"The Carthusian Order traces its origins to the eleventh century, and its tradition has been passed on within the Order from generation to generation. It is a rare occurrence for the Order's wisdom to be shared with the outside world, but The Way of Silent Love does exactly that. Personal transmission is stressed, as the father-master speaks of the tradition of the spiritual parent who can 'support, affirm, give a certain visible and concrete reality to the teaching and action of the master within'." "The theme of this first volume of conferences is the Beatitudes, and the apparent contradictions they contain are shown to offer a radical freedom to those who respond to the call to live wholly in Christ. An important message of the book is that this call is not restricted to those who have a vocation to the monastic life, but to all Christians: 'The Christian is not a separate species of human being, but what each person is called to be. And the monk is not a separate species of Christian. He tries to be what each Christian ought to be. Conformity to Christ in faith, hope and love, this is holiness, and each person is called to this holiness.'"--BOOK JACKET.