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In the Spirit of Happiness is a warm and heartfelt spiritual guide which offers profound wisdom on how to lead a meaningful existence. Written by the Monks of New Skete, and grounded in their monastic path, this inspiring book invites us to consider the uniquely vital and engaged way of life which they practice in their community. It also suggests fresh insights into improving our relationships with other people as well as new ways of connecting to the divine. Above all, the monks believe human beings were created to be happy, and that elements of a monk's life - self-discipline, prayer, acts of love and forgiveness - are the tracks any of us can follow to achieve true happiness.
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The wise and cheerful monks of New Skete (How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend) believe that our spirits are meant to be happy. So within these pages, the popular monks of Cambridge, NY, offer useful suggestions for mastering the elusive art of happiness. And while this might sound like a book written by jolly Friar Tucks, it is in fact an intelligent, informed discussion on the soothing power of prayer, mercy, compassion, and devotion. It also opens the doors to the private life of monastic living--helping readers to see that even nuns and monks experience rapture as well as doubt and despair.
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In most of their chapters, the monks speak to the principles of spiritual happiness, such as "The Discipline of Change," "Practice Sacred Reading," and "River of Mercy." Interspersed with these lively and useful chapters, the monks have inserted seven "Interludes" in which they speak about monastic living. The result is a thoroughly satisfying package, filled with advice, reflection, warm personal anecdotes, and a delicious taste of what it means to live the contemplative life. --Gail Hudson
"The Monks of New Skete have lived as a community in Cambridge, New York, for more than thirty years. Their two previous books, The Art of Raising a Puppy and How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend, have sold almost three-quarters of a million copies."
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- PublisherRIDER & CO
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0712606866
- ISBN 13 9780712606868
- BindingPaperback
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- Number of pages350
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