The Solitude of Compassion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Solitude of Compassion write by Jean Giono. This book was released on 2011-01-04. The Solitude of Compassion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Solitude of Compassion, a collection of short stories never before available in English, won popular acclaim when it was originally published in France in 1932. It tells of small-town life in Provence, drawing on a whole village of fictional characters, often warm and decent, at times immoral and coarse. Giono writes of a friendship forged in a battlefield trench in the midst of World War I; an old man’s discovery of the song of the world; and, in the title story, the not-unrelated feelings of compassion and pity. In these twenty stories, Giono reveals his marvelous storytelling through his vivid images and lyrical prose, whether he is conveying the delicate scents of lavender and pine trees or the smells of damp earth and fresh blood.
From Solitude, Through Compassion, to Community
From Solitude, Through Compassion, to Community - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Solitude, Through Compassion, to Community write by Emmanuel Williams. This book was released on 1980. From Solitude, Through Compassion, to Community available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Solitude and Compassion
Solitude and Compassion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Solitude and Compassion write by Gordon, Gus. This book was released on 2014-04-10. Solitude and Compassion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Richard Rohr says about this book and its author that ""the only authors worth reading are those who have done their homework--the homework of their own life and the study of other great minds and hearts. Gus Gordon has done both. Here you will reap and enjoy the rewards. By showing the deep connections between solitude and solidarity, he reveals the very heart of the Gospel.""
Gus Gordon has learned from both Jesus and the Buddha how to use solitude to nurture compassion, freeing up the divine energy within to live in solidarity with others, experiencing the peace in life you share with others. This is a very practical book about how to bring high ideals of both great religious founders to your heart.
""Gordons book will speak--and it will speak powerfully--to the many of us who are struggling with the need to be nurtured by solitude and solidarity, action and contemplation, prophecy and mysticism, wisdom and love."" --Paul F. Knitter, Union Theological Seminary, New York
The Work of Loneliness: Solitude, Emptiness, and Compassion
The Work of Loneliness: Solitude, Emptiness, and Compassion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Work of Loneliness: Solitude, Emptiness, and Compassion write by Douglas Burton-Christie. This book was released on 2006. The Work of Loneliness: Solitude, Emptiness, and Compassion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Art of Solitude
The Art of Solitude - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Art of Solitude write by Stephen Batchelor. This book was released on 2020-02-18. The Art of Solitude available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In a time of social distancing and isolation, a meditation on the beauty of solitude from renowned Buddhist writer Stephen Batchelor “Whatever a soul is, the author goes a long way toward soothing it. A very welcome instance of philosophy that can help readers live a good life.”—Kirkus Reviews “Elegant and formally ingenious.”—Geoff Wisner, Wall Street Journal When world renowned Buddhist writer Stephen Batchelor turned sixty, he took a sabbatical from his teaching and turned his attention to solitude, a practice integral to the meditative traditions he has long studied and taught. He aimed to venture more deeply into solitude, discovering its full extent and depth. This beautiful literary collage documents his multifaceted explorations. Spending time in remote places, appreciating and making art, practicing meditation and participating in retreats, drinking peyote and ayahuasca, and training himself to keep an open, questioning mind have all contributed to Batchelor’s ability to be simultaneously alone and at ease. Mixed in with his personal narrative are inspiring stories from solitude’s devoted practitioners, from the Buddha to Montaigne, from Vermeer to Agnes Martin. In a hyperconnected world that is at the same time plagued by social isolation, this book shows how to enjoy the inescapable solitude that is at the heart of human life.
