This book can make you dramatically happier, wealthier, more prosperous and more successful. If you apply the teachings in this book to your life, you will have a happier life with more peace, love, and joy. The principles in this book have been taught by men like Jesus, Buddha, and Mohammad. This book can make a tremendous, dramatic difference in your life for the better. A huge difference in your everyday quality of life. A large part of this book / manuscript is available free on ‘www.hadar123.com.’ If you obey and live the teachings in this book, this book can be worth more to you than its weight in gold.
What are the similarities of all the world's great religions? This book teaches the great religions' similarities. It teaches a way of life that is taught by the Holy Bible, the Noble Qur'an, and the sacred scriptures of Buddhism and other religions which leads you to happiness, success, peace, love, and joy in life. It teaches the similarities of the Great Religions and their founders showing how to become happy and successful through the Golden Rule, through choosing good deeds instead of bad ones, loving others, being humble instead of arrogant, the secret of happiness, following your passion (your calling / your mission / your life's purpose), how to become healthy through prayer, and other teachings of the great religions' founders - such as Jesus, Buddha, Mohammad, and Socrates. This book teaches the way of life of living with compassion, kindness, and love for all others. Here's a book excerpt: The Golden Rule The Golden Rule is the foundation of the message of the great religions. The Golden Rule is found in every major religion that exists in the world. It is one of the foundations of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" - or "Treat others the way you want to be treated". Later in this book, I will explain why this is the formula for human happiness and success. In addition to the Golden Rule, there is also the 'Silver Rule' which states the Golden Rule in the negative: "Do not do unto others what you don't want to have done unto you." Here is the Golden Rule (and the Silver Rule) as they appear in all the world's major religions: Do unto others as you would have them do to you. - Christianity Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. - Buddhism Harm no other beings. They are just your brothers and sisters. - Buddhism Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain and your neighbor's loss as your own loss. - Taoism What is hateful to you, do not do unto your fellow man. That is the entire law; all the rest is commentary. - Judaism "A man should wander about treating all creatures in the world as he himself would be treated." -- Jainism "Men gifted with intelligence and purified souls should always treat others as they themselves wish to be treated." -- Hindu Mahabharata Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not do unto others what you would not want to have done unto you. - Confucianism One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him. -- Socrates The seven-word expression, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself", appears seven times in the Bible. That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself. -- Zoroastrianism If your eyes be inclined to justice, choose for your neighbor that which you would choose for yourself. - Baha'i Faith Do good to others as you would like good to be done to you. - Islam - Ali ibn Abi Talib (4th Caliph in Sunni Islam, and 1st Imam in Shia Islam) "Philosophers have been speculating on the rules of human relationships for thousands of years, and out of all that speculation, there has evolved only one important precept. It is not new. It is as old as history. Zoroaster taught it to his followers in Persia twenty-five hundred years ago. Confucius preached it in China twenty-four centuries ago. Lao-Tsu, the founder of Taoism, taught it to his disciples in the Valley of the Han. Buddha preached it on the bank of the Holy Ganges five hundred years before Christ. The sacred books of Hinduism taught it a thousand years before that. Jesus taught it among the stony hills of Judea nineteen centuries ago. He summed it up in one thought- probably the most important rule in the world: "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.""
A revisionist account of the most famous trial and execution in Western civilization — one with great resonance for modern society In the spring of 399 BCE, the elderly philosopher Socrates stood trial in his native Athens. The court was packed, and after being found guilty by his peers, Socrates died by drinking a cup of poison hemlock, his execution a defining moment in ancient civilization. Yet time has transmuted the facts into a fable. Aware of these myths, Robin Waterfield has examined the actual Greek sources, presenting a new Socrates, not an atheist or guru of a weird sect, but a deeply moral thinker, whose convictions stood in stark relief to those of his former disciple, Alcibiades, the hawkish and self-serving military leader. Refusing to surrender his beliefs even in the face of death, Socrates, as Waterfield reveals, was determined to save a morally decayed country that was tearing itself apart. Why Socrates Died is then not only a powerful revisionist book, but a work whose insights translate clearly from ancient Athens to the present day.
Draws parallels between different religious faiths by presenting side-by-side comparisons of four leaders' teachings on topics such as knowledge, suffering, death, and liberation, along with commentaries for each topic.
This work is a series of sermons produced by Emeritus Professor Hans Mol, and based on Biblical texts, the Commentaries of John Calvin on these texts, and on Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion. Mol is Australia's pre-eminent scholar in the sociology of religion, particularly in Australia. His 1971 volume, Religion in Australia, was the first attempt at statistical analysis of religion in Australia, which was also internationally significant. Parallel to Mol's interest in the sociology of religion has been his interest in Calvin. Indeed the theological basis of his life has been as a Calvinist. Here in this volume he brings both of these interests together. His sermons, preached over the years in Canberra, seek to apply the teachings of Calvin to a world-view in which the scientific study of religion, and indeed the wider study of sociology, are of central significance. In these sermons, he succeeds considerably in this. The volume is a substantial contribution to scholarship, in that the combination of these two factors has only rarely been attempted. Thus, the volume has originality and will have enduring value. It is especially appropriate that it should be published at this time, in preparation for the 500th Anniversary of Calvin's birth (1509-2009).
"[Common Ground is] ... an earnest attempt to help Muslims to see Buddhism as a true religion, and Buddhists to see Islam as an authentic Dharma."--Professor Mohammad Hashim Kamali (from his Foreword) --Book Jacket.
This cool, clear-sighted comparative study has no theological axe to grind. It offers a trusty thematic guide to the figureheads of three of the largest religions in the world. The comparative approach is descriptive and even-handed, highlighting both similarities and differences across a range of major areas. The thematic chapters cover: early life, followers, the core message, political attitudes, relations with women, and death. The engaging writing and descriptive approach make this an ideal text for students, instructors and general readers.
