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Why are there so many schools of Buddhism? Are the differences just cultural, or do they have fundamentally different visions of Dhamma? This work assesses the claims of the traditions, and takes into account to findings of modern scholarship. It pays special attention to the origins of the monastic orders. If we are to understand the differences, and sometimes tensions, between the schools of Buddhism today, we must examine more closely the forces that spurred their formation....

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Foreword Abstract 0.1 The Early Period (BCE) 0.2 The Middle Period (CE) 0.3 Comparing pre-CE & post-CE evidence 0.4 The Mahāvihāravāsins 0.5 The Dharmaguptakas 0.6 The Mūlasarvāstivādins Chapter 1 The ‘Unity Edicts’ 1.1 Schism & unity 1.2 Aśoka & unity 1.3 The Third Council 1.4 What were the heretics teaching? 1.5 Aśoka in the Mahāsaṅghika Vinaya? Chapter 2 The Saints of Vedisa 2.1 Gotiputa 2.2 Mogaliputa 2.3 Vāchiputa Chapter 3 The Dīpavaṁsa 3.1 The heresy of grammar 3.2 The Sri Lankan context 3.3 Was Buddhaghosa a Theravādin? Chapter 4 Monster or Saint? 4.1 Vasumitra’s Samayabhedoparacanacakra 4.2 Bhavya’s Nikāyabhedavibhaṅgavyakhyāna 4.3 Śāripūtraparipṛcchā 4.4 Xuan-zang’s Records of the Western Lands 4.5 Kuei Chi Chapter 5 Three Sins & Five Theses 5.1 Which Mahādeva? 5.2 The five heresies 5.3 ‘Outflows’ 5.4 Dhamma or Vinaya? Chapter 6 More on the Vibhajjavādins 6.1 The Kathāvatthu 6.2 Later Mahāvihāravāsin sources 6.3 What does ‘Vibhajjavāda’ mean? Chapter 7 Vibhajjavāda vs. Sarvāstivāda? 7.1 The early controversies 7.2 What schism? Chapter 8 Dharmagupta: the...

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Maiden, murderer, ascetic, philosopher, awakened nun. Bhadda Kundalakesa is one of the most intriguing figures of early Buddhism. This is a fictionalized account of her life, partially based on historical sources....

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Serenity and insight are the two great wings of Buddhist meditation. They each have a special role to play in the path to Awakening. While some modern approaches seek to marginalize serenity in favor of ‘dry’ insight, the Buddha’s own discourses place serenity right at the center of the path. This book collects virtually all the significant passages on this topic that are found in the early discourses, carefully elucidated for the modern reader....

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Introduction 1 A Handful of Leaves 2 Samatha & Vipassanā 3 The Wings to Enlightenment 4 Dependent Liberation 5 The Gradual Training 6 The Benefits of Samādhi 7 Jhāna & the Noble Ones 8 Counterexamples A On the Translations B Contemporary Teachers on Samādhi C Instant Enlightenment...

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When you need a moment to reflect, to be alone with your thoughts, this book will help you rediscover your inner compass. The Point in the Heart is a collection of excerpts from a man whose wisdom has earned him devoted students worldwide. Michael Laitman, a scientist and a Kabbalist, presents ancient wisdom in a compelling style. These stormy days, his site, www.kabbalah.info, offers a silver lining for those who seek true and lasting comfort....

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One evening in September 1991, Kabbalist Rabash summoned his prime student, Michael Laitman, to his bedside and handed him a notebook, whose cover contained one word-Shamati (I Heard), containing transcripts of Rabash's conversations with his father, Yehuda Ashlag, author of a complete commentary on The Zohar. The following morning the Rabash perished.Following Rabash's legacy to disseminate the Kabbalah, Laitman published the notebook just as it was written, retaining the text's transforming powers....

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The great Kabbalists, Rav Yehuda Ashlag, and his son and successor, Rav Baruch Ashlag, offer modern readers valid answers to life's most vital question: What is the meaning of my life? Their interpretations of The Book of Zohar and The Tree of Life explain how we can benefit by using the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah on a day-to-day basis. Additionally, clear illustrations accurately depict the evolution of the Upper Worlds as Kabbalists experience them....

