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Arjuna
Arjuna or Arjun (Devanagari: अर्जुन, Thai: Archun, Tamil: Archunan; pronounced in classical Sanskrit) is one of the Pandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. Arjuna, whose name means 'bright', 'shining', 'white' or 'silver' (cf. Latin argentum), was such a peerless archer that he is often referred to as Jishnu - the undefeatable. The third of the five Pandava brothers, Arjuna was one of the children borne by Kunti, the first wife of Pandu. Arjuna is considered to have an "Amsha" of Nara. Nara is one of the forms of Lord Narayana. He is sometimes referred to as the 'fourth Krishna' of the Mahabharata. One of his most important roles was as the dear friend and brother-in-law of Lord Krishna, from whom he heard the Bhagavad Gita before the battle of Kurukshetra.
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Basava
Guru Basavanna (also known as Guru Basavanna () or Basaveshwara (), (1134–1196)) was a philosopher and a social reformer. He fought against the caste system and rituals in Hinduism. He is also called Vishwa Guru and Bhakti-Bhandari. His teachings and preachings go beyond all boundaries and are universal and eternal. He was a great humanitarian. Guru Basavanna advocated a new way of life wherein the divine experience was the center of life giving equal opportunity to all aspirants regardless of the gender, caste, and social status. The cornerstone behind his movement was the firm belief in a universal concept of God. Guru Basavanna has a proponent of monotheistic concept of formless God.
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Buddhism
Buddhism (Pali/Sanskrit: बौद्ध धर्म Buddha Dharma) is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha (Pāli/Sanskrit "the awakened one"). The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. He is recognized by adherents as an awakened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end suffering (or dukkha), achieve nirvana, and escape what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth.
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Buddhist
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Charles Allberry
Charles Robert Cecil Augustine Allberry (9 November 1911 – 3 April 1943) was an English Egyptologist and Coptic scholar. A friend of novelist CP Snow, Allberry was the model for Roy Calvert in Snow's novel, The Light and the Dark.
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Dadu Dayal
Dadu Dayal (1544–1603) was a sant from Gujarat, India. "Dadu" means brother, and "Dayal" means "the compassionate one".
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Emanuel Swedenborg
(born Emanuel Swedberg; January 29, 1688 – March 29, 1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian. Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. In 1741 at the age of fifty-three he entered into a spiritual phase [http://www.swedenborg.com/page.asp?page_name=aboutswedenborgexpanded] in which he eventually began to experience dreams and visions beginning on Easter weekend April 6, 1744. This culminated in a spiritual awakening, where he claimed he was appointed by the Lord to write a heavenly doctrine to reform Christianity. He claimed that the Lord had opened his eyes, so that from then on he could freely visit heaven and hell, and talk with angels, demons and other spirits. For the remaining 28 years of his life, he wrote and published 18 theological works, of which the best known was Heaven and Hell (1758), and several unpublished theological works.
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Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh (, ) (22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708) was the tenth Guru of Sikhism. He was born in Patna, Bihar in India and became a Guru on 11 November 1675, at the age of nine years, succeeding his father Guru Tegh Bahadur. He was the leader of the Sikh faith, a warrior, a poet, and a philosopher. In the Sikh society, Guru Gobind Singh is considered a perfect example of manhood; highly educated, skilled in horsemanship, armed combat, chivalrous, and generous in character.
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Guru Granth Sahib
The Guru Granth Sahib (, ' with honorifics), or Adi Granth''', is the holy scripture of Sikhism. The book itself is also officially regarded as the final and eternal Guru of the Sikhs. It is a voluminous text of 1430 angs, compiled and composed during the period of Sikh Gurus, from 1469 to 1708. It is a collection of hymns or shabad or "Baani", which describe the qualities of God and why one should meditate on God's name.
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Haile Selassie I
Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: , "Power of the Trinity") (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. The heir to a dynasty that traced its origins to the 13th century, and from there by tradition back to King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, Haile Selassie is a defining figure in both Ethiopian and African history.
