The Need For Spiritual Communities and How to Start Them

Swami Kriyananda's network of Ananda communities has been hailed as the most successful in the world. Whether you are interested in communities from a philosophical perspective or from a practical one--and wish to form your own or join with others in doing so--this book will bring you hundreds...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kriyananda, Swami
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: La Vergne : Crystal Clarity Publishers, 2016.
Edición:3rd ed.
Temas:
Ananda Cooperative Village.
Religious communities.
Communities > Religious aspects > Self-Realization Fellowship.
Communautés (Religion)
Communities > Religious aspects > Self-Realization Fellowship
Religious communities
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Need For Spiritual Communities And How To Start Them
  • Contents
  • Publisher's Note
  • Preface
  • Part I: Intentional Communities: How to Start Them, and Why
  • 1. The Time Is Now
  • 2. Self-Realization vs. the Megalopolis
  • 3. Intentional Communities and the Quest for Opportunity
  • 4. Intentional Communities, Past and Present
  • 5. How to Begin
  • 6. Communal Economics
  • 7. Communalism vs. Privacy
  • 8. Education
  • 9. Government
  • 10. Rules
  • 11. What Is Ananda?
  • Epilogue (to Part I)
  • Part II: The Story of Ananda
  • 1. The Early Years
  • 2. Land Ho!
  • 3. My First Non-Home
  • 4. Ananda Meditation Retreat
  • 5. The Purchase of Ananda Farm
  • 6. Communal Beginnings
  • 7. Financial Problems
  • 8. Lessons Learned
  • 9. "Here and Now"
  • Afterword
  • Second Afterword

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