Vatsala Sperling, Ehud Sperling

For Seven Lifetimes (eBook, ePUB)

An East-West Journey to a Spiritually Fulfilling and Sustainable Marriage

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How to cultivate a successful marriage based on shared values and spiritual growth • With new chapters on their past 15 years together, stories of happy marriages modeled on the book, marital "obedience," and the family way to world peace • Reveals how a couple can become an engine for higher spiritual experiences • Includes more than 60 letters written between the authors during their courtship and over 100 full-color photographs, including their traditional wedding in India Defying the norms of her culture and tradition, a highly educated Tamil Brahmin woman decides to arrange her own marriage. Simultaneously, an American book publisher--disillusioned with love in the Western world--looks to India to find a wife by placing an ad in an Indian newspaper. A dialogue between two souls, two families, and two cultures, For Seven Lifetimes chronicles the year-long written courtship of this pair as they share their beliefs on sexuality, desire, gender roles, careers, parenthood, spirituality, and religion. By appreciating the similarities and differences in their worldviews, they initiate a union that reflects their ideals as a couple and the life they will create together. Revealing the secrets to a fulfilling relationship based on shared values and spiritual growth, Vatsala and Ehud outline the principles needed to truly understand the roles of husband and wife and the questions to ask to recognize true spiritual compatibility. With new chapters on the 15 years since their wedding day, stories of happy marriages inspired by and modeled on the book, marital "obedience," and how a couple can become an engine for higher spiritual experiences, this new edition shows how the successful marriage reflects the greater union between the masculine and the feminine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781594778353
• Artikelnr.: 49185411

Autorenporträt

Vatsala Sperling, Ph.D., fluent in a number of Indian languages and Sanskrit, learned these traditional stories at her mother's feet and enjoys introducing them to children of the Western world. Before marrying and moving to the United States, she was the chief of Clinical Microbiological Services at the largest children's hospital in India. The author of Classic Tales from India, she lives in Vermont with her husband and son.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I Namaste: I Salute the God within You
1 Matrimonials
2 Reaching Out
3 Mukta
4 Let That Be
5 Dos and Don’ts
6 Mitzvoth
7 Sailing the Backwaters
PART II KALYANAM: Striving for the Well-being of the Family
8 The Circle of Love
9 The Color of Abundance
10 The Big Gamble
PART III MANZIL: The Goal
11 For Seven Lifetimes
12 The Right Moment, the Right Place
Part IV Grihasthashrama: The Ashrama of a Householder
13 As Advertised
14 Planet India
15 Samskaras, the Rites of Passage
16 The Jewish Flavor
17 An Empty Vessel or a Seed?
18 How Ganesh Got His Elephant Head
19 Only Sunshine, No Clouds?
20 A Marriage Made in Heaven
GLOSSARY