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CHAPTER 1 - HINDUISMIntroductionVedasCreation of the universeOrigin of the godsIndra, the paradigmatic warriorPrayer to Agni, the god of fireBurning dead bodiesThe beneficial effects of drinking somaSex and the YoginA clever womanThe horse sacrificeTo the fire altarWhat is the origin of the world?Vedanta: the Upanishads and their CommentariesYama's instructions to NaciketasSacrifices cannot lead to the ultimate goalInstructions on renouncing the worldSelf-effort and LiberationMayaThat is youQualified non-dualism: Ramanuja's interpretationYogaThe meaning of YogaYogic TechniquesYogic AttainmentsPuranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
VedasCreation of the universeOrigin of the godsIndra, the paradigmatic warriorPrayer to Agni, the god of fireBurning dead bodiesThe beneficial effects of drinking somaSex and the YoginA clever womanThe horse sacrificeTo the fire altarWhat is the origin of the world?Vedanta: the Upanishads and their CommentariesYama's instructions to NaciketasSacrifices cannot lead to the ultimate goalInstructions on renouncing the worldSelf-effort and LiberationMayaThat is youQualified non-dualism: Ramanuja's interpretationYogaThe meaning of YogaYogic TechniquesYogic AttainmentsPuranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Origin of the godsIndra, the paradigmatic warriorPrayer to Agni, the god of fireBurning dead bodiesThe beneficial effects of drinking somaSex and the YoginA clever womanThe horse sacrificeTo the fire altarWhat is the origin of the world?Vedanta: the Upanishads and their CommentariesYama's instructions to NaciketasSacrifices cannot lead to the ultimate goalInstructions on renouncing the worldSelf-effort and LiberationMayaThat is youQualified non-dualism: Ramanuja's interpretationYogaThe meaning of YogaYogic TechniquesYogic AttainmentsPuranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Prayer to Agni, the god of fireBurning dead bodiesThe beneficial effects of drinking somaSex and the YoginA clever womanThe horse sacrificeTo the fire altarWhat is the origin of the world?Vedanta: the Upanishads and their CommentariesYama's instructions to NaciketasSacrifices cannot lead to the ultimate goalInstructions on renouncing the worldSelf-effort and LiberationMayaThat is youQualified non-dualism: Ramanuja's interpretationYogaThe meaning of YogaYogic TechniquesYogic AttainmentsPuranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The beneficial effects of drinking somaSex and the YoginA clever womanThe horse sacrificeTo the fire altarWhat is the origin of the world?Vedanta: the Upanishads and their CommentariesYama's instructions to NaciketasSacrifices cannot lead to the ultimate goalInstructions on renouncing the worldSelf-effort and LiberationMayaThat is youQualified non-dualism: Ramanuja's interpretationYogaThe meaning of YogaYogic TechniquesYogic AttainmentsPuranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
A clever womanThe horse sacrificeTo the fire altarWhat is the origin of the world?Vedanta: the Upanishads and their CommentariesYama's instructions to NaciketasSacrifices cannot lead to the ultimate goalInstructions on renouncing the worldSelf-effort and LiberationMayaThat is youQualified non-dualism: Ramanuja's interpretationYogaThe meaning of YogaYogic TechniquesYogic AttainmentsPuranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
To the fire altarWhat is the origin of the world?Vedanta: the Upanishads and their CommentariesYama's instructions to NaciketasSacrifices cannot lead to the ultimate goalInstructions on renouncing the worldSelf-effort and LiberationMayaThat is youQualified non-dualism: Ramanuja's interpretationYogaThe meaning of YogaYogic TechniquesYogic AttainmentsPuranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Vedanta: the Upanishads and their CommentariesYama's instructions to NaciketasSacrifices cannot lead to the ultimate goalInstructions on renouncing the worldSelf-effort and LiberationMayaThat is youQualified non-dualism: Ramanuja's interpretationYogaThe meaning of YogaYogic TechniquesYogic AttainmentsPuranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Sacrifices cannot lead to the ultimate goalInstructions on renouncing the worldSelf-effort and LiberationMayaThat is youQualified non-dualism: Ramanuja's interpretationYogaThe meaning of YogaYogic TechniquesYogic AttainmentsPuranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Self-effort and LiberationMayaThat is youQualified non-dualism: Ramanuja's interpretationYogaThe meaning of YogaYogic TechniquesYogic AttainmentsPuranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
That is youQualified non-dualism: Ramanuja's interpretationYogaThe meaning of YogaYogic TechniquesYogic AttainmentsPuranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
YogaThe meaning of YogaYogic TechniquesYogic AttainmentsPuranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Yogic TechniquesYogic AttainmentsPuranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Puranas and EpicsThe Four AgesThe lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The lingam of ShivaRama, a God among HumansThe Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to FightDevotional literaturePraise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Praise of the goddessPrayer for identity with the goddessMirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Mirabhai's mystical marriage to KrishnaCheating on her husbandTreatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Treatises on DharmaActions and their resultsThe four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The four stages of lifeLeaving home lifeDuties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Duties of the four social classesHow Women should liveManu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Manu's instructions on finding the right mateGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
CHAPTER 2 - JAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Jaina scripturesMahavira, the ascetic paradigmWomen cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Women cannot attain LiberationWomen can attain LiberationBondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Bondage and LiberationThe worthlessness of possessions, friends, and relativesThe importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The importance of equanimityThe world is full of sufferingFasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Fasting unto DeathThere is no creator GodExcerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Excerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categoriesGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
CHAPTER 3 - BUDDHISMIntroductionPali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Pali CanonThe life of the BuddhaThe first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The first sermonThe Buddha's good qualitiesCriteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Criteria for assessing valid teachings and teachersNirvanaDependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Dependent arisingQuestions that should be avoidedSelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
SelflessnessInstructions on meditationOrdination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Ordination of WomenThe cessation of sufferingMy teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
