Scriptures

Abhidharma

Request: [ancient] detailed scholastic presentations of doctrinal material appearing in the Buddhist sutras.

"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall"

Proverbs 16:18. Request: Things go really well for me then I become prideful and go off on my own, thinking I can do better without others. I either leave or tell them to leave, neglecting the fact that the reason I am doing well is because they are in my life.

Gospel of Nicodemus

Request: also known as the Acts of Pilate is an apocryphal gospel claimed to have been derived from an original Hebrew work written by Nicodemus, who appears in the Gospel of John as an associate of Jesus -- wikipedia

Bhagavad Gita on repression

"Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows the nature he has acquired from the three modes. What can repression accomplish?" -- Chapter 3:33, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada translation

Chun Bu Kyung (scripture)

Priority request: an ancient 81-character text of Korean-Asian tradition, similar to a sutra in Buddhism. It is essentially a numerical representation of the laws of the cosmos and is therefore difficult to interpret literally -- ilchilee.com

Philippians 4:8-9

Lamsa translation

Ezekiel’s vision of the Chariot

Ezekiel 1:4-28

Shurangama Mantra

used for protection or purification... it is often recited as part of the daily morning session in monasteries --wikipedia

50 Healing Verses (video)

Bible quotes read with soothing background music.

“it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God”

A brief analysis of an enigmatic statement by Jesus.

"Whoever compels you to carry a burden for a mile, go with him two."

Matthew 5:41 (Lamsa Bible)

God's jealousy

Request: What does it mean that God is jealous? (Old Testament, Exodus 20:5, for instance)

"you become perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect"

Lamsa translation of Matthew 5:48