Explains how the Buddhist journey to enlightenment requires sacrifice of worldly goods and devotion to meditation, and describes the eight meditative absorptions that bring joy and peace and lead to liberation.[...]
It is widely known that the monks of early Christian history, called the desert fathers, held an abounding wisdom of the nature and aspirations of the human person. Drawing on their own experience in the cloisters of the desert they became sought after mentors, teachers and spiritual guides. This bo[...]