Community of Healers :: Forum http://communityofhealers.org/xoops/ :: XOOPS Community Bulletin Board Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:43:46 -0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss/ CBB 3.07 Discussion Area ej@brighterearth.com ej@brighterearth.com en Community of Healers :: Forum http://communityofhealers.org/xoops/modules/newbb/images/xoopsbb_slogo.png http://communityofhealers.org/xoops/ 92 52 Christianity [by siteadmin] http://communityofhealers.org/xoops/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7&forum=5 Spiritual Texts:: Christianity<br /> <p><strong>Cultural Influences</strong></p> <ul><li>The Divine is angry and punishing (Old Testament)</li><li>The Divine is jealous (Old Testament)</li><li>The Divine is male</li><li>The Divine commands preferred people to get land by way of war (Old Testament)</li></ul> <p><strong>Important Teachings</strong></p> <ul><li>Forgiveness</li><li>Love</li><li>Compassion</li><li>Integrity</li><li>Honoring Parents</li></ul> <p><strong>Gospels of the Bible</strong>: <br /> -<a href="http://www.utoronto.ca/religion/synopsis/syn-ini.htm">The Five Gospels Parallel at U. Toronto</a> </p><p>The Q: This is </p><ul><li><a href="http://www.carm.org/questions/Q.htm"><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>C</strong></font><font size="1" face="Arial">HRISTIAN</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> <strong>A</strong></font><font size="1" face="Arial">POLOGETICS &amp; </font><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>R</strong></font><font size="1" face="Arial">ESEARCH</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> <strong>M</strong></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.carm.org/questions/Q.htm">INISTRY</a> </font></li><li><font face="Arial"><a href="http://bibles.newarchaeology.com/qbible.php">New Archeology</a> </font></li><li><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.religioustolerance.org/gosp_q.htm">Religious Tolerance</a> </font></li></ul> <p><strong>New Testament of the Bible<br /> </strong>-This is a placeholder, the point being: Read the New Testament FIRST. It has a higher vibration and is really the whole point. The Old Testament is best thought of as a context. Jesus came to help people get out of the mentality of the Old Testament - the angry punishing God leading to following rigid rules in order to 'be right' or not be punished. </p> <p><strong>Entire Bible (Old and New Testament)</strong><br /> -<a href="http://www.crosswire.org/study/parallelstudy.jsp">Parallel Study Bible</a> (with translations and commentaries)<br /> -<a href="http://www.bible.org/netbible/index.htm">New English Translation</a> </p> <p><strong>Non-Mainstream<br /> </strong>-<a href="http://www.gnosis.org/library/gs.htm">The Gnostic Society Library </a> <br /> - <a href="http://www.bible.org/netbible/index.htm">NET (Includes Apocrypha) </a></p> Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:48:27 -0000 http://communityofhealers.org/xoops/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7&forum=5 Taoism [by siteadmin] http://communityofhealers.org/xoops/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=6&forum=5 Spiritual Texts:: Taoism<br /> <p><strong>Cultural Influences</strong></p> <ul><li>Feudal Times </li><li>Some Male/female roles and qualities </li></ul> <p><strong>Important Teachings</strong></p> <ul><li>The Divine is beyond words</li><li>Being of benefit</li></ul> <p><strong>Tao Teh Ching</strong> <br /> <br /> Note: The original language is gender neutral, yet most western translators use gender-biased language. Here are some translations which are gender-neutral. </p> <p>-<a target="_blank" href="http://www.zhongwen.com/dao.htm">Etymological Direct Translation</a><br /> -<a target="_blank" href="http://www.edepot.com/tao10.html">Beck, Sanderson</a> <br /> -<a target="_blank" href="http://www.edepot.com/tao14.html">McCarroll, Tolbert</a> <br /> -<a target="_blank" href="http://www.geocities.com/%7Ejimclatfelter/jimztao.html">Clatfelter, Jim</a> (a Rhyming, Poetic Translation)<br /> -<a target="_blank" href="http://home.pages.at/onkellotus/TTK/English_Cleary_TTK.html">Cleary, Thomas</a> <br /> -<a target="_blank" href="http://home.pages.at/onkellotus/TTK/English_Hatcher_TTK.html">Hatcher, Brad</a> <br /> -<a target="_blank" href="http://home.pages.at/onkellotus/TTK/English_Sheets_TTK.html">Sheets, Alan &amp; Tovey, Barbara</a> </p> <p>There is another really good translation here: <a href="http://www.daoisopen.com/YourDaoDeJing.html"><a href="http://www.daoisopen.com/YourDaoDeJing.html" target="_blank">http://www.daoisopen.com/YourDaoDeJing.html</a></a>. </p> Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:31:36 -0000 http://communityofhealers.org/xoops/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=6&forum=5 Hinduism (Vedic Tradition) [by siteadmin] http://communityofhealers.org/xoops/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=5&forum=5 