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Title: Sadhana by ANTHONY DE MELLO ISBN: 0-385-19614-8 Publisher: Image Pub. Date: 01 September, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Christian exercises in Eastern Form
Comment: Fr. Anthony de Mello was a Jesuit priest of Portuguese-South Asian descent who used his dual heritage as a retreat leader. This particular volume begins with exercises common to all mystical traditions i.e. awareness and contemplation exercises. The section of fantasy exercises owe much to the Ignatian Exercises (as in St. Ignatius the founder of the Jesuit order) although expanded. The final set of exercises include a number of traditional prayer methods - the Benedictine method, the Jesus prayer associated with the Orthodox, the Thousand Names of God, Gospel Sentences similar to lectio divina etc.
This book works better as a source book for retreat leaders or spiritual directors in that it is disruptive to prayer/awareness/contemplation to break to refer to the instructions. However, individuals certainly can benefit from the volume.
Rating: 5
Summary: Companion for Meditators
Comment: This book, contrary to some of the criticism it has received through the years, is a classic resource for meditation and prayer for those of us on a spiritual journey; and if you ask me, it doesn't much matter what religion you happen to practice. The word "Sadhana" has a myriad of meanings, so it reminds me of Ludwig Wittgenstein's old slogan, "Don't give me the meaning, give me the use!" And the use, my dear friends, is esoteric for each and every one of us. Sadhana could be described as a personal understanding of God, or discipline-even spiritual practice.
In this book Anthony offers 47 exercises derived from Zen Buddhist sources, Christian scripture, modern psychology, and even yoga; de Mello's palate was always an eclectic one. He was a true master when it came time for him to speak to an audience, retaining this mysterious ability to completely captivate all those in the room. In some sense, what de Mello prescribes in this work is basically zazen meditation (Zen Buddhist form of meditation); even going so far as facing our corpse in order to live freely as though we were already dead. Wonderful advice. This book is much more than "cognized prayer"-no-this one talks about devoting your entire being into the act, not simply your words. An earlier reviewer remarked that Anthony would not recommend this book; I don't know of such information, and I certainly don't find him to be the type to make 'claims of enlightenment.' I would have smacked him if he said, "I wrote this before my enlightenment." Such a naughty word - "BEFORE." Nora gives the fundamentalists side of the book, of which this work will never satisfy such folk. I'm sorry, but Anthony de Mello was a mystic, not a poisonous snake dancer. Nora demonstrates the Vatican's take in a nutshell, yet if you look at the early Gnostic texts, it's all right there; perfectly in line with what de Mello speaks about in here. We must knock inward, to realize there NEVER WAS AN INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. Anyway, I got off subject a bit. Great book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Great primer for the fundamentals of Christian prayer
Comment: Whether or not de Mello was "enlightened" or not when he wrote this (based on another reviewer's comments), this book serves as a classic primer for the fundamentals of Christian prayer. It includes much of the eastern influence which de Mello became more associated with toward the end of his life. The book talks much about meditation, lectio divina, and the spiritual exercises. De Mello's contribution here is to attempt to bridge a gap in Christian prayer with some non-traditional methods. It is an invitation to a deeper form of prayer, where communication with God comes through the heart. Indeed, this form of prayer is all the more Christian in my opinion for its observance of the type of prayer Jesus himself used according to scripture.
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Title: Awareness: A De Mello Spirituality Conference in His Own Words by Anthony De Mello, J. Francis Stroud ISBN: 0385249373 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony De Mello (Image Pocket Classics) by Anthony De Mello ISBN: 038524939X Publisher: Image Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Song of the Bird by Anthony De Mello ISBN: 0385196156 Publisher: Image Pub. Date: 01 September, 1984 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Wellsprings by ANTHONY DE MELLO ISBN: 0385196172 Publisher: Image Pub. Date: 03 September, 1986 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Heart of the Enlightened: A Book of Story Meditations by Anthony De Mello ISBN: 0385421281 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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