| Edition |
First HarperCollins paperback edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 425 pages ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Huston Smith ---- 1. Hinduism. The Early Vedas --- The Upanishads --- The Bhagavad Gita --- Grace Notes ---- 2. Buddhism. The Instructive Legend of the Buddha's Life --- The Rebel Saint --- Core Doctrines --- Mahayana Buddhism --- A. Tibetan Buddhism --- B. Zen Buddhism --- Grace Notes ---- 3. Confucianism. Confucius the Man. The Confucian Project --- The Great Learning --- Mencius --- Grace Notes ---- 4. Taoism. The Tao Te Ching --- Chuang Tzu --- Grace Notes ---- 5. Judaism. Torah: The Teaching --- Nevi'im: The Prophets --- Ketuvim: Other Writings --- Oral Torah: The Talmud --- Grace Notes ---- 6. Christianity. The Life of Jesus --- The Sayings of Jesus --- The Life of the Early Church --- Grace Notes ---- 7. Islam. The Qur'an: Suras of Mecca and Medina --- The Qur'an: Selections Thematically Arranged --- Hadith: Sayings and Traditional Accounts of the Prophet --- Grace Notes ---- 8. Primal Religions. Beginnings --- Returning to the Sacred Realm --- The Spirit-filled World --- The Shaman --- The Sacred Earth --- Grace Notes. |
| Summary |
This extraordinary book is an essential collection of the world's most profound and enlightening wisdom - a world Bible for our time - containing sacred readings from Buddhist, Hindu, Confucian, Taoist, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and primal religion sources. Like his mentor Huston Smith, gifted teacher and author Philip Novak sees religious traditions as the distilled wisdom of humankind. Here Novak has gathered the most powerful and elegant expressions of this global wisdom in a distinctive and accessible volume." "Selections for this unique anthology have been chosen for their inspirational power and instructional value. Authentic poetic translations of key texts are coupled with insightful introductions and "grace notes," designed to capture how each tradition is best expressed and lived out. The World's Wisdom offers the lyric sensibility of the great poetic translations of the world's sacred writings coupled with the insight and scholarship of one of today's most agile minds. --Jacket. |
| Subject |
Sacred books.
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Sacred books. (OCoLC)fst01103109
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| Genre/Form |
Sacred works. (OCoLC)fst01923249
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Sacred works.
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| Added Title |
Sacred texts of the world's religions |
| ISBN |
0060663421 (pbk.) |
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9780060663421 (pbk.) |
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