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Love Received, Love Given: A Christian Vision of a Life Worth Living

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Attachment, Success, and Living Ethically: A Buddhist Vision of a Life Worth Living

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Covenant, Community, and Responsibility: A Jewish Vision of a Life Worth Living

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Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series, watercolor and ink on paper, Nepal, ca. 1775–1800

The Bhagavad Gita on Performing Thy Task in Life

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Mary Gartside, illustration from An Essay on a New Theory of Colours, 1808

Miroslav Volf on the World as a Gift

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People frolic on the grass and in a tree by the seaside. Francesco Paolo Michetti, "Springtime and Love", 1878.

Nietzsche on Saying Yes to Joy

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Tibetan Buddhist monastery

Writing in Hebrew

Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series, watercolor and ink on paper, Nepal, ca. 1775–1800

Mary Gartside, illustration from An Essay on a New Theory of Colours, 1808

People frolic on the grass and in a tree by the seaside. Francesco Paolo Michetti, "Springtime and Love", 1878.

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Love Received, Love Given: A Christian Vision of a Life Worth Living

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Attachment, Success, and Living Ethically: A Buddhist Vision of a Life Worth Living

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Covenant, Community, and Responsibility: A Jewish Vision of a Life Worth Living

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A Guide to What Matters Most

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Mahatma Gandhi on Serving Our Neighbors

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Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series, watercolor and ink on paper, Nepal, ca. 1775–1800

The Bhagavad Gita on Performing Thy Task in Life

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George Bellows, “Tennis Tournament”, oil on canvas, 1920

John Stuart Mill on Maximizing Happiness

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Mary Gartside, illustration from An Essay on a New Theory of Colours, 1808

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Where Are We Starting From? / How-To’s vs. What For’s in a Life Worth Living

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A Death Worth Dying

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What’s Worth Wanting? / Discerning What Matters Most in a Life Worth Living

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"The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)", Vincent van Gogh, 1889, Oil on Fabric, Dutch

Alice Walker on Responsibility to the Natural World

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Gao Qifeng and Zhang Kunyi, "Fishes in the Spring Pond", 1931, ink and color on paper, hanging scroll / Zhang Kunyi, "Growling Bear", 1944, ink and color on paper, hanging scroll

Mencius on Desire and Choosing Our Priorities

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Rabbi Shai Held on a Life Worth Living

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By Rabbi Shai Held with Miroslav Volf

“Vienna Genesis”, 6th century, Manuscript (Codex Vindobonensis theol. graec. 31), 333 x 270 mm, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

Judaism Is About Love

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The Life Worth Living program of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School equips students, educators, and the public for the lifelong pursuit of the good life by engaging the world’s philosophical, cultural, and religious traditions.

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Thomas Anshutz, "The Way They Live", 1879

Delores Williams on the Danger of Glorified Suffering

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James Baldwin on the Albert Memorial with statue of Shakespeare / Photo: Allan Warren

James Baldwin on Embracing Suffering & Each Other

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Ivan Aivazovsky, "Gathering Storm", 1899

Nietzsche on the Discipline of Suffering

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Arist Unknown, "Still Life—Flowers and Fruit in White and Pink Bowl", American, 1840–60

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