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List of Charts i
Preface ii
Introduction
1. The Wake-Up Call 1
2. The Power of Religion
6
3. The Heart of the Matter 9
4. The State of Religions 12
Buddhism (I)
5. Traveling to Asia at Nineteen 15
6. The Three
Jewels of Buddhism 19
7. In a Thai Monastery 24
China
8. Exploring China 27
9. The Spiritual Prerogative in
China 30
10. Chinese Compassion in Action 39
Hinduism
11. Going to India 43
12. The Roots of Hinduism
48
13. Hindu Temple Experiences 56
Buddhism (II)
14. Buddhism in Northern India 63
15. Spiritual
Weapons and Energy 70
16. Buddhist Insight Concerning the Future 76
17.
God within Buddhism 78
Islam
18. The Passion Play 83
19. Islam’s Submission to God
85
20. The Historical and Spiritual Context of Muhammad and Islam 89
21.
Muslims 95
Judaism
22. Israel and Judaism 103
23. Studying with the Hasidic
in Safed 114
24. Abraham 119
25. Human Sacrifice 123
26. Semites in
Egypt 126
27. God, Baal, and Satan Worship 132
28. Moses and Monotheism in
Egypt 137
29. Aaron, the Exodus and Israel 147
30. Readings from the Old
Testament 152
Christianity
31. The Roots of Christianity 159
32. Prophecy and
the Jewish Historical Context 167
33. Jesus 175
34. Early Developments
within Christianity 188
35. Seeing Strength and Conflict within Christianity
194
36. The Spiritual Depth of Jesus 198
37. Jerusalem and What Happens
Next 208
Conclusion
38. To the Core of Life and Death 221
39. Set First
Things First 224
40. Finales 231
Appendix
A. Studies and Travel 235
B. More on the Religious
Statistics from Chapter 4 238
Bibliography 241
Index 245
The State of Religions (statistics on the world religions) 13
The State of
Religions in the United States 14
The 3 Jewels or Facets of Buddhism
20
The Basis for the I Ching 33
God within Hinduism 51
Stages of Life
(Hindu) 54
Wheel of Life (Buddhist) 66
Approximate Chronology of Semites
in Egypt 127
God and Semites in Egypt 134
Moses (Mosis) in Hieroglyphs
141
The Working of an Oracle (Isaiah) 161
Judgement Scene from the
Egyptian Book of the Dead 165
Map (of the seven churches in the Book of
Revelations) 214
The Dynamics of Religion 227
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