Eastern Religions


Siddhartha
Tao Te Ching
The Bhagavad Gita
The Upanishads
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
The Dhammapada
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
The Way of the Bodhisattva
The Analects
The Tao of Pooh
Buddha
The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan
Abhaidev
One of the strategies which atheists adopt is proving the non-existence of God by demonstrating that He is not divine. ‘There is so much bad happening in this world, if God is out there would he allow all of that?’ It is a fallacy. A true atheist doesn’t want to prove that God is evil. A true atheist should, instead, prove God doesn’t exist at all. It’s laughable. I mean, I can understand westerners using this strategy, for according to the Judeo-Christian tradition, God is considered divine. Th ...more
Abhaidev, The Gods Are Not Dead

Raymond Khoury
Religion in (the US) is so focused on fighting science and these compelling atheist voices that your preachers have lost track of what religion is really about. In... - the Eastern Church - and in Eastern religions like Buddhism and Hinduism, religion isn't there to offer theories or explanation. We accept that the divine is unknowable.....for a lot of rational people..., it's become a choice. Fact or faith. Science or religion....You shouldn't have to choose. ...more
Raymond Khoury, The Sign

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