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Most religions have religious texts they view as sacred. Many religions and spiritual movements believe that their sacred texts are wholly divine or spiritually inspired in origin. Monotheistic religions often view their sacred texts as the "Word of God", often feeling that the texts are inspired by God. Even non-believers often capitalize the names of sacred scriptures as a mark of respect or tradition. Another interpretation of the "Word of God" is that it was with the power of the Word that God brought into existence Heaven and Earth, and that this power continues to maintain a balance (i.e the movement of the planets and stars, cycles of nature). This is akin to the concept of the Greek Logos or the Chinese Tao.
The Rigveda of Hinduism was likely composed between roughly 1500–1300 BCE, making it one of the world's oldest religious texts. 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 (roughly contemporary to the Brahmana period of Vedic Sanskrit).
The first printed scripture for wide distribution to the masses was The Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist scripture, printed in the year 868 CE.
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Thirty Minor Upanishads tr. by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/tmu/index.htm
flaviaventuroli (Flavia Venturoli M) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:18:24 -0000
Thirty Minor Upanishads tr. by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/tmu/index.htm
Posted the Thirty Minor Upanishads! http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/tmu/index.htm
sacredtexts (John Bruno Hare) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:17:50 -0000
Posted the Thirty Minor Upanishads! http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/tmu/index.htm
@valentia_ ah sweet. i've skimmd a few things on the sacred texts site but i keep on gettind distracted :/ lol fail'd
yukidama (Melissa) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:23:49 -0000
@valentia_ ah sweet. i've skimmd a few things on the sacred texts site but i keep on gettind distracted :/ lol fail'd
Dad: arent Twitter and texts the same thing? Me: yup so u dont need a Twitter. Lol gotta keep Twitter sacred. #noparentsallowed
Reina_Bella (la Reina Bella) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:23:52 -0000
Dad: arent Twitter and texts the same thing? Me: yup so u dont need a Twitter. Lol gotta keep Twitter sacred. #noparentsallowed
So I'm reading sacred texts and hoping God will send some sleep in my direction
SHMANGE (Angelique) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:36:03 -0000
So I'm reading sacred texts and hoping God will send some sleep in my direction
Sumerian and Sacred Texts of the Near East http://bit.ly/8Wu8O7
laneofscholars (Thomas Walton) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:32:08 -0000
Sumerian and Sacred Texts of the Near East http://bit.ly/8Wu8O7
Gaudiya Vaishnava Library - Biographies, songs, prayers, images and an online arati.
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Gaudiya Vaisnava Library - An extensive collection of texts by over 45 Gaudiya Vaisnava authors. (English and Russian)
Meta Description: [ Philosophical thought of India, Indology ]
Grantha Mandira - Repository of important and often rare Sanskrit and Bengali texts that belong to the Caitanya Vaisnava tradition.
Meta Description: [ This repository of texts is an effort to collect, edit, and make available important and often rare Sanskrit and Bengali texts that belong to the Caitanya Vaisnava tradition. ]
Krsna Book - Krishna's Life Story - Srimad Bhagavatam - By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Note by George Harrison from the Beatles. Includes Krishna dancing with girl friends, the gopis, in rasa lila and killing many demons.
Meta Description: [ By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Note by George Harrison from the Beatles. Includes Krishna dancing with girl friends, the gopis, in rasa lila and killing many demons. ]
Nityananda Gauranga Nama Chintamani - Transliterated verses in English with introduction and translation.
Srila Bhakti Promod Puri Goswami Maharaja: The Heart of Krsna - A modern treatise on Vaishnava-aparadha and spiritual caution.
The Rabbi and I - A contemporary examination of the similarities between Judaism and Vaisnavism.
Meta Description: [ VRINDAVAN EQUALSOULS.ORG providing the Vaisnava community with news, events, interviews, editorials, in depth coverage of issues ]
The Srimad Bhagavatam - Selected excerpts from Srimad-Bhagavatam with commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The Works of Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Bhakti-tattva Viveka, Jaiva Dharma, Sva Niyama Dvadasaka, Brahma Samhita Prakasini, Siddhanta Darpanna, and Sanmodaya Bhasya.
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