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Sacred texts that have had an affect on you.

sayak83

sayak83

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Secret Chief said:
Are you mad? :p
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I was stuck while writing my thesis... so I was feeling a bit nihilistic... 
Also my university library had good expensive translations of these hard to find texts. So I took the opportunity to read proper annotated teanslations.
Good old days...
 
U

Unveiled Artist

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Xavier Graham SA said:
As a Christian, I have read the Bible. For a while, I never read any text from other religions (I was taught it was blasphemy across the board). Growing out of that, I’ve been reading sacred texts from other religions. Each one that I have read has had a profound impact on my life. It is through reading these texts that I’ve developed syncretic beliefs.
I’m curious about the sacred texts people have read. Also, if you haven’t read the texts from other religions, why? If you’ve just never considered it, I strongly urge you do! I am sure you will find the God you worship in all of the texts. If you have a negative opinion about another religion, but haven’t read their religious texts, surely that negativity is coming from a place of misunderstanding and confusion.
As for my part, I have read:
The Bible (plus Enoch!)
The Bhagavad Gita
The Dhammapada
Tao Te Ching
Tibetan Book of the Dead
The I Ching, Analects of Confucius, Autumn and Spring (Confucius texts)
Each of these books have had an equally profound impact on my life. I believe Christians who restrict themselves to the Bible are doing themselves an injustice. It’s just I know I used to have negative opinions on all other religions, it took me a while to realize that I should read their texts before formulating an opinion.
I intend to read the Quran next. I’ve started it, and so far, I see the same God.
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I've read 1% of The Buddha's dharma of 10,000 patikas.

I've also read the bible.

I love the dharma cause it addresses so many things like how to handle money both for layman and monastic. How to meditate among much more.what compassion means. Don't take anything for granted. The bible doesn't have this and I was not raised christian to have any emotional attachments to care about what it says etc. I just realized that Christianity isn't for me.

Not much else in religous texts.
 
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Trailblazer

Trailblazer

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Xavier Graham SA said:
The fact that most of Baha’u’llah’s writings are not in English has given me the long term goal to learn the original language, as to read them. I’ll be old or dead by then though I figure. I was planning on reading a collection of speeches given by his son sometime soon, so I’ll also read the gleanings alongside it when I do!
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You are so young, you have plenty of time. I am however another story. :(

Gleanings is kind of like everything you would want to know but were afraid to ask. ;)

‘Abdu'l-Bahá's Paris Talks also addresses many important subjects. :)
 
metis

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
Besides the Gita and Upanishads, I've read many excerpts from Buddhist scholars with my favorite being Matthieu Ricard, an advisor to the Dalai Lama who has a strong science background- whatta genius.
 
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