Жизнь

Life. The beginning of the path of life is to always learn with your mind the words of God and spend your life in poverty (sl. 1, p. 1). - The beginning of true life is the fear of God (sl. 1, p. 3). - A person who lives uncleanly desires temporary life (sl. 1, p. 8). – He who has a good testimony desires both life and death equally (sl. 1, p. 8). – For the future life, only what is acquired by the soul matters (sl. 1, p. 8) – What does a chaste and God-pleasing way of life consist of? (sn. 9, p. 45). – Commitment to this life robs a person of his spiritual treasures (fol. 21, p. 83). – What harm does worrying about this life bring? (fn. 21, p. 84). – Then you will find eternal life when you neglect this life (fol. 21, p. 85). – Hatred of one’s life in the world, for the sake of a future and blessed life, gives strength to endure sorrows (f. 21, p. 85). – The idea of ​​a future life drives out the thought of this world (page 21, p. 100). – The difference between present life and future life (page 38, p. 163). – In spiritual life, strict attention to one’s inner state is required (page 44, pp. 185–186). – The similarity of phenomena in spiritual life with phenomena in nature (page 46, p. 196). – What is needed to gain life? (fn. 49, p. 214). – There is a difference in the way of life of a communal and hermit life; and to whom, and when, which of them is useful, according to the properties of each person? (fn. 55, pp. 245–246). – To teach with words is the advantage of the perfect; for those who are not completely successful and established in virtues, it is safer to teach through life (f. 58, pp. 312–313). – The thought of a future life encourages patience (fol. 71, p. 367). – Commitment to bodily life is a sign of unbelief (page 75, pp. 380–381). – What is bodily living according to God? What is smart living? What is spiritual living? (fn. 80, p. 393). – How do you know whether Christ or the world lives in a person? (fn. 91, p. 433). 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