Return to the Sacred
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Prime members: New to Audible?Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Return to the Sacred
Buy for $1.43
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Michael Toms
About this listen
In a rare synthesis of Christian, Hindu, and modern scientific thought, the late Father Bede discusses the infusing of gross matter and daily life with spirit, the finding of God "in the divine darkness beyond word and thought", technology and simple living, Black Madonnas, mysticism, and monastic life.
©1991 New Dimensions Foundation (P)2008 New Dimensions FoundationListeners also enjoyed...
-
East and West
- The Mystical Connection
- By: Father Bede Griffiths
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 50 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 14
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 14
A Christian monk who lived in India for over 30 years, the late Father Griffiths shares some remarkable insights about the contemplative life. He builds a bridge linking the Gnostic tradition of early Christianity and the mystical tradition streaming down through the centuries with the ancient philosophies of Vedanta and Buddhism. The results are fascinating and profound.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Don't waste your money
- By Chalcedony on 09-18-11
-
Sacred Music
- Gateway to the Infinite
- By: Father Bede Griffiths, Asha Paul, Russill Paul
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 55 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 18
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
An interview with Father Bede and two musician friends becomes a profoundly moving musical excursion through the deep truths and feelings of the various spiritual traditions represented in their South Indian Christian-Hindu ashram.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Spiritual and Stirring!
- By Margie A. Schneider on 01-22-20
By: Father Bede Griffiths, and others
-
Father Bede Griffiths Remembered
- By: Andrew Harvey
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 55 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 18
In addition to his own credentials as a writer, poet, teacher and mystic, Andrew Harvey became a dedicated friend and follower of the late Father Bede Griffiths, a scholarly, saintly Benedictine monk who founded and lived for decades in a Hindu-Christian ashram in South India. This unusual dialogue eloquently communicates the blessings of this extraordinary man.
By: Andrew Harvey
-
Bede Griffiths
- Interspirituality for the 21st Century
- By: Wayne Teasdale, Asha Paul, Russill Paul
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 56 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Father Dom Bede Griffiths was a revered mystic who grew beyond his Christian traditions to embrace and embody the philosophical grounding of eastern thought. His gift of unconditional love and the divine presence he brought to this world were transformative to his students. In this conversation, Brother Wayne Teasdale and Asha and Russill Paul share their experience of Father Bede and his legacy, and the promise it holds for the world we face today.
By: Wayne Teasdale, and others
-
Natural Gifts
- By: Wendell Berry
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 55 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 58
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
Join us for an hour of wisdom from one of the most highly respected of modern American writers and poets. Using words like "affection", "satisfaction", "care", and "joy", Berry calls for a re-evaluation of the basic values and practices of our lives. He illustrates his ideas with glimpses of his own life and those of his Kentucky farm neighbors, and describes a future where we can learn to find love, wisdom and meaning in the people, the places and the work of our own daily lives.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Profound and rich with insight. Simple
- By E. Faison on 07-21-18
By: Wendell Berry
-
The Power of Shame
- By: Robert Bly
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 55 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 101
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 78
In this discussion, Bly talks of four sources of shame, including shame inherited from parents, grandparents, and ancestors, and shame over our bodily and creative instincts. It opens with a Russian fairy story on the Frog Princess and the shame we feel over our interior "Frog Bride." Bly and host Michael Toms discuss the new work in America on shame, most of it done during the last ten years.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Difficult to understand
- By Shane on 06-08-12
By: Robert Bly
-
East and West
- The Mystical Connection
- By: Father Bede Griffiths
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 50 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 14
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 14
A Christian monk who lived in India for over 30 years, the late Father Griffiths shares some remarkable insights about the contemplative life. He builds a bridge linking the Gnostic tradition of early Christianity and the mystical tradition streaming down through the centuries with the ancient philosophies of Vedanta and Buddhism. The results are fascinating and profound.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Don't waste your money
- By Chalcedony on 09-18-11
-
Sacred Music
- Gateway to the Infinite
- By: Father Bede Griffiths, Asha Paul, Russill Paul
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 55 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 18
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
An interview with Father Bede and two musician friends becomes a profoundly moving musical excursion through the deep truths and feelings of the various spiritual traditions represented in their South Indian Christian-Hindu ashram.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Spiritual and Stirring!
- By Margie A. Schneider on 01-22-20
By: Father Bede Griffiths, and others
-
Father Bede Griffiths Remembered
- By: Andrew Harvey
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 55 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 18
In addition to his own credentials as a writer, poet, teacher and mystic, Andrew Harvey became a dedicated friend and follower of the late Father Bede Griffiths, a scholarly, saintly Benedictine monk who founded and lived for decades in a Hindu-Christian ashram in South India. This unusual dialogue eloquently communicates the blessings of this extraordinary man.
