The Power of Silence
by Robert Sarah · first published 2017
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In a time when technology penetrates our lives in so many ways and materialism exerts such a powerful influence over us, Cardinal Robert Sarah presents a bold book about the strength of silence. The modern world generates so much noise, he says, that seeking moments of silence has become both harder and more necessary than ever before. Silence is the indispensable doorway to the divine, explains the cardinal in this profound conversation with Nicolas Diat. Within the hushed and hallowed walls of the La Grande Chartreux, the famous Carthusian monastery in the French Alps, Cardinal Sarah ad
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I highly suggest "The Tibetan Book of The Dead" and "The Power of Silence." Try to find the TBOTD version translated by W.Y. Evans-Wentz if you're not one for happy meal, watered-down philosophy. Take these texts with a grain of salt at first only because they will be thoroughly…
on “Meditation Becomes Beneficial Surprisingly Fast” ↗…hard for me to select a favorite. However as a voracious reader there is only one author for whom I have found myself re-reading his books multiple times: Robert Sarah. He has published two books: The Power of Silence (extended reflection on silence and the human condition) God or Nothing (autobiography + reflections on current affairs)
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite non-fiction books of all time?” ↗For anybody curious about the Catholic and monastic spirituality of silence, I would recommend a profound book: The Power of Silence by Cardinal Robert Sarah It’s final chapter is in fact a discussion with the Carthusian Master Dom Dysmus himself.
on “Where Has All the Chartreuse Gone?” ↗