filled with warmth, humor, idiosyncrasies, and most of all, listening ears. Filled with anecdotes and delightful "behind the scenes" descriptions of his experiences...
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"For the hermits and communal monks of antiquity, the desert was a place to flee the cacophony of ordinary life in order to hear and contemplate the voice of God. But these monks discovered something surprising in their harsh desert surroundings: far from empty and silent, the desert is richly reverberant. Sonorous Desert shares the stories and sayings of these ancient spiritual seekers, tracing how the ambient sounds of wind, thunder, water, and...
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"In the 14th century, William of Baskerville, a renowned Franciscan monk, and his apprentice, Adso of Melk, travel to an abbey where a suspicious death has occurred. Using his deductive powers, William begins investigating what he believes to be murder. During the course of his investigation, several more monks wind up dead. With fear running through the abbey, the church leaders call forth Benardo Gui, William's nemesis, to find the truth." --container....
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"A beautiful and wealthy young widow donates the house she shared with her beloved husband to Shrewsbury Abbey, asking only for the annual rent of one white rose from its garden. Among her many admirers is the young monk charge with delivering the first rose. When the monk is found bludgeoned to death and the widow disappears, Cadfael investigates." --container.
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"When a young monk claims to see vision of St. Winifred, Cadfael and a party from Shrewsbury Abbey trek to Wales to excavate her holy relics and are met with mush hostility. When the main opponent to the monks' efforts is murdered, not even the holy men - who are forbidden to leave with the relics until Cadfael identifies the killer - are exempt from suspicion." --container.
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"Father Ailnoth, the new parish priest, earns the scorn of all his parishioners. After refusing to baptize the illegitimate baby of a local woman, the priest is found dead in the river. With plenty of suspects but a shortage of clues, Cadfael confounds even his good friend Beringar, the Under Sheriff, in revealing just how the priest lost his life." --container.
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Hawk and the dove volume 1
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Set in a medieval monastery and following the lives of the brothers of St. Alcuin, this three-in-one package consists of books 1-3: The Hawk and the Dove, The Wounds of God, and The Long Fall. While the characters belong to another century, their struggles are our own--finding one's place, coping with failure, living with impossible people, and changing when we realize that we are the impossible ones. Rich with imagery and emotion, their tales depict...
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