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- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Religious_Studies/Scriptures_of_the_Worlds_Religions_(Burke)/04%3A_Jewish_Scriptures/4.03%3A_TalmudIt clothes him with meekness and the fear of God, and directs him to become just, pious, righteous, and faithful; it removes him from sin, and brings him near to merit, and the world is benefited by h...It clothes him with meekness and the fear of God, and directs him to become just, pious, righteous, and faithful; it removes him from sin, and brings him near to merit, and the world is benefited by his counsel, sound wisdom, understanding, and strength; as is said, "Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength."
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Religious_Studies/Scriptures_of_the_Worlds_Religions_(Burke)/03%3A_Buddhist_Scriptures/3.03%3A_The_Heart_SutraWe come back and exist in this world in a variety of forms; therefore our “birth” is not really our birth, it was just our re-entering into this world in our current form, and our “death” is not reall...We come back and exist in this world in a variety of forms; therefore our “birth” is not really our birth, it was just our re-entering into this world in our current form, and our “death” is not really our death, just a transition to another form in this world.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Religious_Studies/Scriptures_of_the_Worlds_Religions_(Burke)/04%3A_Jewish_Scriptures/4.02%3A_Moshe_is_Called_by_GodIn this section we are introduced to Moshe (Moses in Christian Bibles) and told how God picks him to be the leader who will free the Hebrews from Pharaoh. There he finds a wife and seems happy and con...In this section we are introduced to Moshe (Moses in Christian Bibles) and told how God picks him to be the leader who will free the Hebrews from Pharaoh. There he finds a wife and seems happy and content as a herder, but God appears to him and asks him to lead the Hebrews out of slavery. When God speaks to him he doesn’t feel confident that the Hebrew leaders will listen to him, possibly because he didn’t grow up among them, so they might not consider him to be truly a Hebrew.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Religious_Studies/Scriptures_of_the_Worlds_Religions_(Burke)/04%3A_Jewish_Scriptures/4.01%3A_Bereshit__The_Opening_of_the_TorahAnd God blessed them; and God said unto them: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over eve...And God blessed them; and God said unto them: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.’ And God said: ‘Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every true, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed – to you it shall be for food; and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl o…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Religious_Studies/Scriptures_of_the_Worlds_Religions_(Burke)/06%3A_Muslim_Scriptures/6.03%3A_Surah_96In the Hadiths, which collect stories about Muhammad, he told others that he heard the words but also felt like the words were being seared into him and that it was a physically and mentally difficult...In the Hadiths, which collect stories about Muhammad, he told others that he heard the words but also felt like the words were being seared into him and that it was a physically and mentally difficult process to receive the revelation. The order of the Quran is believed to have been a revelation in itself that Muhammad received from God near the end of his life after all the revelations had been given.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Religious_Studies/Scriptures_of_the_Worlds_Religions_(Burke)/01%3A_Zoroastrian_ScripturesThumbnail: Stone carved Faravahar in Persepolis. (CC BY-SA 3.0; Sahand Ace via Wikipedia)
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Religious_Studies/Scriptures_of_the_Worlds_Religions_(Burke)/zz%3A_Back_Matter
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Religious_Studies/Scriptures_of_the_Worlds_Religions_(Burke)/06%3A_Muslim_ScripturesThumbnail: The Holy Qur'an (Unsplash License; Ayesha Firdaus via https://unsplash.com/photos/JKzJl0-DtFIUnsplash)
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Religious_Studies/Scriptures_of_the_Worlds_Religions_(Burke)/03%3A_Buddhist_Scriptures/3.02%3A_The_Dhammapada_Lecture_OneThe “yellow robe” that is mentioned in the middle of the passage is referring to the robes that Buddhist monks and nuns wear, and the “law” in the final verses is referring to the “dharma” or Buddhist...The “yellow robe” that is mentioned in the middle of the passage is referring to the robes that Buddhist monks and nuns wear, and the “law” in the final verses is referring to the “dharma” or Buddhist teachings. The follower of the law, even if he can recite only a small portion (of the law), but, having forsaken passion and hatred and foolishness, possesses true knowledge and serenity of mind, he, caring for nothing in this world or that to come, has indeed a share in the priesthood.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Religious_Studies/Scriptures_of_the_Worlds_Religions_(Burke)/02%3A_Hindu_Scriptures/2.02%3A_The_Isha_UpanishadThis section can be interpreted many ways (as all scripture can!) but the “not knowledge” is connected in the passage with “good works” while the “real knowledge” seems to focus on looking within and ...This section can be interpreted many ways (as all scripture can!) but the “not knowledge” is connected in the passage with “good works” while the “real knowledge” seems to focus on looking within and to the gods. He who knows at the same time both the cause and the destruction (the perishable body), overcomes death by destruction (the perishable body), and obtains immortality through (knowledge of) the true cause.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Religious_Studies/Scriptures_of_the_Worlds_Religions_(Burke)/05%3A_Christian_Scriptures/5.01%3A_The_BeatitudesBut I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and who...But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
