These short readings, one for each day of the year, offer deep inspiration for readers who want to develop a more spiritually grounded lifestyle.
In the midst of our busy world we need islands of calm. Each day, Easwaran comments on a quotation from one of the world’s great philosophers, poets, saints, and sages. He explains how the wisdom of the ages can guide us in our own lives.
Augustine and Einstein, Emily Dickinson and Jalaladdin Rumi, Biblical verses, Buddhist sutras, Hasidic proverbs, and Hindu Upanishads can all be found here. As we go through the year with Easwaran some days will be joyful, some will be hard, but each one can further our journey. One day at a time is enough.
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- Words to Live By Short Readings of Daily Wisdom
Not just for mediators; timeless daily wisdom for all who seek peace within and peace for others. The print version is even better than the Kindle version, as the daily Word is a little longer and the daily passage more complete. But, it’s nice to turn to my Kindle “copy” for late-night reading. This makes a wonderful gift and is appropriate for all faiths, indeed for all persons who want to find peace in themselves and wish to see peace for all the world, as well.
Practical daily advice for healing, loving and transforming oneself In Words to Live By, Sri Eknath Easwaran distills the wisdom of ages into small, simple, practical nuggets of wisdom. All of the material in this book is available free of cost on […] website, under the menu Meditation -> Thought for the day. I have that page as my home page (which displays fresh content every day for one year), since I found it helpful to read it more than once a day for inspiration and learning.Â
Words to live by: Inspiration for Every Day As a lover of books, I haunt every consignment shop, flea market or library book sale that I happen on and in some such place I first discovered Eknath Easwaran’s writings and found them fascinating. Although his religious roots were in India, with Gandhi as his beloved teacher, he had a wide circle of friends in both the Muslim and Christian faiths. Through them he came to see “the universality of spiritual truths”. This little gem of a book, which also contains a guide to the…