Solitude and compassion : the path to the heart of the gospel /
Gordon, Gus.
Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books,
c2009.
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Part I: Solitude. The solitude/solidarity dynamic ; Buddhist and Judeo-Christian approaches ; What to do? ; On entering solitude A second education from within ; Self discovery ; Working with our inner alchemy ; The further journey -- Part II: Compassionate solidarity. Solidarity mysticism ; Engaged Buddhism ; The Hebrew tradition ; Jesus and his radical Gospel -- Toward a Judeo-Christian future vision -- Part III: Toward a spirituality of integral humanity. The self and the other ; Autonomy and community ; Being and becoming ; Serenity and struggle ; The spirituality of subtraction ; The spirituality of universal embrace ; The highest teaching.
Solitude.
Compassion.
Spiritual life.