Free Download Huston Smith, Marco Pallis, "The Spiritual Ascent: A Compendium of the World's Wisdom"
English | 2008 | pages: 1144 | ISBN: 1887752048 | EPUB | 2,3 mb
Truly magisterial, thiscompendium of spiritualwisdom isorganized according to the traditional religious concept of spiritual ascent-or, in Christian terms, the sequence of death, resurrection, and eternal life. Hundreds of selected passages represent many faiths and philosophical traditions, with insight from someof the world'sgreatest minds, including Black Elk, Confucius,Eckart, Muhammad, Philo, Rumi, and Shakespeare. The material itself is divided into threesections that correspond tothe ascent, with theopeningquotations treating suffering, sin, and obedience before giving way to the middle section'sfocus on mercy, love, and contemplation. Finally, the third set ofquotations climbs aloftto investigatethe subjects of truth, eternity, the shattering of forms, and the union with God.