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Passion. Passions do not fall into inaction without retreating into the desert (sl. 1, p. 2). – The passions are called the world, and the world is called the passions (page 2, pp. 14–15). – What exactly are the passions that make up what is called the world? (sl. 2, p. 15). – Passions are not innate to the soul, but subsequently entered the soul (fol. 3, p. 18; f. 4, p. 19). – In what sense are passions called spiritual? (Sk. 3, pp. 18–19; Sl. 4, pp. 19, 21). – Passions are an illness of the soul (page 4, p. 20). – The passions of the body are invested in the body for its benefit and growth; Such are the passions of the soul (page 4, p. 21). – The passions of the soul and body are opposed to each other, and why? (sn. 4, pp. 21–22). – Why do bodily passions harm the soul? (sn. 4, p. 22). – Passions act in everyone who wears a body, whether he wants it or not (fol. 4, p. 24). – A person must protect himself from passions (page 4, p. 24). – He who keeps his heart from passions sees the Lord every hour (fol. 8, p. 37). – Passions are eradicated by the constant immersion of thought in God (fol. 8, p. 38). – In what state are those who are angry, covetous and filled with other passions? (sn. 8, p. 39). – A passionate person, if he begins to talk about the spiritual, will reason under the influence of passion (fol. 8, p. 41). – Others, under the guise of purity, feed their own passions (page 8, p. 41). – Passions are thorns on the ground of our heart; We must cultivate this land, plucking out the thorns of passions (f. 19, pp. 78–79). – Passions are found in us in a latent state, but when reasons appear (fol. 21, p. 88). – Why do some, undergoing the feat of fasting and doing other virtues, do not feel peace from passions? (fol. 21, p. 91). – How can those who cannot cry incessantly keep themselves from passions? (fn. 21, pp. 99–100). – What are passions, and when can they not act on us? (fn. 38, p. 161). – How is a heart disposed towards passions when it has received a sense of the spiritual? (fn. 38, pp. 161–162). – For what reason do the impulses of passions not come closer to the mind? (fn. 38, p. 162). – If we teach ourselves to think well, we will be ashamed of passions (fol. 38, p. 163). – How to ascend to the level of martyrdom in the fight against passions and how to defeat them? (fn. 38, p. 163). – Where there is darkness and confusion of thoughts, there are passions (fol. 39, p. 165). – The darkening of passions is dispersed by alms (fol. 41, p. 173). – Passions hinder contemplation (page 43, pp. 181–182). – Passions do not quickly subside even in silence (page 44, pp. 187–188). – We must carefully examine the actions of the passions: which of them have become exhausted in us, and which ones have completely retreated from us, and for what reason? (fn. 45, p. 190). – Types of passions and methods of their action (page 45, pp. 190–191). – Not all passions wage war by attacking thoughts, some impose a burden on the soul (fol. 45, p. 191). – Passions do not die in those who are silent, but their thoughts die (fol. 46, p. 201). – What does human dispassion consist of? (fn. 48, p. 210). – When does the power of passions become powerless in relation to the spiritual feelings of the soul? (fn. 48, p. 211). – Possessions and everyday affairs are the causes of passions (page 50, p. 224). – Above all passions is self-love (page 51, p. 226). – The cruelty of sorrows cleanses the heart from evil passions (fol. 51, p. 227). – Is it good to move away from everything that irritates passion? (f. 54, pp. 238–239). – Without purity from passions, the soul is not healed from the ailments of sin (f. 54, p. 240). - The commandments are given against passions, for the healing of the soul (sl. 55, p. 242). – The desert lulls passions, but does not eradicate them (page 55, p. 246). – Passions weaken during illness (page 55, pp. 246–247). – Passions often lull each other to sleep (page 55, p. 247). – If you want to achieve purity, you must try to conquer passions (fol. 55, p. 254). - Conquer the passions with humility, not exaltation (fn. 55, p. 255). - You cannot love God without defeating the passions (fn. 55, pp. 257-258). – Training and guidance in the presence of passions are not beneficial (page 55, p. 260). – Those filled with passions should not be taught about dispassion (fol. 55, p. 244). – He who is bound by covetousness is a slave of passions (fol. 56, p. 277). – What are the main causes of passions, and why should one avoid them? (fn. 57, p. 292). – Every passion is healed by its corresponding feat (page 57, pp. 293–294). – Whoever resists passion at the beginning soon dominates it (fol. 57, p. 294). – Why did God deign to allow our nature to accept passions and why does He send us sorrows and temptations? (fn. 57, pp. 299–300; fn. 58, p. 307). – What is the best way to overcome passions? (fn. 58, pp. 313–314). – If you are pure from passions and hesitations of the heart, God will raise you to the height of perfection (f. 58, p. 320). - God allows a person to be overcome by passions so that he recognizes his weakness - and humbles himself (f. 61, p. 336). – Passions are mortified in us by crying and heartache (fol. 68, p. 351). - Enslaving to passions, we grieve, but we love that there remain reasons for them, and, loving reasons, we involuntarily enslave to passions (page 71, p. 363). – Why are passions like dogs? (fn. 71, p. 367). – The power of the spirit is more powerful than passions (page 72, page 368). – Passions are overcome by tangible and visible virtues (page 72, p. 368). – Do not believe that, before achieving humility, you will rest from passions (fol. 73, p. 370). – Bodily passions are tamed by self-collection and fasting (page 75, p. 373). – Bodily pleasures intensify passions (page 75, p. 376). – It is not an unimportant thing for a person to be away from the causes of passions (fol. 76, p. 382). – Sorrows and troubles kill voluptuousness in passions, but peace nourishes and increases them (page 77, p. 384). – Passions, already defeated, return to the vain soul (fol. 85, p. 408). – From what are passions born and when do they become sins? (fn. 85, p. 411). This index is based on the index appended to the works of St. Isaac the Syrian, published by Optina Pustyn in 1854. * “Ascetic words.” Reprint. Sergiev Posad. 1911. M.: “Rule of Faith”, 1998