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The monastery of the penitents was called the Dungeon. Who was imprisoned there for repentance? 4:41 ; 5:3. 4. What were the feats of the penitents? And what were their exercises? 5:5. 21.24. 25. At the hour of someone’s death, how did the brethren ask about the hope of his salvation? And what did the dying people answer? 5:22. About the deplorable dispensation of this Prison; and that the penitents stayed in it willingly; and why? 5:23. Spiritual warmth and zeal What should one do when deprived of spiritual warmth? 1:12. Why, in the earthly heaven of community, are the brethren sometimes hardened in heart, and sometimes consoled by tenderness? 4:87. Examples of patience: Lawrence, Economy, Mina, Habakir, Akaki, John Sabbat and Macedonia. 4:25. 26. 29. 31. 34. 110. 111. What does it mean to establish the mind on the Tree of the Cross? 4:36. We can be called patient when we endure contempt from every person. 4:84. Nothing makes the soul more barren than impatience, inconstancy and complacency in moving from place to place. 4:93. Three degrees of patience for dishonor: among workers of the fear of God, retribution and love. 8:27. Everything that happens to us can be accepted in three ways. 26:56. He who has acquired the feeling or skill of tireless patience will not be afraid of either suffering or labor. 26:77. What is patience? And how is it needed, especially for the speechless? 27:70. What is the extreme limit of patience and despondency? Also anger and long-suffering? 29:10. During meals, how did the brothers encourage each other to do smart work and pray smartly? 4:17. Lawrence, standing before the brotherly meal, thought that he was standing before the altar. 4:26. What benefits does the meal of love bring? And what harm does eating without attention? 9:6. For monasticism one should choose places that are not vain and conceal one’s nobility. 3:17. 18. Glory for deviating from the world must be turned away with the shield of humility. 3:20. And think how the Lord humbled himself. 3:21. The student, vain of his teacher's virtue, subjected himself to dishonor. 4:83. How did vanity drive itself away and hide from people? 4:33. Verbalism is the seat of vanity. 11:2. We should not be vain (boast) when the congregation of the brotherhood is calmed by our service. 4:86. Vanity is abolished by silence. 11:6. The prodigal demon fights most for vanity and the opinion of his purity. 15:78. All the fearful are vain, but not all the fearless are humble. 21:6. What is the difference between vanity and pride. 22:1. About the properties and harm of vanity. 22:2. The door to vanity is the multiplication of spiritual labors. 22:3. Vanity loves to adorn itself with clothes and other vanities to the grave. 22:4. How does vanity get mixed into all our actions, for example: fasting and permission, good clothes and bad ones, and why is it likened to a trident, always standing with one horn up? 22:5. The vain is likened to an idolater, and why? 22:6. Why do the fasting and prayer of the vain remain unrewarded? 22:7. How does a vain ascetic harm himself? 22:8. Why is vanity worthy of ridicule? 22:9. How do those who praise us for our virtues harm us? 22:10. 11. It is more difficult to turn away demonic praise than human praise. 22:16. With what intention does the demon of vanity, having instilled thoughts in one, reveal them to another? 22:18. Do not listen to demonic suggestions that encourage you to receive higher ranks. 22:19. After we have acquired a little peace of mind, the demon of vanity prompts us to go into the world to save the perishing. 22:20. The difference between the vanity of the sociable and the silent. 22:21. What does vanity prompt frivolous monks to do when the laity comes? 22:22. Vanity makes those who are preferred proud, and those who are despised - spiteful. 22:23. How does vanity, instead of honor, bring dishonor? 22:24. Vanity makes the angry meek before people. 22:25. By joining natural talents, it destroys its slaves. 22:26. How does the demon of vanity defeat the demon of anger? 22:27. The vain monk leads a double life, and why? 22:28. Those who have tasted heavenly glory despise earthly glory. 22:29. It often happens that a business begun with vanity, with a change of thought, receives a commendable end. 22:30. He who exalts himself by natural gifts will not receive supernatural benefits. 22:31. One should use one’s neighbors not by declaring one’s virtues, but by humble disposition and speech. 22:34. How did the perspicacious old man reflect the spirit of vanity and the spirit of pride? 22:35. It is a sign of vanity when we do little to show off to people. 22:36. How does vanity force us to assume the appearance of virtue, which is not in us at all? 22:37. The Lord heals from vanity through dishonor. 22:38. What is the beginning, middle and end of the destruction of vanity? 22:39. In any case, one should not reveal one’s sins in order to destroy vanity. 22:40. How to reject various impulses for fame and vanity? 22:41. Why does God precede some of the requests of the vain? 22:43. The simple in heart are not subject to vanity; for vanity is the destruction of simplicity and feigned behavior. 22:44. He who does not have the disease of vanity is close to salvation, and vice versa. 22:46. Hating vanity and not looking at the sins of others precedes humility. 25:28. The Lord rejoices when we strive for dishonor to destroy vanity. 25:45. What did Saint John of the Climacus do when, at the same time, he was overcome by gluttony and vanity? 26:70. The enemies of vanity: for the solitary - silence and silence, and for the sociable - patience with dishonor. 26:197. The demon of vanity resists all spirits. 27:44. What is the extreme limit of vanity and lack of vanity? 29:10. The more we please our flesh (body), the more it harms us; must have enmity towards the body. 9:9 : 14:6. How can we tame the body if it overpowers us? 14:25. He who has kept his body uncorrupted cannot yet be called pure, but who? 15:12. Do not trust this mortal body; and, guarded by abstinence, do not think that you will not fall. 15:17. 18. Renunciation of the world is enmity against the body and struggle with the womb. 15:19. Don't expect to defeat your body or fight it with your own strength. 15:25. Without cleansing the body (from passions) a person cannot be called completely holy. 15:51. What causes carnal discharge in a dream? 15:54. He who conquers the body is less than an angel. 15:70. When the demon of fornication is cast out of the heart, then it fights us through the body, and how? 15:77. Who conquered their body? 15:84. About the incomprehensible connection of the soul with the body and the inconvenience of conquering it; and how can it be overthrown? 15:86. In humility, the inner structure of the soul is consistent with bodily actions. 25:58. 59. For some reason, sometimes calming the body does not produce carnal kindling; and sometimes even when the body is very exhausted, there are obscene movements in it? 26:98. Why can't those who please their bodies ascend to heaven? 26:202. Flesh withered from exploits can no longer serve as a place of rest for demons. 26:203. The young and strong in body should not be spared, but tired and exhausted by abstinence and feat; and for what? 14:10. You might be interested in: