Нищета

Poverty. (and non-covetousness). Studying in the Word of God and remaining in poverty is the beginning of the path of life (sl. 1, p. 1). – These actions help one another (sl. 1, p. 1). – He who becomes poor in worldly things will become rich in God (fol. 8, p. 39). – How can a person accustom himself to a life of poverty and to asceticism? (fn. 21, p. 85). – What benefit does a monk receive from the fact that his cell is kept in poverty and does not provide for bodily peace? (fn. 21, p. 86). – Why did the Lord, first of all, command non-covetousness and distance from the rebellion of the world? (fn. 39, p. 165). – Why did the ancient Fathers leave the world and estates and choose poverty and non-covetousness? (fn. 50; p. 224). – Through poverty a person can get rid of many sins (page 50, p. 224). – What is the benefit of non-covetousness, and what harm does a non-covetous person suffer when he acquires any things? (f. 51, pp. 225–226). – Arbitrary poverty produces silence in the mind (fol. 56, p. 286). – Voluntary poverty is higher than alms (page 56, pp. 287–288). - Scarcity of things; teaches a person abstinence (f. 56, p. 288). – Without non-acquisitiveness, the soul cannot free itself from the rebellion of thoughts (fol. 57, p. 297). – A poor and needy person is supplied by God (f. 57, p. 298). – Whoever is worthy to become poor for the sake of God must thank the Lord for this (f. 57, p. 298). – How can a person acquire real non-covetousness? (fol. 78, pp. 385–386). 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