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Jayadeva
Jayadeva ) () () was a Sanskrit poet, who lived in what is now Orissa, circa 1200 AD. He is most known for his composition, the epic poem Gita Govinda, which depicts the divine love of the Hindu deity Krishna and his consort, Radha, and is considered an important text in the Bhakti movement of Hinduism . He was born to an Utkala Brahmin family in a village called Kenduli Sasan in Orissa.
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Kabir
: Al-Kabir ("the Great") is also one of the 99 names of God in Islam. For a complete disambiguation page, see Kabir (disambiguation)
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Kaundinya
Kaundinya (Sanskrit: कौण्डिन्य, Kauṇḍinya, Pali: Kondañña) also known as Ajnata Kaundinya (Sanskrit: अज्ञात कौण्डिन्य, Ajñāta Kauṇḍinya, Pali: Añña Kondañña) was a Buddhist bhikkhu in the sangha of Gautama Buddha and the first to become an arahant. He lived during the 6th century BCE in what is now Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India.
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Klaus Klostermaier
Klaus K. Klostermaier (born 1933 in Munich, Germany) is a researcher on Hinduism and Indian history and culture. He obtained a PhD in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome in 1961, and another in "Ancient Indian History and Culture" from the University of Bombay in 1969.
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Lakulish
Lakulisha (Sanskrit: ) (c. 200 CE) was a prominent teacher of the Pashupata, one of the early sects of Shaivism. According to the Hindu mythology, Lakulisha, (literal meaning: the lord with a club) is believed as the founder of the Pashupata sect. Some believe that the Pashupata doctrine was already in existence before him, and Lakulisha was its first formal guru (teacher). It is believed that he was born in a brahman family and lived in Kayavatara or Kayavarohana (currently known as Karvan), located in Vadodara district of Gujarat state in western India. According to a tradition stated in the Linga Purana, he is considered as the 28th and the last avatar of Shiva and the creator of Yoga. According to the same tradition, he had four disciples: Kaurushya, Garga, Mitra and Kushika. According to another tradition mentioned in the Avanti Khanda of the Skanda Purana, he and his four disciples while residing at Mahakalavana, installed a linga at that place, known as Kayavarohaneshvara.
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Mandaeanism
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Manichaeism
Manichaeism (; in Modern Persian Āyin e Māni; zh|c=|p=) was one of the major Iranian Gnostic religions, originating in Sassanid Persia. Manicheans/Manichees never adopted the name for themselves (in the same way that "pagans" were so called by others). Although most of the original writings of the founding prophet Mani (in Persian: مانی, Syriac: , Latin: Manichaeus or Manes) (c. 216–276 AD) have been lost, numerous translations and fragmentary texts have survived. Manichaeism taught an elaborate cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness. Through an ongoing process which takes place in human history, light is gradually removed from the world of matter and returned to the world of light from which it came.
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Max Müller
Friedrich Max Müller (December 6, 1823 – October 28, 1900), more regularly known as Max Müller, was a German philologist and Orientalist, one of the founders of the western academic field of Indian studies and the discipline of comparative religion. Müller wrote both scholarly and popular works on the subject of Indology, a discipline he introduced to the British reading public, and the Sacred Books of the East, a massive, 50-volume set of English translations prepared under his direction, stands as an enduring monument to Victorian scholarship.
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Meher Baba
Meher Baba (Devanagari: मेहेर बाबा), (February 25, 1894 – January 31, 1969), born Merwan Sheriar Irani, was an Indian mystic and spiritual master who declared publicly in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age.
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Moses
Moses (, Modern Moshe Tiberian Mōšé; Greek: Mōüsēs in both the Septuagint and the New Testament; Arabic: , ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a religious leader, lawgiver, and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbenu in Hebrew (, Lit. "Moses our Teacher/Rabbi"), is the most important prophet in Judaism, and is also considered an important prophet by Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, Rastafari, and many other faiths.
