Pray Without Ceasing: The Way of the Invocation in World Religions

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Patrick Laude
World Wisdom, Inc, 2006 - 227 pages
Drawn from the world's religions, this work takes the reader on a pilgrimage to the heart of prayer and reveals why prayer is the essence of the human condition.

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Bhagavad Gitā HE WHO THINKS OF ME CONSTANTLY 346
6
Hōnen THE BUDDHA OF BOUNDLESS LIGHT TAKING REFUGE
12
Shinran PASSAGES ON THE PURE LAND WAY
22
Abraham Abulafia THE LIGHT OF THE INTELLECT THE QUESTION
31
The Way of a Pilgrim UNCEASING INTERIOR PRAYER
41
The Cloud of Unknowing STRIKE DOWN EVERY KIND OF THOUGHT
48
St Jean Eudes THE NAME ADMIRABLE ABOVE ALL NAMES
54
CONTEMPORARY DOCTRINAL ESSAYS
67
Mir Valiuddin SOME IMPORTANT DHIKRS
134
CONTEMPORARY TESTIMONIES
143
Mahatma Gandhi PRAYER
151
Swami Abhishiktananda Henri Le Saux THE PRAYER OF THE NAME
157
Gojun Shichiri SAYINGS ON TARIKI
164
Gao Xingjian NAMO AMITOFU
173
Father Lorenzo Sales THE UNCEASING ACT OF LOVE OF SISTER MARY
181
Shaykh Ahmad AlAlawi TREATISE ON THE INVOCATION
195

Titus Burckhardt RITES
79
Leo Schaya THE GREAT NAME OF GOD
87
Marco Pallis NEMBUTSU AS REMEMBRANCE
101
T Suzuki THE SHIN TEACHING OF BUDDHISM
117
Archimandrite Lev Gillet ON THE PRACTICAL USE OF THE JESUS
124
Simone Weil THE LOVE OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
206
Acknowledgments
213
Index
219
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Page 99 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page 97 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge.
Page 97 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps. Fire and hail, snow and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling His word; Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars; Beasts and all cattle; creeping things and flying fowl; Kings of the earth and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth.
Page 97 - Praise ye him, sun and moon : Praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the LORD: For he commanded, and they were created.
Page 52 - Jesus is Lord' except in the Holy Spirit.
Page 89 - And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Page 94 - He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Page 91 - And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

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