Religion

Pali Canon (tripitaka)

The standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. It is the most complete extant early Buddhist canon — wikipedia.

T/F: Jesus can take one to enlightenment

Request: It would be comforting to know...

Prayer life Stink? A short guide on how to talk with God, not to God

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T/F: everyone needs Jesus

Request: Perhaps the solution to most people’s problem may just be Jesus or an enlightened teacher.

Summa Theologica, by Thomas Aquinas

Request: Since he had a major effect on Catholicism, e.g. the fonts of morality, I figured his work would be of great value to calibrate.

Mary Magdalene

"She was mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels, more than most of the apostles and more than any other woman in the gospels, other than Jesus's family" -- wikipedia.

SRF Self-Realization Fellowship

"A worldwide spiritual organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920 and legally incorporated as a non-profit religious organization in 1935, to serve as Yogananda's instrument for the preservation and worldwide dissemination of his writings and teachings, including Kriya Yoga" -- wikipedia.

T/F: Bible was edited multiple times particularly to remove mention of reincarnation

By request.

T/F: yoga (asanas, pranayama) opens the door to demonic spirits

A former ashram yoga teacher claims they do: "Even though most yoga advocates are deeply desirous of a true experience of the spiritual world, what actually happens is demonic deception and possession." By request.

Dhammapada

Request: Collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures.

Yoga Vasistha (ancient text)

Priority request: It is a historically popular and influential syncretic philosophical text of Hinduism. It is attributed to Maharishi Valmiki, but the real author is unknown -- wikipedia.

T/F: hell does not exist

Request: Conversations with God talks about how hell does not exist. Is this false?

Ignatian retreat

A period of guided prayer and reflection that follows the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), the founder of the Jesuits. Priority request.

getting the attention of Jesus

By request.

The Chariot allegory

Request: A powerful parable on the nature of no self.