{"product_id":"learning-from-silence-lessons-from-more-than-100-retreats","title":"Learning from Silence: Lessons From More Than 100 Retreats","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘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’ \u003cb\u003eAlain de Botton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I trust that reading this book may help many to lead lives of greater compassion and deeper peace of mind’ \u003cb\u003eHis Holiness the Dalai Lama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘One of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time’ \u003cb\u003eMaria Popova\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘An exquisite call to silence and the myriad connections it kindles’ \u003cb\u003eKatherine May\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Stillness\u003c\/i\u003e, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver 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. He’s 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLearning from Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 non-monastics who have learned from adversity and inwardness. Most profoundly, he shows how solitude can be a training in community and companionship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn so doing, he offers a unique outsider’s view of monastic life – and of a group of selfless souls who have dedicated their days to ensuring there’s a space for quiet and recollection that’s open to us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRadiant, intimate and gripping, \u003ci\u003eLearning from Silence \u003c\/i\u003eoffers ageless counsel about the power of silence and what it can teach us about how to live, how to love and, ultimately, how to die.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":69305082839074,"sku":"9781529944112","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/files\/71xPBaLNxoL-_SL1500.jpg?v=1792794039","url":"https:\/\/petronella.co.nz\/products\/learning-from-silence-lessons-from-more-than-100-retreats","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}