Nous Part Eight - Prayer, Asceticism, Dispassion

from Philokalia Ministries · host Father David Abernethy

Prayer; Body and its place in purifying the nous through asceticism; necessity of asceticism; impassioned nous and dispassionate nous; contemporary questions about connection between liturgy, worship and the ascetical life; group questions about disciplining the body as a means of purifying the nous and rigor and consistency needed in such discipline.

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