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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... tree on a country road for the coming of Godot . While waiting , the afflicted outcasts , who are bound to each other out of fear , and who are repulsed by each other's mistrust , are interrupted by a dictatorial master , Pozzo , and ...
... tree on a country road for the coming of Godot . While waiting , the afflicted outcasts , who are bound to each other out of fear , and who are repulsed by each other's mistrust , are interrupted by a dictatorial master , Pozzo , and ...
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... Tree whose everlasting roots are in heaven and whose branches and leaves bloom on earth as sacred songs and texts . 10 In the Dhammapada Buddha compares implicitly the sacred text to a raft which the disciple takes to reach the other ...
... Tree whose everlasting roots are in heaven and whose branches and leaves bloom on earth as sacred songs and texts . 10 In the Dhammapada Buddha compares implicitly the sacred text to a raft which the disciple takes to reach the other ...
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... tree : the lower knowledge and the higher . The higher knowledge is : That which is invisible , ungraspable , without family , without caste— Without sight or hearing is , It , without hand or foot , Eternal , all - pervading ...
... tree : the lower knowledge and the higher . The higher knowledge is : That which is invisible , ungraspable , without family , without caste— Without sight or hearing is , It , without hand or foot , Eternal , all - pervading ...
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... tree ! Bring me the fruit of that tree . " So Svetaketu picks the fruit of the Nyagrodha ( Banyan ) tree . His father says : “ Break it open . What do you find there ? " " Some seeds , Sir , exceedingly small . " " Take one and break it ...
... tree ! Bring me the fruit of that tree . " So Svetaketu picks the fruit of the Nyagrodha ( Banyan ) tree . His father says : “ Break it open . What do you find there ? " " Some seeds , Sir , exceedingly small . " " Take one and break it ...
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... tree ( Katha ) , the great bow and arrow ( Mundaka ) , aum ( Man- dukya ) , the mirror of gold ( Svetasvatara ) , and Tat Tvam Asi ( Chandogya ) . Each is like a dia- mond located at the intersecting streams of light in Indra's heavenly ...
... tree ( Katha ) , the great bow and arrow ( Mundaka ) , aum ( Man- dukya ) , the mirror of gold ( Svetasvatara ) , and Tat Tvam Asi ( Chandogya ) . Each is like a dia- mond located at the intersecting streams of light in Indra's heavenly ...
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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.