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Muhammad
Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh (; ; also spelled Muhammed or Mohammed) (ca. 570/571 Mecca[مَكَةَ ]/[ مَكَهْ ] – June 8, 632), was the founder of the religion of Islam, and is regarded by Muslims as a messenger and prophet of , the greatest law-bearer in a series of Islamic prophets, and, by most Muslims, the last prophet as taught by the . Muslims thus consider him the restorer of an uncorrupted original monotheistic faith (islām) of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and other prophets. He was also active as a diplomat, merchant, philosopher, orator, legislator, reformer, military general, and, according to Muslim belief, an agent of divine action. In Michael H. Hart's The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, Muhammad is described as the most influential person in history. Hart asserted that Muhammad was "supremely successful" in both the religious and secular realms.
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Nichiren
Nichiren () (February 16, 1222 – October 13, 1282) was a Buddhist monk who lived during the Kamakura period (1185–1333) in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra, entitled Myōhō-Renge-Kyō in Japanese, as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment and the chanting of Nam-Myōhō-Renge-Kyō as the essential practice of the teaching. Various schools with diverging interpretations of Nichiren's teachings comprise Nichiren Buddhism.
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Samaritan
The Samaritans ( Shomronim, as-Sāmariyyūn) are an ethnoreligious group of the Levant. Religiously, they are the adherents to Samaritanism, an Abrahamic religion closely related to Judaism. Based on the Samaritan Torah, Samaritans claim their worship is the true religion of the ancient Israelites prior to the Babylonian Exile, preserved by those who remained in the Land of Israel, as opposed to Judaism, which they assert is a related but altered and amended religion brought back by the exiled returnees.
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Vyasa
Vyasa (Devanagari: व्यास, vyāsa) is a central and revered figure in the majority of Hindu traditions. Vyasa is conflated'by Vaishnavas with Badarayana, the author of the Vedanta Sutras. He is also sometimes called Veda Vyasa (वेद व्यास, veda vyāsa), (the one who compiled the Vedas) or Krishna Dvaipayana (referring to his complexion and birthplace). He is considered to be the scribe of both the Vedas, and the supplementary texts such as the Puranas. A number of Vaishnava traditions regard him as an avatar of Vishnu. Vyasa is also considered to be one of the seven Chiranjivins (long lived, or immortals), who are still in existence according to general Hindu belief.
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Yazidi Black Book
The Yazidi Black Book () is allegedly one of the two holy books of the Yazidi religion, the other being the Book of Revelation (Kitêba Cilwe).
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British Library
The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom and the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is one of the world's major research libraries, holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and much more. The Library's collections include around 14 million books (second only to the American Library of Congress), along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.
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Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra () is a land of historical importance. Historically the land belonged to Punjab now a district in Haryana state of India. It is a holy place and is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Holy City"). According to the Puranas, Kurukshetra is named after King Kuru, the ancestor of Kauravas and Pandavas, as depicted in epic Mahabharata. The importance of the place is attributed to the fact that the Kurukshetra War of the Mahabharata was fought on this land and the Bhagavad Gita was preached on this land during the war when Lord Krishna found Arjuna in a terrible dilemma.
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Mehrgarh
Mehrgarh, (, Brahui: Mehrgaŕh) one of the most important Neolithic (7000 BC to c. 2500 BC) sites in archaeology, lies on what is now the "Kachi plain" of today's Balochistan, Pakistan. It is one of the earliest sites with evidence of farming (wheat and barley) and herding (cattle, sheep and goats) in South Asia.".
