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The Spinning Wheel of Success

Amma Syncletica said, “Just as a treasure exposed is quickly spent, so also any virtue which becomes famous or well-publicized vanishes. Just as wax is quickly melted by fire, so...

The Spinning Wheel of Success

Amma Syncletica said, “Just as a treasure exposed is quickly spent, so also any virtue which becomes famous or well-publicized vanishes. Just as wax is quickly melted by fire, so...

The voice of God within us

Of all the attitudes we bring to prayer, presence is at once one of the simplest and one of the most difficult.

The voice of God within us

Of all the attitudes we bring to prayer, presence is at once one of the simplest and one of the most difficult.

The moral disease of domination

Once upon a time, an ancient story tells, the main tributary of a mountain stream became polluted. 

The moral disease of domination

Once upon a time, an ancient story tells, the main tributary of a mountain stream became polluted. 

What's Important in Life?

Once upon a time, there was an elder who was respected for his piety and virtue.

What's Important in Life?

Once upon a time, there was an elder who was respected for his piety and virtue.

The Fruit of Contemplation

Once, a brother committed a sin in Scetis, and the elders assembled and sent for Abba Moses. He, however, did not want to go

The Fruit of Contemplation

Once, a brother committed a sin in Scetis, and the elders assembled and sent for Abba Moses. He, however, did not want to go

A snail's journey

“O snail, climb Mount Fuji/ But slowly, slowly,” the haiku master Issa writes.

A snail's journey

“O snail, climb Mount Fuji/ But slowly, slowly,” the haiku master Issa writes.