Perennial Wisdom for the Spiritually Independent (eBook, ePUB)

Sacred Teachings-Annotated & Explained
Kommentar: Shapiro, Rabbi Rami

• Format: ePub

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781594735417
• Artikelnr.: 50004292

Autorenporträt

Rami Shapiro, a renowned teacher of spirituality across faith traditions, is an award-winning storyteller, poet and essayist. He is author of The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness: Preparing to Practice, Recovery-The Sacred Art: The Twelve Steps as Spiritual Practice and The Divine Feminine in Biblical Wisdom Literature: Selections Annotated & Explained (all SkyLight Paths), among other books. Rami Shapiro is available to speak on the following topics: * Writing-The Sacred Art: Beyond the Page to Spiritual Practice * Stop Playing God: 12 Steps as Spiritual Practice * Biblical Wisdom for Post-biblical Times: An Exploration of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job * The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness: Cultivating Compassion in Daily Life * Hasidic Wisdom: An Exploration of Hasidic Storytelling, Theology and Contemplative Practice * Saints and Sages: Biblical Prophets, Ancient Rabbis and the Building of a Just World

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Spiritually Independent, Not Spiritually Disinterested xiii
Perennial Philosophy: It's Fourfold xiv
Passage Meditation: Meaningful Memorization xiv
The Five Questions: The Heart of the Spiritual Quest xv
Personal Note xvi
Acknowledgments xvii
What Is Perennial Wisdom? 1
Who Am I? 10
Where Did I Come From? 54
Where Am I Going? 118
How Shall I Live? 176
Why? 258
Sages Cited, Annotated 283
Primary Sources, Annotated 296
Notes 309
Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading 310