Poverty Celibacy and Obedience

<p>Many people hold the view that the vows of poverty celibacy and obedience embody laws or regulations that govern a religious or monastic lifestyle. Diarmuid O'Murchu offers a very different understanding of the vows based on a much more ancient tradition. <br />O'Murchu claims that the vows are first and foremost about values and not about laws. And in this provocative work he suggests that the Eastern concept of nonviolence is a core value of the vowed life in all the monastic traditions known to humankind.<br /><br />At a time when all forms of religious commitment are being questioned this value-oriented approach is refreshing and reassuring. O'Murchu holds up each vow like a jewel turns it lets light shine on it and presents it with a new glow a new understanding. Not only vowed religious but everyone interested in living these core values will appreciate his insightful and challenging views.</p>