Spiritual Texts:: Hinduism (Vedic Tradition)<br /> Ashtravaka Gita <br /><ul><li><a href="http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_giitaa/ashteng.txt">John H. Richards</a></li><li><a href="http://www.realization.org/page/doc0/doc0004.htm">John H. Richards</a></li><li><a href="http://www.celextel.org/othervedantabooks/astavakragita.html">John H. Richards</a></li><li><a href="http://www.hinduwebsite.com/sacredscripts/hinduism/ashtavakra.asp">John H. Richards</a></li></ul><br />Bhagavad Gita<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.asitis.com/">A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup&#257;da</a></li><li><a href="http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/gita.htm">Ramanand Prasad</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbg/index.htm"><cite>Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita</cite></a></li><li><a href="http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/ctg/bhaggita.htm">Edwin Arnold</a></li><li><a href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2388">Edwin Arnold</a></li><li><a href="http://www.bartleby.com/45/4/">Edwin Arnold</a></li></ul><br />Bhakti Sutra<br /> <ul><li><a href="http://naradabhaktisutra.com/">A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup&#257;da</a></li><li><a href="http://reluctant-messenger.com/bhakti-sutras.htm">Chester Messenger</a></li><li><a href="http://www.geocities.com/athens/acropolis/1863/nbs.txt">Swami Vivekananda</a></li></ul> <br />Brahma Sutras (Vedanta Sutras)<br /> <ul> <li><a title="George Thibaut" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext05/8sutr10.txt">George Thibaut</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe48/index.htm">George Thibaut</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bharatadesam.com/spiritual/brahma_sutra/brahma_sutra_sankara_index.php">George Thibaut</a></li> <li><a href="http://veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/vedsutra.htm">veda.harekrsna.cz</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/bs_00.html">Swami Sivananda</a></li></ul><br />Yoga Sutras<br /><ul><li><a href="http://dailyreadings.com/sutras_1.htm">Swami Venkatesanananda</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/yogasutr.htm">BonGiovanni</a></li></ul><br /><a href="http://www.astrojyoti.com/scriptures.htm">Nice Overview</a> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:05:35 -0000 http://communityofhealers.org/xoops/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=5&forum=5 Buddhism [by siteadmin] http://communityofhealers.org/xoops/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3&forum=5 Spiritual Texts:: Buddhism<br /> Diamond Sutra<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://community.palouse.net/lotus/diamondsutra.htm">A. F. Price </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hsuyun.org/Dharma/zbohy/Sruti-Smriti/Sutras/diamond-sutra.html">Edward Conze</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.diamond-sutra.com/diamond_sutra_translation.html">Alex Johnson </a></li></ul><br />Heart Sutra<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Gate gate pàragate pàrasaügate bodhi Svaha!</span><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.heartsutra.org/?cat=1">Ken McLeod </a></li><li><a href="http://www.unfetteredmind.com/translations/heart.php">Ken McLeod</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.cttbusa.org/heartsutra/heartsutra.htm">Tang Dharma Master of the Tripitaka Hsüan-Tsang</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fodian.net/English/HeartT0251-e.pdf">Hs•an-tsang</a> * (<span style="font-style: italic;">Gone, gone, perfectly gone, perfectly and completely gone beyond to awakening.Hallelujah!</span>)</li><li><a href="http://kr.buddhism.org/zen/sutras/conze.htm">E Conse </a>* (<span style="font-style: italic;">Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone altogether beyond, O what an awakening, all-hail !</span>)</li><li><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.lamrim.com/hhdl/heartsutra.html">Geshe Thupten Jinpa</a> </font></li></ul><br /> Lotus Sutra<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/contents.htm">Buddhist Text Translation Society</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/lotus/index.htm">H. Kern </a></li></ul><br />Platform Sutra<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/platform-sutra.html">A.F. Price ans Wong Mou-Lam </a></li></ul><br /> Other Texts<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/resources/sutras/sutra_index.htm">Buddhist Door</a></li></ul><br />Buddhist Organizations <br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.sgi-usa.org/">Soka Gakkai International (SGI)</a></li></ul> Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:28:07 -0000 http://communityofhealers.org/xoops/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3&forum=5