World Scriptures: An Introduction to Comparative ReligionsPaulist Press, 1986 - 298 páginas World 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. |
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... things to them , a companion and a teacher . It provides an opportunity for abstract and profoundly intangible ideas to rise to the surface . Of equal importance , it assists the student to put his or her thought process into an ...
... things to them , a companion and a teacher . It provides an opportunity for abstract and profoundly intangible ideas to rise to the surface . Of equal importance , it assists the student to put his or her thought process into an ...
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... thing more than yourself . a . Tell your own story about that experience : What led up to it ? What happened during it ? What happened after it ? b . Describe your feelings associated with that experience . How did it feel at the time ...
... thing more than yourself . a . Tell your own story about that experience : What led up to it ? What happened during it ? What happened after it ? b . Describe your feelings associated with that experience . How did it feel at the time ...
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... thing through his self - sacrifical dismemberment . Interestingly , while a similar dismemberment of a cosmic person appears in Mesopotamian and Greek mythology , there it is the result of a battle , not , as in India , the result of a ...
... thing through his self - sacrifical dismemberment . Interestingly , while a similar dismemberment of a cosmic person appears in Mesopotamian and Greek mythology , there it is the result of a battle , not , as in India , the result of a ...
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... things which are unstable here . 15 In the shortest of all the Upanishads , the Isa , the transcendent , yet immanent , imper- sonal , yet personal " One , " takes the form of Isa ( the Lord ) , unmoving , yet swifter than the fastest ...
... things which are unstable here . 15 In the shortest of all the Upanishads , the Isa , the transcendent , yet immanent , imper- sonal , yet personal " One , " takes the form of Isa ( the Lord ) , unmoving , yet swifter than the fastest ...
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... thing through food . 3 Such is his greatness , and the Man is yet more than this . All creatures are a quarter of him ; three quarters are what is immortal in heaven . 4 With three quarters the Man rose upwards , and one quarter of him ...
... thing through food . 3 Such is his greatness , and the Man is yet more than this . All creatures are a quarter of him ; three quarters are what is immortal in heaven . 4 With three quarters the Man rose upwards , and one quarter of him ...
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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 |
Termos e frases comuns
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
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Página 235 - Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High...
Página 246 - I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Página 231 - And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them : and they all drank of it. And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
Página 238 - Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
Página 246 - Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Página 246 - Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death - even death on a cross.