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Current E-Courses - Sign up Today: • Practicing Spirituality with Joyce Rupp • Practicing Spirituality with Thich Nhat Hanh Daily Practices: • Spiritual Practice of the Day • More Spiritual Practices • Spiritual Reading of the Day: Louise L. Hay on affirmations • More Spiritual Readings 11/20/09 Opening Friday: Mammoth, The Blind Side, The Twilight Saga: New Moon 11/17/09 Spiritual Literacy Blog: Japan's Pop Culture 11/17/09 New DVDs: My Sister's Keeper, Angels & Demons, Star Trek, My One and Only, A Christmas Tale, Funny People, Four Christmases, Humpday, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Is Anybody There? 11/16/09 Spiritual Literacy Blog: A Tribute to Pema Chodron 11/13/09 Now in Theaters: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Pirate Radio, The End of Poverty? Uncertainty, Oh My God? 11/10/09 New DVDs: Up, Enlighten Up! A Skeptic's Journey into the World of Yoga 11/07/09 New Children's Books mittens, jungle animals, snow, and monsters 11/06/09 Opening Today: The Men Who Stare at Goats, The Box, That Evening Sun, Precious 11/04/09 26 Ways to Practice Thanks-giving 11/03/09 New DVDs: Lemon Tree, The Dead, Unmistaken Child, The Answer Man, Food, Inc. 10/30/09 Now in Movie Theaters: Storm, Skin Naming the Days Tomorrow: Halloween Naming the Days Sunday: All Saints Day 10/27/09 Spiritual Literacy Blog: Must We Have Bad Music in Public Spaces? New DVDs: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Nothing Like the Holidays, Medicine for Melancholy, Perestroika, Il Divo 10/26/09 New in Books: Eckhart Tolle on animals, the Dalai Lama on happiness, John Shelby Spong on eternal life, Debbie Ford's consciousness cleanse, and more 10/23/09 In Theaters: The Wedding Song, Amelia, Motherhood, New York, I Love You 10/21/09 Robert Fulghum: Shines of the Times 10/18/09 At the Movies: Where the Wild Things Are 10/17/09 Naming the Days: Divali - A Celebration of Our Inner Light 10/13/09 New DVDs: The Proposal, Beauty in Trouble, Every Little Step, American Violet, Adoration 10/12/09 New Book Reviews: mindfulness practices, discernment, prayerfulness, community, everyday life, AIDS-free world, green collar economy, and more 10/09/09 At the Movies: Peter and Vandy, The Damned United, The Yes Men Fix the World, An Education 10/08/09 New DVD: Liberation Day / Munyarangabo Spiritual Literacy Blog: A Short Manifesto on the Future of Attention 10/07/09 In Theaters: The Yes Men Fix the World New York Film Festival: The White Ribbon, White Material, Life During Wartime, Bluebeard 10/02/09 Opening Today: The Invention of Lying, A Serious Man, Whip It 10/01/09 New York Film Festival: Lebanon, Sweet Rush, Hadewijch, Everyone Else, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire 09/30/09 Spiritual Literacy Blog: Three Ways You Can Turn Panic Into Happiness 09/28/09 New DVDs: Madagascar Escape 2 Africa, Management, Tulpan, In a Dream 09/23/09 Starts Friday: The 47th New York Film Festival Happy 60th Birthday, Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run New Movies: In Search of Beethoven, Capitalism: A Love Story, Coco Before Chanel 09/22/09 Naming the Days: Autumn Equinox New DVDs: Away We Go, 39 Pounds of Love, Observe and Report, Battle for Terra, O'Horten 09/21/09 Naming the Days: International Day of Peace Spiritual Literacy Blog: The Day's First Stop Is Online 09/18/09 Today at Sunset - Rosh Hashanah: Shanah Tovah "Good Year" Starts tomorrow - Navratri: Nine Nights of Meditation on the Divine Feminine Now in Movie Theaters: Bright Star, Paris, The Burning Plain, Disgrace, The Informant! 09/15/09 New Children's Books: A bear who hugs trees, a piglet who loves her granny, an immigrant from the Sudan, a snake and an elephant who become friends, a biography of Rachel Carson, and more 09/14/09 Spiritual Literacy Blog: We Are All Hindus Now 09/11/09 Anniversary of 9/11: Rest in Peace, an "I am" prayer/poem Frederick Franck's Pieta: an art meditation for 9/11 Spiritual Practices for the Anniversary of 9/11: from Rami Shapiro, Megan McKenna, Roger Housden, Thich Nhat Hanh, Brother David Steindl-Rast, Wendy M. Wright, Ezra Bayda, Robert Thurman, Sam Keen, Andrew Harvey, and others In Movie Theaters: Crude, The Other Man, 9, Whiteout 09/09/09 New Books from some of our favorite authors: Terry Hershey, Thich Nhat Hanh, Julia Cameron, Harvey Cox, Rami Shapiro, Scotty McLennan, Diane Ackerman, Andrew Harvey, Eknath Easwaran, Joan Borysenko, the Interfaith Amigos, and more 09/08/09 New DVD: Absurdistan |
