The Sacred Paths: Understanding the Religions of the WorldPearson Education, 2006 - 577 頁 This book combines study of the dynamic historical development of each religious tradition with a comparative thematic structure. In this way, the book helps readers to explore each of the major religions as a unique and integral system of meaning and life. At the same time, readers are encouraged to discover and explore the nature of religious experience by comparing basic themes and issues common to all religions. Covering the religions arising from India, China, Japan, and the Mediterranean world, this book introduces the key dimensions of religious experience, outlining the basic human concerns that give rise to religious experience, such as origin and identity, ultimate reality, human nature, and the good life. For anyone interested in exploring the origins and development of the diverse religions of the world. |
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... especially devoted to the Vedic traditions , often giving their support to the non - Vedic groups such as Jains and ... especially the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali ; the Dharmasutras and the Dhar- mashastras , especially the Law - code of ...
... especially sacred , combined from many different sources , for many years . The sacred fire at Udvada , north of Mumbai ( Bombay ) , is said to have burned continuously for over a thousand years . Fires are also maintained outside the ...
... especially with vegetation and the fertility of the earth plerosis " filling up " ; fulfillment or restoration move- ment of ritual ; see kenosis pollution in the Shinto view , anything that hinders life and fertility by causing ...