Episode 3: The Jesus Prayer and Yoga, "St. Gregory Palamas: An Introduction."

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Series: Mystical Theology
Unit 14: Gregory Palamas
Episode 3: The Jesus Prayer and Yoga

The third episode in our series discusses the vision of God as experienced by St. Gregory and the Hesychasts through the practice of the Jesus Prayer. In his defense of noetic prayer - the prayer of the heart - St. Gregory presents the Orthodox understanding of the vision of God.

Themes covered in this episode include what is meant by unceasing prayer, Abba Lucius and the Euchites, in the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, and the difference between Orthodox prayer and yoga.

Q&As related to Episode 3 available in The Professor’s Blog: https://mountthabor.com/blogs/the-professors-blog

Recommended background reading: Christopher Veniamin, ed., Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies(Dalton PA: 2022).

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