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Laitman's new book not only demonstrates with examples from science and Kabbalah that the ego stands behind all human suffering, but also shows how we can use it to our benefit. With clear analyses of the human soul and its problems, the book provides a 'roadmap' indicating how we can achieve a new level of existence and fulfillment....

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The Kabbalist Rabbi Laitman, who was the student and personal assistant to Rabbi Baruch Ashlag from 1979-1991, follows in the footsteps of his rabbi in passing on the wisdom of Kabbalah to the world. This book is based on sources that were passed down by Rabbi Baruch's father, Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, the author of the commentaries on The Book of Zohar, who continued the ways of many great Kabbalists throughout the generations before them. The goal of this book is to assist individuals in confronting the first stages of the spiritual realm. This unique method of study, which encourages sharing this wisdom with others, not only helps overcome the trials and tribulations of everyday life, but initiates a process in which individuals extend themselves beyond the standard limitations of today's world....

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Theological Immortal Romance is an Elysian love story written in poetic form by author Kevin Brian Wright about, love, devotion, and the angelic beauty of his beloved - Isabella. Within the story the reader embarks on a spiritual journey of love and romance seen through the eyes of the author. Many transcendental occurrences evolve during this journey through each chapter of the book. With each poem you are visually enlightened by his reverence and love to her. Mystery transpires within the pages as does the truth of his divine heart. Her beauty and their love are haunting to all who read. Theological Immortal Romance is just the key to the beginning of this sacred and mysterious love affair with many doors still to be opened....

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For 12,000 years a dark and deadly secret has been hidden deep below the Great Sphinx of Giza. In present day Egypt, a frightening, yet awe-inspiring story unravels as archaeologists race against time to decipher an ancient truth? A deep probing mystery riddled with prophecy and danger, Secret of the Sands uses Egypt and her mythology as a backdrop to delve into the meanings of life and religion. -McNally Robinson Rai Aren and Tavius E. have crafted a fast-paced, exciting novel overflowing with mystery and intrigue. The tension is constant. The characters fully developed. And the plot gripping. Ancient history and present day relevance are so expertly intertwined, that you might forget you are reading a work of fiction. -- Thomas Phillips, author of The Molech Prophecy Secret of the Sands, Amazon Bestseller (www.secretofthesands.com)...

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The Reader’s Edition features the King James Bible, Pure Cambridge Edition without the “messy” chapter and verse numbers. It also removes the book headings for an easy-to-read “book like” experience....

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Presenting the King James Bible, Pure Cambridge Edition. Easily navigate through individual books and chapters of the Bible.

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"The purpose of this essay is threefold. First, I seek to trace a brief history of the concept of catholicity within the Reformed tradition and offer this historical context as an explanation for its resistance to traditional conceptions of the Church. Second, I will show how Georges Florovsky’s work “The Boundaries of the Church,” offers a better point of reference for Orthodox dialogue with Churches of the Reformed Tradition than other Orthodox ecclesiologies, such as those based solely on St. Cyprian’s model, and the ecclesiology of N. Afanassieff. Last, I will use John Calvin’s ideas on the church in Institutes of the Christian Religion to show that certain contemporary Reformed ecclesiologies do not take into consideration the early Calvinist emphasis on catholicity. Using the early Christological controversies of Monophysitism and Nestorianism and applying them to ecclesiology, I will illustrate how both the traditionalist Orthodox and evangelical Reformed views of the Church are weak, make extreme claims on the nature of the Church, and must come closer to the center for dialogue. There is hope if doctrinal agreement coul...

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The book of “The Second Coming of Christ; the return of Jesus Christ” This book is exquisitely new. It is strange but true: about things that are not said, informed by the events that are happening around us, and facts that are beyond dispute. Actually when you start reading this book you will not be able to leave it without coming to the last page of it having a very precise, new, logic and Divine knowledge. It is as true as the life in you is. You find in this piece of new knowledge many issues which prescribe the reality in abstract style having brought it into minds as vivid facts: What is the wrong with the life of high technologies? Do you believe that this contemporary technologies are the main source of misery of our life?! Why do people abandon God and where Do they direct their destination into? What is God’s purpose of the afflictions and difficulties which He has driven to people and nations? What are the reasons behind the destruction of the old nations? Do you think that the whole world is coming to the same fate of the old destructed nations? What is the last resort of escaping from this horrible end? Wh...

