...ites of the Oglala Sioux, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1953. The Spiritual Legacy of The American Indian, by Joseph Epes Brown. © 1982 by Jo... ...OF CONTENTS Introduction i What Is Religion? 1 Definitions Of Religion The Spiritual And Material Worlds Religious Belief Systems Versus An Emotional ... ...fs The Establishment Of Buddhism The Nature Of The Break From Hinduism The Spiritual Dimension The Development Of Buddhism Since Gautama The Essence O... ...espected them both equally for what they felt and knew. I even polished my German, a language I particularly disliked when I studied it in university,... ...ittle known in the West. By and large the tendency among Western religious writers was to divide the world’s religions into two camps: Christians and ... ...e Helmer Ringgren, Israelite Religion, Fortress Press, Philadelphia, 1966. German original, 1963. 14. For a detailed discussion of Zoroastrian origins... ...Philosophy and Society, ed. and tr. by Loyd D. Easton and Kurt H. Guddat. (German original, 1843), Doubleday & Company Inc., Anchor Books edition, Gar... ...ns. We are body-mind units. How could there be anything more? Yet Buddhist writers often speak of our “buddha nature.” There is something about us tha... ...at this means, but even he is seldom understood, because, as with Buddhist writers, what he wanted to say is beyond expression. That writer is Plato w...