The Art of Prayer

292 Pages·1997·28.702 MB·English

by  Kallistos Ware, Igumen Chariton, E. Kadloubovsky, E.M. Palmer

The
Art
of
Prayer
AN ORTHODOX
ANTHOLOGY
compiledby
Igumen Chariton ofValamo
translatedby
E. Kadloubovsky and E. M. Palmer/
editedwith an introduction by / i
Timothy Ware

THE ART OF PRAYER
also available
THE PHILOKALIA
THE COMPLETE TEXT
compiled by St Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain
• and St Makarios of Corinth
Translated from the Greek and edited by
G. E. H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard and Kallistos Ware
Volumes I—IV. Volume V in preparation
WRITINGS FROM THE PHILOKALIA
ON PRAYER OF THE HEART
Translated from the Russian text 'Dobrotolubiye' by
E. Kadloubovsky and G. E. H. Palmer
THE ART OF PRAYER
An Orthodox Anthology
Compiled by
IGUMEN CHARITON
OF VALAMO
Translated by
KADLOUBOVSKY
E.
and
E. M. PALMER
Edited with an Introduction by
TIMOTHY WARE
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This translation 1966 by Elizabeth M. Palmer
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
9
FOREWORD
39
THE INNER CLOSET OF THE HEART
I 43
WHAT PRAYER?
II IS
(i) The Test of Everything gi
(ii) Degrees of Prayer 63
THE JESUS PRAYER
III
(i) Secret Meditation y$
(ii) Unceasing Prayer 80
(iii) The Jesus Prayer 88
(iv) Remembrance of God 1 1
IV THE FRUITS OF PRAYER
(i) Attention and the Fear of God 124
(ii) Divine Grace and Human Effort 132
(iii) The Burning ofthe Spirit 149
V THE KINGDOM OF THE HEART
(i) The Kingdom within us 164
(ii) The Union ofMind and Heart 18
VI WAR WITH PASSIONS
(i) War with Passions 199
(ii) Know Yourself 222
(iii) Work, Inner and External 233
(iv) Solitude 2go
(v) Times of Desolation 2gj
(vi) Illusion 264
(vii) Humility and Love 271
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TEACHINGS OF THE
VII
STARTSI OF VALAMO MONASTERY
page 275
FURTHER READING
280
INDEX
283