On November 12, 2009, a new Charter for Compassion was unveiled to a global community poised to embrace this spiritual practice as a way of transforming ourselves and our world. You are invited to join us in affirming this important cooperative effort to restore not only compassionate thinking but, more importantly, compassionate action to the center of religious, moral and political life. The Charter has grown from a wish by world religions scholar Karen Armstrong, through a process involving thousands of contributions from people around the world, to its final form as a summons to creative, practical, and sustained action to meet the problems of our time. In support of this effort, we've updated and expanded the section of this website devoted to the spiritual practice of compassion with lists of the best books, book excerpts, teaching stories, films, spiritual practices, and much more. There is also an extensive collection of quotations on compassion from all the world's religions.  See our collection of resources on compassion
Read and affirm the Charter for Compassion
Current E-Courses with Practice Circles
 Practicing Spirituality with Joyce Rupp is a 40-day email course on the spiritual writings and practices of a spiritual "midwife" who encourages us to bring our spirituality into the light of our everyday lives. Themes include loss and sorrow, letting go, softening our hearts, sharing God's promises, the sacred teachings of Sophia, pilgrimage, and more. Includes an online Practice Circle, a worldwide community sharing reflections and experiences. This e-course started on November 9 but you can still sign up; the emails that have already gone out will be archived on your account page. Sign up here.
 Practicing Spirituality with Thich Nhat Hanh is a rerun of our popular 40-day email course based on the writings of the Buddhist master known for his many meditation and mindfulness practices which help people "be peace" in their communities and the world. Subscription includes access to an online Practice Circle to share experiences. This e-course started on November 9 but you can still sign up; the emails that have already gone out will be archived on your account page. Sign up here.
Map to Happiness
 This fall marks the 10th anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's bestselling book on happiness. His subject seems to be more on our minds than ever, especially during these difficult times. So we've gone through our reviews archives, pulled some of the best books on the subject off our shelves, recalled favorite movies, and created a mini-course of quotations on happiness. See our Map to Happiness
Read our review of The Art of Happiness - Tenth Anniversary Edition by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Find more resources on happiness on the homepage for the spiritual practice of Joy
The Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2009 (So Far)
 In the excitement of the end-of-the-year releases, many critics overlook the films released earlier. Yet the "off-season" yields some surprising and inspiring movies. So this year we are giving you a preview of our best films lists at mid-year. Read our list of the Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2009 (So Far)
Best Spiritual Books of 2009 (So Far)
 These books are so good, we already know they will be on our end-of-the-year list — so there's no point in postponing the announcement. We congratulate the authors and publishers of these exceptional contributions to today's spiritual renaissance.
Read our list of the Best Spiritual Books of 2009 (So Far)
Design Your Own Spiritual Education
 There are more than 19,000 pages of content at Spirituality & Practice, so we're not surprised that people occasionally tell us they don't know where to begin. A good starting point is to search for content on your interests. Are you fascinated by Celtic spirituality? Want to see books and movies about parenting? Struggling with anger or envy? Want to jumpstart your creativity? Concerned about the effects of globalism? Interested in spiritual direction? Follow the links on our Advanced Searches pages to find those resources for your spiritual journey.
See all the ways to search on Spirituality & Practice
Living Spiritual Teachers Project
 Jane Vennard
The Living Spiritual Teachers Project profiles teachers we think you should meet on your spiritual journey. Jane Vennard, a Protestant minister and spiritual director, has written some wonderful books on prayer.Our profile includes a biography, quotation sampler, and links to reviews of her books and other resources. Meet Jane Vennard
See all the teachers
Visit the Remembering Spiritual Masters Project
Spiritual Literacy on YouTube
 Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life, based on Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat's bestselling book, is a six-volume DVD series consisting of 26 meditative and soul-stirring half-hour films. Award-winning filmmaker David Cherniack has married aha! passages by teachers of all spiritual traditions to sense-luscious visuals and emotionally vibrant music to reveal the sacred meanings in todays world. We've just created a YouTube channel to showcase clips from all the episodes — plus five extra clips from the episode on "Forgiveness." Visit the Spiritual Literacy channel on YouTube
Visit the Spiritual Literacy Project to read more about this innovative series and to take advantage of our Special Offer. |
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