David Steindl-Rast: Want to be happy? Be grateful
David Steindl-Rast: Želite li biti sretni? Budite zahvalni.
Brother David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk, meditates and writes on "the gentle power" of gratefulness. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
nešto vrlo osobno,
središtu vaših interesa.
bilo gdje na svijetu,
pojedinca do pojedinca,
što nam je zajedničko:
vrlo jednostavno.
onda ste i zahvalni.
uistinu ti koji su zahvalni?
treba da bi bili sretni,
ne bismo željeli imati,
Iznenađeni ste.
što vas čini zahvalnima,
pod zahvalnošću?
vlastitom iskustvu.
kako to funkcionira.
što nam je vrijedno.
Niste to zaradili.
Niste za to radili.
to besplatan dar,
budi u mom srcu.
povremeno iskusiti.
iskustva zahvalnosti.
osvještavanjem
kako to znamo reći.
Niste ga zaslužili.
niste uzrokovali.
mogućnostima koje uključuje.
nothing makes us more happy
are now on the top
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Steindl-Rast - MonkBrother David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk, meditates and writes on "the gentle power" of gratefulness.
Why you should listen
Many first met Brother David Steindl-Rast through a viral video called "Nature. Beauty. Gratitude," where Louie Schwartzberg's footage of time-lapse flowers in bloom is narrated by Brother David's moving words asking us to simply be ... grateful. Since 1953, Brother David has been a monk of Mount Saviour Benedictine monastery in New York, dividing his time between hermitic contemplation, writing and lecturing. He's the cofounder of gratefulness.org, supporting ANG*L (A Network for Grateful Living).
He was one of the first Roman Catholics to participate in Buddhist-Christian dialogue, and is the author of The Ground We Share, a text on Buddhist and Christian practice, written with Robert Aitken Roshi. His other books include Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer and Deeper Than Words. His most recent book is 99 Blessings, a series of prayers for the general reader -- whether people of faith, agnostics, or uncertain.
David Steindl-Rast | Speaker | TED.com