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Informationen zum Autor Various; Edited by Robert O. Ballou Klappentext The Portable World Bible presents the fundamental tenets of the world's basic source religions. Contemporary readers are offered, in concise, authoritative translations, the religious thought of the ages, selected, interpreted, and arranged in view of modern man's quest for ultimate truths and values. Robert O. Ballou, the volume's editor, has omitted mere stories, history, and ceremonial detail; what remains in every case is the essence of religion, set down with a clarity and simplicity never before achieved. The Portable World Bible is an unparalleled work of poetic and ethical inspiration, a book that makes a deep appeal to the mind and spirit. Zusammenfassung The Portable World Bible presents the fundamental tenets of the world's basic source religions. Contemporary readers are offered! in concise! authoritative translations! the religious thought of the ages! selected! interpreted! and arranged in view of modern man's quest for ultimate truths and values. Robert O. Ballou! the volume's editor! has omitted mere stories! history! and ceremonial detail; what remains in every case is the essence of religion! set down with a clarity and simplicity never before achieved. The Portable World Bible is an unparalleled work of poetic and ethical inspiration! a book that makes a deep appeal to the mind and spirit. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Introduction THE HINDU The Worshippers of Brahma SELECTIONS FROM HINDU SCRIPTURES: The Rig-Veda Creation Diologue between Yama and Yami To Varuna To Agni, in Praise of Night and Day To Liberality The Atharva-Veda A Charm against Fear One Common Spirit To Heaven and Earth The Satapatha Brahmana The Creation of Prajapati and the Gods The Upanishads The Universal Self The House of Death How Many Gods? The Light of Man My Self within the Heart The Sun Is Brahman The Education of Svetaketu The Power of God The Bhagavad Gita Revolt against War The Rule of Action The Rule of Wisdom The Nature of God The Lord of All The Rule of Devotion The Good Man and the Evil The Visnu Purana The General Duties of Man The Garuda Purana Of Associates Karma A Duty to Children The Markandeya Purana Sumati Instructs His Father The Creation of Castes Sankaracharyas Atma Bodha Knowledge of Spirit The Hitopadesa Proverbs The Works of Sri Ramakrishna Many Paths to the One God The Saints and the Saviours The Protection of God The Converted Snake The Aspects of God THE BUDDHIST The Buddha and the World He Sought to Save SELECTIONS FROM BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES: Early Buddhist Books The Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness The Nine Incapabilities The Aryan Eightfold Path Questions Which Tend Not to Edification Discussion of Dependent Origination On Theology The Fall and Rise of Social Behaviour A Sermon to the Monks The Dhammapada The Twin Verses Thought The Fool Punishment Old Age Anger Proverbs Buddaghosha's Parables The Story of Kisagotami The Lotus of the True Law The Wheel of the Law The Diamond Sutra The Transcendant Wisdom Asvaghosha's Awakening of Faith Asvaghosha's Doctrine of Suchness The Tibetan Doctrine Elegant Sayings of the Lamas THE PARSI The Religion which might Have Been Ours SELECTIONS FROM ZOROASTRIAN SCRIPTURES: The Bundahis The Order of Creation The Ancestry of the World The Flood The Vendidad The First Man The Evil Winters ...
