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The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.14 — 396,749 ratings — published 1980
The Beautiful Mystery (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #8)
by (shelved 15 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.20 — 91,139 ratings — published 2012
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.06 — 61,803 ratings — published 2003
The Crowfield Curse (Crowfield Abbey, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as monastery)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,200 ratings — published 2010
The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
by (shelved 4 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.16 — 10,738 ratings — published 1982
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as monastery)
avg rating 3.99 — 119,901 ratings — published 1959
The Cloister Walk (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,941 ratings — published 1996
Matrix (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as monastery)
avg rating 3.68 — 67,476 ratings — published 2021
The Beatryce Prophecy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.28 — 10,893 ratings — published 2021
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.35 — 833,766 ratings — published 1989
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.07 — 17,968 ratings — published 1979
Anathem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.17 — 75,750 ratings — published 2008
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,157,006 ratings — published 1991
Espía de Dios (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 3.83 — 8,186 ratings — published 2006
The Secret Lives of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.00 — 21,826 ratings — published 2016
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.39 — 389,224 ratings — published 1880
Illuminations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 3.99 — 4,960 ratings — published 2012
The Devil's Novice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #8)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.14 — 7,605 ratings — published 1983
Brother Odd (Odd Thomas, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.01 — 70,018 ratings — published 2006
The Gargoyle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 3.98 — 50,895 ratings — published 2008
The Nun (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 3.75 — 8,921 ratings — published 1796
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 4.33 — 276,925 ratings — published 2007
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 3.87 — 35,330 ratings — published 2011
Mariette in Ecstasy (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 3.76 — 3,042 ratings — published 1991
A Time to Keep Silence (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,944 ratings — published 1953
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as monastery)
avg rating 3.96 — 44,602 ratings — published 1977
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 3.99 — 11,094 ratings — published 1996
Het bloemenmeisje (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,466 ratings — published 2020
The Way of Unity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 4.16 — 51 ratings — published 2023
The Breath of the Sun (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 4.12 — 252 ratings — published 2018
Camp Damascus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 3.86 — 26,900 ratings — published 2023
The Bone Ships (The Tide Child, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 4.03 — 11,819 ratings — published 2019
Fated (Alex Verus, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 3.90 — 31,557 ratings — published 2012
Nicked (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 3.60 — 4,933 ratings — published 2024
The Cartographers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 3.63 — 80,933 ratings — published 2022
Holy Rover: Journeys in Search of Mystery, Miracles, and God (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 4.02 — 136 ratings — published
La Faute de l'abbé Mouret (Les Rougon-Macquart, #5)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 3.60 — 2,368 ratings — published 1875
Hvis jeg har en sjel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 3.69 — 13 ratings — published
Le Bûcher des sorcières (Le chardon et le tartan, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 3.66 — 4,539 ratings — published 1991
Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 3.68 — 3,602 ratings — published 2024
Век страсти: французская фривольная проза (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published
The Secret Keeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 4.16 — 174,473 ratings — published 2012
A Ghost for The Holy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published
Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 4.20 — 7,683 ratings — published 2023
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 4.14 — 24,448 ratings — published 1990
Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 4.26 — 495 ratings — published 1957
Origin (Robert Langdon, #5)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 3.90 — 366,368 ratings — published 2017
Aflame: Learning from Silence (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,212 ratings — published
Quo Vadis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as monastery)
avg rating 4.01 — 42,197 ratings — published 1896
“When I was at Eiheiji monastery in Japan, everyone was just doing what he should do. That is all. It is the same as waking up in the morning; we have to get up. At Eiheiji monastery, when we had to sit, we sat; when we had to bow to Buddha, we bowed to Buddha. That is all. And when we were practicing, we did not feel anything special. We did not even feel that we were leading a monastic life. For us, the monastic life was the usual life, and the people who came from the city were unusual people. When we saw them we felt, "Oh, some unusual people have come!"
But once I had left Eiheiji and been away for some time, coming back was different. I heard the various sounds of practice—the bells and the monks reciting the sutra—and I had a deep feeling. There were tears flowing out of my eyes, nose, and mouth! It is the people who are outside of the monastery who feel its atmosphere. Those who are practicing actually do not feel anything. I think this is true for everything.”
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
But once I had left Eiheiji and been away for some time, coming back was different. I heard the various sounds of practice—the bells and the monks reciting the sutra—and I had a deep feeling. There were tears flowing out of my eyes, nose, and mouth! It is the people who are outside of the monastery who feel its atmosphere. Those who are practicing actually do not feel anything. I think this is true for everything.”
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
“Where there is love, a person can bear everything - sorrows and worries, temptations and thoughts, even various tragic events like wars, earthquakes, disasters, etc. This is how much grace helps him.”
― Words of the Heart
― Words of the Heart
