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The Theragatha is one of the most striking texts in the Pali Canon. It is a collection of 264 poems or verses - some short, some long - by monks who, traditionally, lived at the time of the Buddha, and which expressed their experience of insight, the culmination of their spiritual path.
In fact, it is generally recognised now that this collection was added to over the years, so that some of the verses date from a later time. But this does not diminish...
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¿Has sentido alguna vez que hay algo más grande que nosotros que nos guía y nos cuida en todo momento? Si la respuesta es sí, entonces el audiolibro "Los milagros si existen" es para ti. En este maravilloso viaje, descubrirás la magia que nos rodea a diario, desde los pequeños detalles hasta los grandes eventos que nos dejan sin aliento. Aprenderás a abrir tu corazón y mente a la posibilidad de milagros en tu vida diaria, y a ser consciente...
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The observations and insights of the Buddha are practical and eminently down to earth, dealing exclusively with awareness in the here and now.
Buddhism Plain and Simple offers listeners these fundamental teachings, stripped of cultural trappings that have accumulated around Buddhism over the past 25 centuries. The newcomer will be inspired by the clear, simple principles found in Buddhism Plain and Simple, and those familiar with Buddhism will welcome...
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The Dhammapada, a collection of 423 verses in 26 chapters, is perhaps the most famous of all Buddhist texts. It presents the Buddha's teachings in a clear and highly accessible form and has been used for personal instruction and teaching for centuries throughout the Buddhist world. It comes from the Khuddaka Nikaya section of the Pali Canon and is here collected with two other key texts from the same source.
The Udana ('inspired utterance') contains...
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Written in India in the early eighth century CE, Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara takes as its subject the profound desire to become a Buddha and save all beings from suffering. The person who enacts such a desire is a Bodhisattva.
Santideva not only sets out what the Bodhisattva must do and become; he also invokes the intense feelings of aspiration which underlie such a commitment, using language which has inspired Buddhists in their religious lives...
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The Love of Devotion is the result of several decades of spiritual work. It began the day I first opened the metaphysical door and stepped into a world only minimally understood at the time but strongly desired. Metaphysics is concerned with the ultimate, primary, inner aspects of existence. It does not see life in material terms but sees life in terms of thought and strongly emphasises healing.
Love and Devotion is a 2-book nonfiction series. A...
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The largest-selling edition of the Gita all over the world, Bhagavad-Gita as It Is, is more than a book. For many it has changed their lives altogether. Universally Bhagavad-Gita is renowned and truly claimed as the crown jewel of India?s spiritual wisdom. Spoken by Lord Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead to His intimate disciple Arjuna, the Gita's seven hundred concise verses provides a definitive guide to the science of self realization....
28) Biblia Satanae
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Biblia Satanae is a collection of godless and heretical religious writings, having different forms but sharing a common, godless message. Biblia Satanae, unlike the claims of divine inspiration of the Judeo-Christian Bible, is the Word of Man. It is not revealed or inspired by any deity. The godless Satanism that is a common feature of all its writings stems from a rejection of the concept of blind faith consistent with its definition in the writings...
29) Surprised by Joy
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For many years an atheist, C. S. Lewis vividly describes the spiritual quest that convinced him of the truth and reality of Christianity, in his famous autobiography. "In the Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that God was God … perhaps the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England." Thus Lewis describes memorably the crisis of his conversion. 'Surprised by Joy' reveals both that crisis and its momentous conclusion that would...
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The book Kathasaritsagara has been created by Soma Deva. It consists of 21,500 shlokas.
This book Kathasaritsagara has been divided into 18 lambakaas, and those 18 lambakaas are still more divided into 125 Tharanga's.
Some lambakaas are very big, while some are very small.
If there are 115 Shlokas in the 11th Lambaka, there are around 4925 Shlokas in 12th Lambaka.
During ancient times from the mouth of Lord Shiva, this story got birth. Those who...
31) Born to Fly
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Human beings are not born to creep and craw on Earth like caterpillars. They are born to transform into butterflies and become free. Through intention, learning, and wisdom, this freedom is possible for each one of us.
Throughout history, the wisdom of Zarathustra has spread and impacted a variety of different belief systems. His wisdom has inspired and guided Greeks, Romans, Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Before the time of Zarathustra, people worshiped...
32) El Noble Corán
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El Corán fue revelado al profeta Mahoma hace 1400 años. Es la autoridad suprema del Islam y la fuente de toda la enseñanza islámica; es un texto sagrado y un libro de orientación que establece el credo, los rituales, la ética y las leyes de la religión islámica. Ha sido uno de los libros más influyentes de la historia de la literatura.
Esta producción incluye la recitación en árabe seguida de la traducción al español.
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The classic spiritual travelogue by one of Tibet's best-known explorers, The Way of the White Clouds is the remarkable narrative of a pilgrimage which could not be made today.
In 1948, Lama Anagarika Govinda made an unforgettable journey into Tibet before its invasion by the Chinese. His unique account is not only a spectacular and gloriously poetic story of exploration and discovery; it is also invaluable for its sensitivity and clearly presented...
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The Buddha and the Sahibs: The Men Who Discovered India's Lost Religion by Charles Allen.
For nearly 1,000 years, from the destruction of temples and monasteries by Muslim invaders in the 11th and 12th centuries, followed by Hinduism's increasing power, Buddhism vanished from the country of its origin. Though hugely influential throughout Asia, the religion was forgotten in India.
This is the story of the men from the British Raj who rediscovered...
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Long regarded as one of the best introductions to Buddhism, What the Buddha Taught draws on the actual words spoken by the Buddha to give a lucid and accurate account of the fundamental principles of Buddhist doctrine. Richly supported by extracts from the ancient texts, Walpola Rahula gives clear and direct explanations of Buddhism's essential teachings including:
the Buddhist attitude of mind
the Four Noble Truths
The Noble Eightfold Path
meditation...
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Beginning in the 2nd century C.E., anonymous Christian authors wrote more than twenty books called 'Acts'. They contained stories about the adventures of the first Christian heroes and the first Christian sects.These books pretended to be history books, but the faithful transmission of historical facts was never their aim. The historical background in them was to convey religious propaganda to the readers. These writings were created in such a way...
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Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was one of the most remarkable figures in the 20th century. Born an Untouchable - the lowest element of Indian society deemed to be outside the caste system, and literally 'untouchable' - he rose from abject village poverty to become the architect of the new Constitution of India following its independence from Britain in 1947.
A combination of exceptional talent, hard work and determination, vision and luck took him to...
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The timeless wisdom of Oswald Chambers shines in this new Modern Classic Edition of the beloved 365-day devotional first published by his widow in 1924. With a thoughtful approach to the language and context of the original, the author's voice has been carefully preserved and the Bible texts updated to the New International Version. Full of powerful challenge to devote your all for God's highest glory, these readings open the way to deeper, stronger...
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A provocative examination of how religious practices of forgetting drive white Christian nationalism.
The dual traumas of colonialism and slavery are still felt by Native Americans and African Americans as victims of ongoing violence toward people of color today. In The Feeling of Forgetting, John Corrigan calls attention to the trauma experienced by white Americans as perpetrators of this violence. By tracing memory's role in American Christianity,...
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Connect to the Source of the Aramaic Jesus' Wisdom and GuidancePerhaps the most essential teachings given to us by Jesus came in the final year of his life on earth. Known as the "I AM" statements and found in the Gospel of John and the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, these radical truths were offered to connect each one of us to the original source of Jesus' deeper power. But to fully grasp and embody these profound insights, teaches Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz,...
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