The Cloud of Unknowing de Anonymous

The Cloud of Unknowing

Anonymous

A practical spiritual guidebook, The Cloud of Unknowing was thought to have been written in the latter half of the 14th century, by an anonymous English monk, possibly a Carthusian, who counsels a young student to seek God not through knowledge but through what he speaks of as a "naked intent" and a "blind love." "Our intense need to understand will always be a powerful stumbling block to our attempts to reach God in simple love [...] and must always be overcome. For if you do not overcome this need to understand, it will undermine your quest. It will replace the darkness which you have pierced to reach God with clear images of something which, however good, however beautiful, however Godlike, is not God."--Author, The Cloud of Unknowing. Lamp Post is proud to present some of the finest Christian literary works of all time-writings that have affected the Church, touched the hearts of its leaders, and helped shape Christianity for two thousand years; timeless books that have endured and are deserving to be included among the Christian Classics.

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Preț

Express

Paperback (8)

49^.98 lei 6-8 săpt.

–

55^.64 lei 3-5 săpt.

Paraclete Press (MA) – 31 iul 2009

83^.21 lei 3-5 săpt.

Merchant Books – 21 apr 2018

49^.98 lei 6-8 săpt.

Aziloth Books – 19 mai 2011

62^.40 lei 6-8 săpt.

SMK Books – 22 oct 2012

69^.82 lei 6-8 săpt.

Lamp Post Inc. – apr 2009

70^.90 lei 6-8 săpt.

BENEDICTION BOOKS – 24 ian 2010

70^.90 lei 6-8 săpt.

Indoeuropeanpublishing.com – 4 mai 2019

96^.31 lei 6-8 săpt.

Hardback (2)

126^.41 lei 6-8 săpt.

SMK Books – 3 apr 2018

126^.41 lei 6-8 săpt.

BENEDICTION BOOKS – 24 ian 2010

131^.42 lei 6-8 săpt.

Notă biografică

Vyasa (c. 200 BC) is the legendary author of the Mahabharata, Vedas and Puranas, some of the most important works in the Hindu tradition. Vyasa appears for the first time as the compiler of, and an important character in, the Mahabharata. It is said that he was the expansion of the God Vishnu, who came in Dwaparayuga to make all the Vedic knowledge from oral tradition available in written form. He was the son of Satyavati, adopted daughter of the fisherman Dusharaj and the wandering sage Parashara, who is credited with being the author of the first Purana, Vishnu Purana. He was born on an island in the river Yamuna. Due to his dark complexion, Vyasa was also given the name Krishna, in addition to the name Dwaipayana, meaning "island-born." According to the Mahabharata, the sage Vyasa was the son of Satyavati and Parashara. During her youth, Satyavati was a fisherwoman who used to drive a boat. One day, sage Parashara was in a hurry to attend a Yajna. Satyavati helped him cross the river borders. On this account, the sage offered her a mantra which would result in begetting a son who would be a sage with wisdom and all good qualities. Satyavati immediately recited the mantra and thus Vyasa was born. She kept this incident a secret, not telling even King Shantanu. The festival of Guru Purnima is dedicated to Vyasa. It is also known as Vyasa Purnima, for it is the day believed to be both his birthday and the day he divided the Vedas. Vyasa is also considered to be one of the seven Chiranjivins (long-lived, or immortals), who are still in existence according to Hindu tradition.