Beautiful . . . Iyer masterfully and lyrically shows us how we may need to find a new home one far more solemn, communal and silent than our present one in order to return properly to ourselves Alain de BottonI trust that reading this book may help many to lead lives of greater compassion and deeper peace of mind His Holiness the Dalai LamaOne of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time Maria PopovaAn exquisite call to silence and the myriad connections it kindles Katherine MayI urge everyone to read Pico Iyers beautifully written, meditative book Learning from Silence. As I turned to this I felt my blood pressure reducing, and I began to read in a different, slower and more concentrated way Jane Shaw, Financial TimesFrom the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreatOver the past three decades, Pico Iyer has made more than a hundred journeys to a small hermitage high above the sea in Big Sur, California. Hes not a Christian, nor a member of any religious group, and yet his life has been transformed by these periods of time spent in silence.In Learning from Silence, Iyer travels deep into inner stillness and joy in his many seasons at the monastery, even as his life is going through constant change houses burn, a parent dies, a daughter is diagnosed with cancer. He shares the revelations he experiences, alongside wisdom from other nonmonastics who have learned from...

Binding: Hardback;160 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: HRLK; Weight: 424 g; Dimensions: 206 x 138 x 25

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