World Scriptures: An Introduction to Comparative ReligionsWorld Scripture is a guidebook to the primary source materials of the classical, living religions of the world. It is a guidebook which innovatively blends critical and interpretative tools with sacred symbols and stories of Ultimacy. |
Contents
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THE DIVINE LORD KRISHNA The Bhagavad Gita | 49 |
THE TRACKLESS BUDDHA The Dhammapada | 73 |
THE CONFUCIAN WAY The Analects of Confucius | 96 |
THE COVENANT OF ISRAEL The Torah | 170 |
THE JESUS STORY The Gospels and Pauls Letters | 207 |
THE MUSLIM WITNESS The Holy Quran | 250 |
ENCOUNTER OF SACRED SCRIPTURES | 282 |
A CrossReanimation of Sacred Texts | 283 |
B The Aum of Jesus | 284 |
C The Tao of Jesus | 285 |
D The Zen of Jesus | 287 |
THE TAOIST WAY The Tao Te Ching and Chaung Tzu | 118 |
ZENS ORIGINAL FACE The Diamond and The Platform Sutra | 142 |
Eastern and Western | 291 |
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Allah Analects Arjuna asked Atman awakening become believe Bhagavad Gita Blessed Bodhidharma body Book born Brahman breath Buddha Buddhist called canon Ch'an Chapter Chinese Christ Christian Chuang Tzu Confucius covenant death Dhammapada dharma dialogue Diamond Sutra disciples divine earth Essence of Mind eternal faith Father flesh gods Gospel heart heaven Hebrew Hindu holy Hui Neng human hymns Islam Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jesus Jews King kingdom Lao Tzu light live Master means meditation Mercy-giving Moses Muhammad Muslims Nachiketas one's parable Patriarch person Platform Sutra priests prophets Qur'an realized recite religions religious ritual sacred texts sacred traditions sacrifice sage scriptures Siddhartha speak Spirit stanza story Subhuti Sutra Tao Te Ching Taoist Tathagata teacher teaching temple thee things thou Torah trans translated tree truth understand Upanishads Vedas Vedic wisdom wise words worship write Yama YHWH yoga York