By: Andrew Harvey
-
Bede Griffiths
- Interspirituality for the 21st Century
- By: Wayne Teasdale, Asha Paul, Russill Paul
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 56 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Father Dom Bede Griffiths was a revered mystic who grew beyond his Christian traditions to embrace and embody the philosophical grounding of eastern thought. His gift of unconditional love and the divine presence he brought to this world were transformative to his students. In this conversation, Brother Wayne Teasdale and Asha and Russill Paul share their experience of Father Bede and his legacy, and the promise it holds for the world we face today.
By: Wayne Teasdale, and others
-
Natural Gifts
- By: Wendell Berry
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 55 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 58
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
Join us for an hour of wisdom from one of the most highly respected of modern American writers and poets. Using words like "affection", "satisfaction", "care", and "joy", Berry calls for a re-evaluation of the basic values and practices of our lives. He illustrates his ideas with glimpses of his own life and those of his Kentucky farm neighbors, and describes a future where we can learn to find love, wisdom and meaning in the people, the places and the work of our own daily lives.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Profound and rich with insight. Simple
- By E. Faison on 07-21-18
By: Wendell Berry
-
The Power of Shame
- By: Robert Bly
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 55 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 101
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 78
In this discussion, Bly talks of four sources of shame, including shame inherited from parents, grandparents, and ancestors, and shame over our bodily and creative instincts. It opens with a Russian fairy story on the Frog Princess and the shame we feel over our interior "Frog Bride." Bly and host Michael Toms discuss the new work in America on shame, most of it done during the last ten years.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Difficult to understand
- By Shane on 06-08-12
By: Robert Bly
-
Rumi
- Poet of Divine Ecstasy
- By: Coleman Barks
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 50 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 49
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Drunk with the Divine, Rumi wrote 20,000 poems of mystical, ineffable love of God. "There is a ferocity in his longing that maybe we don't understand," says Barks. Listen in and understand a little better. A wondrous, exhilarating look at the exultant poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi, the 13th century Sufi poet, with Coleman Barks.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
bathed., IN InTeLeCtUwHiLe Beaut Y
- By Brad Dienst on 03-03-20
By: Coleman Barks
-
Son of Man
- The Mystical Path to Christ
- By: Andrew Harvey
- Narrated by: Andrew Harvey
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 43
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
Designed as both a practical guide and a call to action, the Son of Man audio edition brings to life a revolutionary vision of the historical Jesus that is intended to transform the sacred imagination of the world. Harvey builds a cathedral of words and invites you inside, where you will discover the spiritual riches that have been left unclaimed for 2,000 years.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent excellent excellent
- By jimmy aquino on 08-23-24
By: Andrew Harvey
-
The Bhagavad Gita
- By: Eknath Easwaran
- Narrated by: Paul Bazely
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,709
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,996
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 3,971
The Bhagavad Gita, "The Song of the Lord", is the best known of all the Indian scriptures, and Easwaran's reliable and accessible version has consistently been the best-selling translation. Easwaran's introduction places the Gita in its historical setting and brings out the universality and timelessness of its teachings. Chapter introductions give clear explanations of key concepts in that chapter.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Content and narration reduced me to tears
- By Lauriesland on 01-11-16
By: Eknath Easwaran
-
You Belong
- A Call for Connection
- By: Sebene Selassie
- Narrated by: Sebene Selassie
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 243
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 211
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 209
From much-admired meditation expert Sebene Selassie, You Belong is a call to action, exploring our tangled relationship with belonging, connection, and each other.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Too much autobiography and bad assumptions
- By RF on 06-11-21
By: Sebene Selassie
-
Meister Eckhart's Living Wisdom
- Indestructible Joy and the Path of Letting Go
- By: James Finley
- Narrated by: James Finley
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 312
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 269
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 265
The 13th-century mystic Meister Eckhart was the most brilliant Christian scholar of his day, but he was also legendary for the way that he opened listeners to the direct experience of God during his public talks. Today, his written wisdom remains alive as ever, ready to illuminate us. With Meister Eckhart's Living Wisdom, James Finley, one of today's best-known teachers of the Christian contemplative tradition, invites us into Eckhart's insights in the same way that this luminary teacher delighted in sharing them.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Great stuff but missing links are unfortunate
- By LEVI on 08-21-19
By: James Finley
-
The Wisdom of the Desert
- Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century
- By: Thomas Merton
- Narrated by: Greg Chun
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 103
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 82
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 82
The Wisdom of the Desert was one of Thomas Merton's favorites among his own books, surely because he had hoped to spend his last years as a hermit. The personal tones of the translations and the blend of reverence and humor so characteristic of him show how deeply Merton identified with the legendary authors of these sayings and parables, the fourth-century Christian fathers who sought solitude and contemplation in the deserts of the Near East.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
150 sayings & stories for Desert Fathers
- By Adam Shields on 08-01-21
By: Thomas Merton
Deep and enlightening
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.