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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
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Affirm It Today
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
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
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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