Finding Happiness

A monk’s guide to life from the host of hit BBC series, The Monastery

De: Christopher Jamison OSB

Narrado por: Christopher Jamison OSB

Why is 'being happy' such an imperative nowadays? What meaning do people give happiness?

In this book Abbot Christopher turns to monastic wisdom to offer answers, and to explain that in essence, happiness is a gift, not an achievement, the fruit of giving and receiving blessings.

Following the same accessible and engaging format of FINDING SANCTUARY, Abbot Christopher takes different aspects of happiness, examines them, tells us what monastic wisdom has to say about them, and offers us steps towards our own journey to finding happiness.

Read by Christopher Jamison

(p) 2008 Orion Publishing Group©2008 Christopher Jamison

Reseñas de la Crítica

A jewel of a book

Anyone who enjoyed the surprise hit television series The Monastery should be delighted with Christopher Jamison's book ... by the end I was left with the definite impression that the author himself is a sincere and honourable man who sees, in the best aspects of the Rule of Benedict, a genuine solution to the abominable problems of modern living

Lucid and insightful ... Friendly, clever and original

His guidance is spot on. Heaven knows, most of us need all the peace we can get

What can a monk tell us about finding happiness in our complicated modern world? A surprising amount, is the answer

Generous with his insights, but never self-righteous, smug or preachy. I felt better for meeting him (Judy Finnigan)

Great resource on modern spiritual issues!

Abbot Christopher does a wonderful.job of narrating his book to help us find/rediscover our happpiness.

DRY

I applaud this book for trying to deal with the root causes of unhappiness, but I do not agree with the monastic approach. The book discusses the 7 deadly sins and virtues in great details. This book didn't provide me with the solutions I am looking for. The one idea that I took away from the book is to plan your life backwards. Define what makes a happy death and then plan your life accordingly. I do not recommend this book.