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In the spirit of happiness / - 1st ed. - Boston : Little, Brown, c1999. - xv, 335 , [2] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321] and index.

The seeker -- What is monasticism? -- First fervor -- The discipline of change -- What is a monk? -- Asceticism and life -- What about techniques? -- The beginnings of Christian Monasticism -- Self-knowledge -- Sacred reading and the word -- The growth of Christian Monasticism -- Practicing sacred reading -- Pray without ceasing? -- Later developments in Monasticism -- One mind, one heart -- What does love look like? -- Whence New Skete? -- Good work -- A river of mercy -- More about New Skete -- In the end, happiness.

Along with "a history and explanation of the origins of monasticism," the Monks of New Skete present ideas on emulating aspects of the life of a monk in order to achieve human happiness.

ISBN: 0316578517 9780316578516

LCCN: 99022489

Subjects--Corporate Names:
New Skete (Monastery : Cambridge, N.Y.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Monastic and religious life--New York (State)--Cambridge.
Orthodox Eastern monasticism and religious orders--New York (State)--Cambridge.
Christian life--Orthodox Eastern authors.
New Skete.
Monnikenwezen.
Orthodoxe kerken.

LC Class. No.: BX388.N48 / M65 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 255/.81