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Scriptures For Encouragement
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- Published: 16 Jul 2008
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I wanted to share some bible scriptures of encouragement to all of my brothers and sisters who are in Jesus Christ here on youtube sharing their faith. I made this to be a peaceful and calm video with the music and scenery. God bless you In Faith, Amanda
Unholy scripture
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- Published: 31 Aug 2007
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A message to racists, and a few words about the Bible. BOOK OF VIDEO TRANSCRIPTS NOW AVAILABLE www.lulu.com You can download an audio version of this video at patcondell.libsyn.com
Soothing Scriptures - FAITH - PT 1 - Relaxing ocean waves & nature sounds + Christian Bible healing
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- Published: 26 Aug 2010
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www.wavesdvd.com - 1 of 6 - Be inspired with our "Soothing Scriptures" video. Enjoy the Best Beaches with ocean waves nature sounds from Hawaii and California along with some inspiring bible verses from our Best Selling - Award Winning - WAVES Virtual Vacation DVDs and Blu-ray in HD. These...
The Visual Word Series - Video of Healing Scriptures
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- Published: 29 Jul 2007
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Download this free video of healing scriptures entitled The Visual Word Series Inspirational Christian Video. A collection of inspirational Bible verses on healing. Guaranteed to relax you. www.visualwordseries.com or get the iPhone Daily Devotion App at www.visualwordseries.com
The TRUTH About The Rapture - Putting the Scriptures In Context
CLEANTV.com CleanTV® is your safe haven for educational and entertaining television programs. www.netsoftwaretools.com This 6 minute video is almost a complete Biblical education on this very controversial topic. Although some will vehemently disagree with this vid because of the "traditions of men" - I would challenge ANYONE to disprove this video using CONTEXTUAL Biblical interpretation...CONTEXTUAL being the Key word! I am praying that this TRUTH will help a lot of people understand this issue and get ready for the days in which we live! ICHTHUS FILMS Copyright
Beckah Shae - Scripture Snack - Love
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- Published: 06 Feb 2011
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- Author: beckahshaeTV
DOWNLOAD FULL SONG HERE: missinginkshop.com Acapella of 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 // Song of Solomon 2:4 Scripture Snacks contain the recipe to feed, nourish, and encourage your soul, mind and spirit. Made perfectly divine to satisfy those on the go cravings, with a delightful pinch of life giving, nutritious, all natural Holy Scriptures infused with tasty acapella sounds, sweet & smooth flavorsome vocals and fresh hot beats laced with Love, served by Beckah Shae & Jack "Shoc" Shocklee. Bon Appetit! twitter.com twitter.com facebook.com myspace.com
"Departing from Scripture: The Root of Error" | History of the Modern Gospel (Session 1)
(Session 1 of the series. "Departing from Scripture: The Root of Error") Most Christians know that there is a difference between what is preached today and what has been preached historically. Many preachers of yesterday exegeted the Scriptures yet today many preachers exegete their own life. What you may not be familiar with, though, is how we got this "gospel" that is preached today. In this series of videos, the ministry Real Truth Matters deals with the history of what we call "The Modern Gospel." realtruthmatters.com
The Scriptures Our Only Safeguard Part 1/3
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- Published: 09 Aug 2010
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Sam Harris: Holy Scriptures lose against Modernity
Sam Harris talks about how our modern understanding of the world has forced religions to change. Related article: Turkey performing radical revisions on Islamic Texts news.bbc.co.uk Beseeched by Mother, N.Va. Church Offered to Purge 'Demonic Power' from Cho Seung Hui www.washingtonpost.com Credit: Big Think www.bigthink.com
Prophet Muhammad"pbuh" In Various Religious Scriptures by Dr. Zakir Naik 1/6
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- Duration: 9:20
- Published: 31 Aug 2008
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- Author: JarmenKill001
A lecture by Dr. Zakir Naik about the prophecies of Prophet Muhammad"pbuh" In Various Religious Scriptures including Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu scriptures.
Prophet Muhammad"pbuh" In Various Religious Scriptures by Dr. Zakir Naik 2/6
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- Published: 31 Aug 2008
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A lecture by Dr. Zakir Naik about the prophecies of Prophet Muhammad"pbuh" In Various Religious Scriptures including Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu scriptures.
