Wine of the Mystic: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: A Spiritual Interpretation

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AuthorKabir
ISBN0807063797

Not all that long ago, in another review, I wrote that I preferred the Rabindranath Tagore translation to this one. I take it back. I was a fool to say so. Revisiting Bly’s translation recently, after more than two decades, I was struck by its clarity, its passion, its vivid and compelling voice.

I...
AuthorSri Yukteswar Giri
ISBN0876120516
This extraordinary treatise explores parallel passages from the Bible and the Hindu scriptures to reveal the essential unity of all religions. Swami Sri Yukteswar, the revered guru of Paramahansa Yogananda, outlines the universal path that every human being must travel to enlightenment. He also...
AuthorWolf-Dieter Storl
An extensive look at all the aspects of multi-natured Shiva

• Explores the shamanic roots of world spirituality as exemplified by this Hindu god who shares many of the attributes of the Norse Odin and the Celtic Cernunnos

• Looks at Shiva’s relation to contemporary culture,...
AuthorThich Nhat Hanh
ISBN1888375167
Here is the impermanent
and yet continuously flowing world.

And, complicated. . . don't forget complicated world.

These poems, written by Thich Nhat Hanh, are divided up into two sections in this collection: Historical Dimension (written primarily during the '60s, during...
AuthorHuston Smith
Here is a unique study of the world's great religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. It is not a history; it is not a critique. Instead it explains, simply and sympathetically, the basic tenets of each religion an d the reasons why it attracts millions...
AuthorRumi
ISBN0226731510
Rumi, who wrote and preached in Persia during the thirteenth century, was inspired by a wandering mystic, or dervish, named Shams al-Din. Rumi's vast body of poetry includes a lengthy poem of religious mysticism, the Mathnavi, and more than three thousand lyrics and odes. A.J. Arberry, who selected...
AuthorPaul Tillich
ISBN0334028752
These sixteeen sermons, like jewels, contain in brilliant and concentrated form some of Tillich's most familiar themes. Discussing among other topics, wisdom, salvation, loneliness and solitude, the author gives free reign to the discreet and compassionate intelligence that everywhere is a...
AuthorPrabhavananda
ISBN0874810507
The Sermon on the Mount represents the essence of both Christ's teachings and the teachings of Vedanta. Christ said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." "The kingdom of God is within." "Be ye perfect...." Theologians are apt to explain away these teachings, but we believe Christ...
AuthorParamahansa Yogananda
ISBN0876121024
Paramahansa Yogananda (Bengali: পরমহংস যোগানন্দ Pôromohôngsho Joganondo, Sanskrit: परमहंस योगानं‍द Paramahaṃsa Yogānaṃda), born Mukunda Lal Ghosh (Bengali: মুকুন্দ লাল ঘোষ Mukundo Lal...
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