My teacherThe joy of releaseThe Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The Buddha's last days and final instructionsThe questions of King MilindaMahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Mahayana scripturesThe Heart of Perfect Wisdom SutraExcerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Excerpts from the diamond SutraWhy bodhisattvas are superior to hearersOn the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
On the differences between Men and WomenThe lotus Sutra: parable of the burning houseEverything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Everything is controlled by the mindThe basic ConsciousnessNagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Nagarjuna on EmptinessThe Bodhisattva's vows of Universal LoveUltimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Ultimate realityTantric skills in meansThe stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The stage of completionWomen should be honoredSamsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Samsara and nirvana are oneUsing desire to eradicate desireThe state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The state of pure awarenessThe importance of the guruTibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Tibetan Buddhist scripturesUltimate realityBardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Bardo, the state between livesMilarepa on MeditationNiguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Niguma on MahamudraInstructions from ManjushriThe triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The triple appearanceDeveloping the mind of EnlightenmentChinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Chinese and Japanese Buddhist scripturesWhy Buddhism is superior to Taoism and ConfucianismThe platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The platform Sutra of the sixth patriarchKukai: exoteric and esoteric BuddhismDogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Dogen's meditation instructionsThe mu koanPure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Pure land: Shinran on Amida's vowTruth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus SutraGlossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Glossary, Further ReadingCHAPTER 4 - SIKHISMIntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
IntroductionSikh scripturesNanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Nanak, the first guruGuru Nanak's DeathThe mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The mul mantra: the basic statementJap: the meditationThe divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The divine nameMeditation on the nameNudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Nudity does not make one a saintBooks and learning are of no useExternal observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
External observances are of no useOn HukamOn HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
On HaumaiThe true guruThe ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The ecstasy of mystical unionGuidelines for a happy marriageFormation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Formation of the KhalsaJustification for use of forceGod, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
God, the sword supremeGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
CHAPTER 5 - CONFUCIANISMHistory of ConfucianismConfucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Confucian ScripturesSelections from Confucian ScripturesSima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Sima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections]The Book of History [Shujing selections]Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections]The Great Learning [Daxue]The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong]The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections]Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections]Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151]Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b]Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42]Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1]Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections]Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great Learning, ch. 1]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
CHAPTER 6 - DAOISMHistory of DaoismDaoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Daoist ScripturesSelections from Daoist ScripturesA Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
A Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142]Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139]Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b]Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections]Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections]Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a]Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai]Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing]Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144]The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22]The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a]The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2]The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6]What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
A Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5]An Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4]Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17]Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18]The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"]Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from Immortal Sisters]Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the Master of Pure Harmony," 636]Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635]The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1]The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47]Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Transcending the World [Zhuang]The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections]Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Glossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 7 - SHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
IntroductionShinto ScripturesBirth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Birth of the Kami of sun and moonThe birth of great KamiThe creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
The creation of JapanIzanagi visits Izanami in the netherworldAmeterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Ameterasu hides in a caveThe Shrine at IseWhy Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Why Japan is specialProtecting the stability of the countryPrince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Prince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kamiFestival of the gatesPrayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Prayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth monthPrayer for moving the shrine of IseMount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Mount FujiGlossary, Further ReadingsCHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
CHAPTER 8 - INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Australian Aboriginal MythsThe First DeathHow Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
How Fire Became Widely AvailableThe Rainbow SerpentDivision of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
Division of Labor between the SexesGlossary, Further Readings
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