Healing Scriptures - Promises For Your Healing!
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- Published: 15 Sep 2009
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- Author: BrotherRyanHicks
Healing Scriptures - Promises For Your Healing! is a video made to bless those needing healing. I hope it is a blessing for you and through faith you receive your healing. I made the video and the music is from the song "This is Freedom (Remix)" Dan Smith of MoreRain.com. Used with permission. ========================= For a library of theology, ministry, and faith go to: www.BrotherHicks.com Follow me on Twitter www.twitter.com Connect on FaceBook: www.facebook.com If you would like to discuss the Scriptures and the faith with like minded holiness saints, go to: www.WordOfFaithForum.com If you would like to get a daily email devotional for FREE then go to www.DailyWordFromGod.com If you would like to enroll in a FREE Bible school then go to www.FaithOfGodBibleSchool.com Make sure to subscribe to my channel! ╔═╦╗╔╦╗╔═╦═╦╦╦╦╗╔═╗ ║╚╣║║║╚╣╚╣╔╣╔╣║╚╣═╣ ╠╗║╚╝║║╠╗║╚╣║║║║║═╣ ╚═╩══╩═╩═╩═╩╝╚╩═╩═╝
Relaxing Meditation Music with Uplifting Scriptures- Release Worry & Anxiety
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- Duration: 7:45
- Published: 15 Jun 2010
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- Author: TheChristianMeditato
www.thechristianmeditator.com Relaxing Meditation Music with Uplifting Scriptures for meditation, contemplation, healing, and relaxation, and to release, anxiety, fear, worry, and stress
Prophet Muhammad"pbuh" In Various Religious Scriptures by Dr. Zakir Naik 5/6
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A lecture by Dr. Zakir Naik about the prophecies of Prophet Muhammad"pbuh" In Various Religious Scriptures including Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu scriptures.
Patriotic Quotes and Scriptures
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A tribute to our Veterans.
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Drake- Scriptures [New Exclusive 2009]
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New Drake- Scriptures. New Exclusive song DOWNLOAD @ www.hotnewhiphop.com Drake - Scriptures Drake - Scriptures Drake - Scriptures Drake - Scriptures
Drake Scriptures W/LYRICS
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- Published: 14 Nov 2009
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- Author: BrownMenOWN
ENJOY THE VIDEO LYRICS: Drake - Verse 1] Look, here we go, the first time around, I left the cars at the house and I put the diamonds down, them things come and they go its about the rhyming now, Im seeing it clearer the season is nearer, and still I must change, Im like a broken bill, conservative for the most but Im outspoken still, they not sure of the work but they all hoping hell, emerge to victor my words are pictures and guess the colours so loud that you heard my scripture, with 4 walls give me the right brush and I draw all, I promise Ive been thinking before yall, I barely get tired Im rarely inspired, and you accomplish in a week what Im daily required, I meet quotas while you rappers having sleep overs, spending nights in the studio trying to beat Hova, be in the throne instead of being your own, but Look, [Verse 2] Im making moves in my city so, my ex girls wanna be up in the video, they ex girls is steady tryin to get with me though, important an vital Im caught in a cycle, this is all I know, and yes I know it well, I try to explain it, my effort comes to no avail, Im from the place where they release records and no one sells, and still they claim king n-gga its the same thing, all day long, but thats a screw face, rappers befriend you at first but really they two faced, hoping they slip and trip over your own shoelace, thats why I tuck em in not giving a f-ck again, DRA you add a KE a couple mill and you labels cannot play me, I never go broke Im far from <b>...</b>
HINDUISM: Scientifically proven scriptures: Krishna's city
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- Published: 10 Jun 2008
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Hinduism: Scientifically proven scriptures: Krishna's city was named Dwarka and the Hindu scriptures have described that the city was submerged in water in a particular area after Krishna's incarnation was over. The city has now been found by archaeologists in the same place mentioned by the scriptures. --------------------------------------- Some more facts on Dwarka (Shri Krishna's city) - en.wikipedia.org New under water finds in Shri Krishna's city - s8int.com A mind boggling article on Dwarka: The Eternel City - www.hvk.org The story of the Lost City of Dwarka and a brief description of Shri Krishna's role - www.epicindia.com Dwaraka was a western Indian city submerged by the sea right after the death of Sri Krishna. This was regarded as a grandiose metaphor, ... all » part of a story filled with great myths.On the same day that Krishna departed from the earth the powerful dark-bodied Kali Age descended. The oceans rose and submerged the whole of Dwaraka." According to Vishnu Purana - Dwaraka was submerged by the sea right after the death of Lord Krishna. This was regarded by sceptics as a grandiose metaphor and part of a story filled with great myths. But, in the early eighties an important archaeological site was found in India, at Dwaraka, the site of the legendary city of Lord Krishna. Now, it is discovered that the whole coast of western India sank by nearly 40 feet around 1500 BCE Why is that the rediscovery of Dwaraka has not attracted the same degree of <b>...</b>
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Drake - Scriptures (Instrumental) [LINK BACK UP!]