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The Book of Zohar (The Book of Radiance) is an ageless source of wisdom and the basis for all Kabbalistic literature. Since its appearance nearly 2,000 years ago, it has been the primary, and often only, source used by Kabbalists. For centuries, Kabbalah was hidden from the public, which was considered not yet ready to receive it. However, our generation has been designated by Kabbalists as the first generation that is ready to grasp the concepts in The Zohar. Now, we can put these principles into practice in our lives. Written in a unique and metaphorical language, The Zohar: annotations to the Ashlag Commentary enriches our understanding of reality and expands our worldview. However, this text should not be read in an ordinary fashion. We should patiently and repeatedly read and think about each sentence as we try to penetrate the author's feelings. We should read it slowly and try to extract the nuances of the text. Although the text deals with one subject only how to relate t...

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How terrible are the words that issued from the mouths of those deceivers from amongst the jews, who used false statements to insert intrigue into the books of Islam. Their words about the possible use of magic to bewitch the most honorable one of all creation, Mohammad (cpth), are nothing more than mere lies. The same is true of another of their sayings- fie on them (may God make them as ugly as their deeds)- wherein they say that the accursed Satan controlled the Prophet (cpth), as well as other of our great masters, including Solomon, Job and our father Adam. Their statements are easily refutable, and just as our of every pot pours that which it contains, woe to them because of what pours from their spirits. As a result of such intrigues, the belief in magic, along with other spiritual diseases, is spread amongst the Muslims by disbelieving magicians and their followers- to the extent that one can hardly find a house in which there does not live at least one of their followers- These people believe the devil's call because they have listened to false scholars instead of God and have turned their back on the Qur'an as if...

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Michael, a humble, devoted, kind husband and a caring father was struck by a tragedy that weakens his faith in good. He abandons everything to seek and to serve cold justice to those behind it as he joins forces with a powerful and mysterious deity on the condition that he has to save mankind and most importantly, track down his real enemies. The battle he faces makes him embrace his sole purpose in life but what he later discovers will either make or break him....

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This is not another Christian book in the market; this book is designed for those who truly love Jesus Christ and embrace him as the only way to God’s Paradise in Heaven. If you do not believe in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit collectively known as the Holy Trinity, then I strongly urge you not to open this book. You must truly love Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior to read this book. God, through the Holy Bible has given us everything we need to know about Him, His nature, His creative ingenuity, and His summary divine plan for humanity. The Bible teaches that Salvation is a gift from God to humanity. The Equation of Salvation comes from the supernatural conception, the natural birth, the natural death of Jesus Christ on the cross, and his resurrection. From this equation, what God however did not tell the world is that “Salvation is a gift with a missing component that leaves the equation unbalanced”. It explains why Salvation is also a waiting game directly dependent on the End of the Age. From a supernatural standpoint of God’s Creative Library, the equation of your salvation is absolutely unbalanced without the se...

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Salvation is a supernatural equation with a missing component from "The End of the Age".

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CONTENTS My Prayer vii Prayer Request ix Acknowledgement x Introduction xii Chapter 1: The Natural Birth of Salvation 1 Why Jesus Christ is Coming Back 1 The Beginning and the End 13 The Resurrection of the Covenant 20 The Blueprint of the Covenant 26 Chapter 2: The Identity of God’s Image 34 The Hidden Steps of God 34 The Holy Trinity 37 The Natural Birth of God’s Covenant 40 The Image of God’s Creative Library 57 Chapter 3: The Supernatural Image of Salvation 64 Replicating the Resurrection 64 The Egyptian Famine 68 What Joseph was hiding from Pharaoh 81 The Steps of the Sacrificial Lamb 85 Chapter 4: The Conception of Salvation 108 The Gift of Salvation 108 Group Solitary Confinement 117 Making Moses Like God 126 God’s Equations of the Garden of Eden 134 The Natural and Supernatural Outputs 144 Body and Soul 150 Chapter 5: The Supernatural Birth of Salvation 153 Supernatural Equilibrium Point 153 The Birth of Salvation 160 Jesus Christ and Adam 168 The Holy Spirit Leaves the World 171 The Second Exodus 177 The Irreversible Covenant 183 My Dream 189 About the Author 189 Other ...