The Gospel of Thomas surfaced in the archaeological discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library around 1945. Unlike the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, it does not narrate Jesus’ life but is solely a collection of one hundred and fourteen of his...
Merton, Thomas. The Way of Chuang Tzu: In the Beginning of Beginnings was Void of Void, the Nameless.And in the Nameless was the One, without body, without form.This One—this Being in whom all find power to exist— Is the Living.From the Living...
Novak, Philip, The Dhammapada, Sayings of the Buddha: All that we are is a result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel...
The Gospel Of Thomas, Philip Novak: Jesus said, “If your leaders say to you, ‘Look, the kingdom is in heaven,’ then the birds of heaven will precede you. If they say to you, ‘It is in the sea,’ then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is...
Hinduism, Excerpt from The World’s Religions, Huston Smith: Our word “personality” comes from the Latin persona, which originally referred to the mask an actor donned as he stepped onto the stage to play his role, the mask through (per) which...
Ramakrishna, Hinduism, Philip Novak: You may ask: “How, then, can we arrive at any explanation of naturally caused misery, human viciousness, pervasive unhappiness?” The answer is that these forms of suffering, which one sincerely struggles to...
Hinduism, Huston Smith: The distinction between self and Self can be assisted by another image. A man is playing chess. The board represents his world. There are pieces to be moved, bishops to be won and lost, an objective to be gained. The game can...