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- Published: 15 Nov 2009
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Living Scriptures - Animated New Testament - King is Born
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- Duration: 2:48
- Published: 03 Jun 2008
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- Author: LivingScriptures
LivingScriptures.com Gabriel announces the birth of Christ.
"Scriptures In Three Dimensions" by Jim Watts, Ph.D. - Exploration of Sacred Text Series
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- Published: 19 Oct 2010
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- Author: SaintScholastica
Religious Studies Scholar Jim Watts from Syracuse University is the first lecturer this fall in the Exploration of Sacred Text Series at The College of St. Scholastica. "Scriptures in Three Dimensions" is the topic of his discussion at 7 pm Thursday, Oct. 14, in the Mitchell Auditorium on campus. Watts examined the forms and uses of text in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, including: their structure, recitation, song and drama, as well as the iconic dimension manifested in calligraphy, coverings, bindings, and their use in ritual. This talk will be followed by a joint presentation from a group of local clergy on interpretation of text in their own congregations. Watts teaches Hebrew Bible and ancient Near Eastern textual traditions at Syracuse University in New York. His expertise is in rhetoric, ritual and scriptures, primarily in Near Eastern and later Jewish and Christian contexts. His work on the Iconic Books Project has recently provided a vehicle for considering the functions of scriptures from trans-cultural and trans-historical perspectives. The project - the first investigation of its kind - involves a comprehensive survey of tracing the development and influence of iconic books and texts from ancient to modern times and comparing their roles in multiple cultures and religious traditions. He is the author of "Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture," (2007), "Reading Law: The Rhetorical Shaping of the Pentateuch,"(1999), and "Psalm and <b>...</b>
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama with his yellow hate reading Buddhist Scriptures in Dharamshala, India
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Sakya Gongma Rinpoche reciting Buddhist scripture at the main Tibetan temple in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, India
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Law and Grace, by Lucas Cranach. The left side shows our condemnation under God's law, while the right side presents God's grace in Christ.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet reading Buddhist scripture in Dharamshala, India during prayer ceremony held by Tibetans in exile.
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Religious text
Religious texts, also known as scripture, scriptures, holy writ, or holy books, are the texts which various religious traditions consider to be sacred, or of central importance to their religious tradition. Many religions and spiritual movements believe that their sacred texts are divinely or supernaturally inspired.
Homeric Hymns
Theogony
Havamal
Eddas
Great Hymn to the Aten
The Akilathirattu Ammanai
The Arul Nool
The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Kitáb-i-Íqán
other Bahá'í literature including works from other faiths
Bon Kangyur and Tengyur
The Tipitaka or Pāli Canon
* Vinaya Pitaka
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** Digha Nikaya, the "long" discourses.
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** Samyutta Nikaya, the "connected" discourses.
** Anguttara Nikaya, the "numerical" discourses.
** Khuddaka Nikaya, the "minor collection".
* Abhidhamma Pitaka
; East Asian Mahayana
book in the world, printed in the 9th year of Xiantong Era of the Tang Dynasty, or 868 CE. British Library.]]
The Chinese Buddhist Tripiṭaka, including
* Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra
* Shurangama Sutra and its Shurangama Mantra
* Pure Land Buddhism
** Infinite Life Sutra
** Amitabha Sutra
** Contemplation Sutra
** other Pure Land Sutras
* Tiantai, Tendai, and Nichiren
** Lotus Sutra
* Shingon
** Mahavairocana Sutra
** Vajrasekhara Sutra
; Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Kangyur and Tengyur
The Donghak Scripture
The Songs of Yongdam
The Sermons of Master Haeweol
The Sermons of Revered Teacher Euiam
The Bible. For all branches of Christianity - Catholicism, Protestantism and Orthodox - 66 canonical books of the Bible is the main scripture.
In addition, Catholicism includes the Deuterocanonical books, the Orthodox Church includes the Anagignoskomena and Antilegomena (the Ethiopian Orthodox Church adds The Book of Enoch).
Gospel of Marcion (similar to the Gospel of Luke)
Pauline epistles
Nag Hammadi library and other Gnostic texts (not from the Bible)
Some books of the Old Testament and New Testament
(Image from the U.S. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.)]]
The Bible in King James' version
The Book of Mormon
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* Rig Veda
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Panchartha-bhashya of Kaundinya (a commentary on the Pashupata Sutras)
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The Samaritan Torah
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Zhuangzi (book)
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Threefold Law
Yazidi Black Book
Yazidi Book of Revelation
Primary religious texts, that is, the Avesta collection:
* The Yasna, the primary liturgical collection, includes the Gathas.
* The Visperad, a collection of supplements to the Yasna.
* The Yashts, hymns in honor of the divinities.
* The Vendidad, describes the various forms of evil spirits and ways to confound them.
* shorter texts and prayers, the Yashts the five Nyaishes ("worship, praise"), the Sirozeh and the Afringans (blessings).
There are some 60 secondary religious texts, none of which are considered scripture. The most important of these are:
* The Denkard (middle Persian, 'Acts of Religion'),
* The Bundahishn, (middle Persian, 'Primordial Creation')
* The Menog-i Khrad, (middle Persian, 'Spirit of Wisdom')
* The Arda Viraf Namak (middle Persian, 'The Book of Arda Viraf')
* The Sad-dar (modern Persian, 'Hundred Doors', or 'Hundred Chapters')
* The Rivayats, 15th-18th century correspondence on religious issues
For general use by the laity:
* The Zend (lit. commentaries), various commentaries on and translations of the Avesta.
* The Khordeh Avesta, a collection of everyday prayers from the Avesta.
Holy Books - Religious and Spiritual Public Domain books
Ancient texts library
Internet Sacred Text Archive
History of religious texts
The oldest known religious texts are Pyramid texts of Ancient Egypt that date to 2400-2300 BCE although there are older quasi-religious texts that indicate a religious undertone without specifying the actual incantations performed (e.g. the Sumerian "Locust Charm" text that is a listing of someone clearing out pests from various people's fields). The Epic of Gilgamesh from Sumeria is also one of the earliest literary works dating to 2150-2000 BCE, that includes various mythological figures . The Rigveda of Hinduism is proposed to have been composed between 1700–1100 BCE making it possibly the world's oldest religious text still in use. The oldest portions of the Zoroastrian Avesta are believed to have been transmitted orally for centuries before they found written form, and although widely differing dates for Gathic Avestan (the language of the oldest texts) have been proposed, scholarly consensus floats at around 1000 BCE.The Torah—the first five books of the Tanakh—is believed by some scholars to have been written by Moses around 1440 BC, the suspected date of The Exodus from Egypt.
The first scripture printed for wide distribution to the masses was The Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist scripture, and is the earliest recorded example of a dated printed text, bearing the Chinese calendar date for 11 May 868 CE.
Views
Attitudes to sacred texts differ. Some religions make written texts widely and freely available, while others hold that sacred secrets must remain hidden from all but the loyal and the initiate. Most religions promulgate policies defining the limits of the sacred texts and controlling or forbidding changes and additions. Some religions view their sacred texts as the "Word of God", often contending that the texts are inspired by God and as such not open to alteration. Translations of texts may receive official blessing, but an original sacred language often has de facto, absolute or exclusive paramountcy. Some religions make texts available free or in subsidized form; others require payment and the strict observance of copyright.References to scriptures profit from standardisation: the Guru Granth Sahib (of Sikhism) always appears with standardised page numbering while many other religions (including the Abrahamic religions and their offshoots) favour chapter and verse pointers.
Other terms
Other terms are often used by adherents to describe the canonical works of their religion. In the United States, terms like 'Holy Writ' and others are used by some Christian groups (including the King-James-Only Movement) to describe the Christian Bible or, less often, by Muslim groups to describe the Qur'an.Another term is 'Holy Scripture' or 'Sacred Scripture', used to denote the text's importance, its status as divine revelation, or, as in the case of many Christian groups, its complete inerrancy. Christianity is not alone in using this terminology to revere its sacred book; Islam holds the Qur'an in similar esteem, as does Hinduism the Vedas and Bhagavad Gita, and Buddhism the sutras.
Hierographology
Hierographology (Ancient Greek: ἱερός, hieros, "sacred" or "holy", + γραφή, graphe, "writing", + λόγος, logos, "word" or "reason") (archaically also 'hierology') is the study of sacred texts.Increasingly, sacred texts of many cultures are studied within academic contexts, primarily to increase understanding of other cultures, whether ancient or contemporary. Sometimes this involves the extension of the principles of higher criticism to the texts of many faiths. It may also involve a comparative study of religious texts. The hierographology of the Qur'an can be particularly controversial, especially when questioning the accuracy of Islamic traditions about the text.
List of sacred texts of various religions
Ancient Greece
Asatru
Atenism
Ayyavazhi
Bahá'í Faith
Bön
Buddhism
; Theravada Buddhism
Cheondoism
Christianity
, 1407 handwritten copy]];Cerdonianism and Marcionism
;Latter Day Saint movement
Confucianism
Discordianism
Druze
Ancient Egyptian religion
from Teti I's pyramid.]] ; Old Kingdom; First Intermediate Period & Middle Kingdom
; Second Intermediate Period
Etruscan religion
Hermeticism
Hinduism
is Lord Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on the battlefield of the Kurukshetra.]] ; Śruti; Smriti
; In Purva Mimamsa
; In Vedanta (Uttar Mimamsa)
; In Yoga
; In Samkhya
; In Nyaya
; In Vaisheshika
; In Vaishnavism
; In Saktism
; In Kashmir Saivism
; In Pashupata Shaivism
; In Shaiva Siddhanta
; In Gaudiya Vaishnavism
; Krishna-karnamrita
; In Kabir Panth
; In Dadu Panth
Islam
Jainism
; Svetambara
Judaism
opened for liturgical use in a synagogue service]] ; Rabbinical Judaism
LaVeyan Satanism
Lingayatism
Mandaeanism
Manichaeism
Meher Baba
New Age religions
Various New Age religions may regard any of the following texts as inspired:
Orphism
Rastafari movement
Ravidassia
Samaritanism
Scientology
Shinto
Sikhism
(basic religion mantra) with signature of Guru Gobind Singh.]] Main article: Sikh scriptures
Spiritism
Sumerian
Swedenborgianism
Taoism
Tenrikyo
Thelema
Unification Church
Wicca
Yazidi
Zoroastrianism
References
External links
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