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If Buddhism denies a permanent self, how does it perceive identity? According to Buddhist texts, the entire universe, including the individual, is made up of different phenomena, which Buddhism classifies into different categories: what we conventionally call a “person” can be understood in terms of five aggregates, the sum of which must not be taken for a permanent entity, since beings are nothing but an amalgam of ever-changing phenomena. Although the aggregates are only a “convenient fiction,” the Buddha nevertheless made frequent use of the aggregate scheme when asked to explain the elements at work in the individual. In this study Mathieu Boisvert presents a detailed analysis of the five aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) and establishes how the Theravda tradition views their interaction. He clarifies the fundamentals of Buddhist psychology by providing a rigorous examination of the nature and interrelation of each of the aggregates and by establishing, for the first time, how the function of each of these aggregates chains beings to the cycle of birth, death and rebirth — the theory of dependent origination (paticcasamuppāda). Boisvert contends that without a thorough understanding of the five aggregates, we cannot grasp the liberation process at work within the individual, who is, after all, simply an amalgam of the five aggregates. The Five Aggregates represents an important and original contribution to Buddhist studies and will be of great interest to all scholars and students of Buddhism.

Theravāda Buddhism --- Salvation (Buddhism) --- Skandhas. --- Pali Buddhism --- Southern Buddhism --- Buddhism --- Buddhist sects --- Hinayana Buddhism --- Aggregates (Buddhism) --- Khandha --- Pancakkhandha --- Doctrines. --- Psychology. --- Doctrines --- Psychology --- Salvation --- Buddhism.

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This monograph examines the problem of universally inclusive language in the book of Revelation and the resulting narrative tension created by narrowly exclusive language. Analysis is conducted by placing relevant texts within their literary-narrative context and through consideration of how the author understood and appropriated biblical traditions. A key feature of this study is its examination of four early Jewish documents with significant similarities to the problem being examined in Revelation. From these documents (Tobit; Similitudes of Enoch [1 Enoch 37-71]; 4 Ezra; and, Animal Apocalypse [1 Enoch 85-90]) a contextual picture emerges which allows a fuller understanding of Revelation's distinctive approach toward the problem of the fate of the nations. This study contends that the interpretive strategies applied to biblical traditions in Revelation have their roots in the wider early Jewish milieu. From this comparative analysis, identifiable patterns with regard to the role of 'universal terminology' in the communicative strategy of John's Apocalypse emerge.

Apocalyptic literature --- Bible --- Language, style --- 228 --- Apocalyps. Boek der Openbaring van Johannes. Apocalyptiek --- Literature, Apocalyptic --- Literature --- Bible. --- Abūghālimsīs --- Apocalipse (Book of the New Testament) --- Apocalisse (Book of the New Testament) --- Apocalypse (Book of the New Testament) --- Apocalypse of John --- Apocalypse of St. John --- Apocalypsis Johannis --- Apocalypsis S. Johannis --- Apokalypse (Book of the New Testament) --- Apokalypsin --- Book of Revelation --- Johannes-Apokalypse --- Johannesapokalypse --- Johannesoffenbarung --- Offenbarung des Johannes --- Revelation (Book of the New Testament) --- Revelation of St. John --- Revelation of St. John the Divine --- Revelation to John --- Ruʼyā (Book of the New Testament) --- Sifr al-Ruʼyā --- Yohan kyesirok --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Language, style. --- Universalism --- Salus extra ecclesiam --- Universal salvation --- Salvation --- Salvation after death --- Biblical teaching --- Christianity --- Theology. --- Apocalyptic literature - Comparative studies --- Apokalipsa św. Jana --- Apokalipsa świętego Jana --- Apocalyptic Literature. --- Book of Revelation. --- Early Jewish eschatology. --- Fate of the Nations / Fate of the Gentiles. --- Universalism.

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This first Western-language translation of one of the great books of the Daoist religious tradition, the Taiping jing, or "Scripture on Great Peace," documents early Chinese medieval thought and lays the groundwork for a more complete understanding of Daoism's origins. Barbara Hendrischke, a leading expert on the Taiping jing in the West, has spent twenty-five years on this magisterial translation, which includes notes that contextualize the scripture's political and religious significance. Virtually unknown to scholars until the 1970's, the Taiping jing raises the hope for salvation in a practical manner by instructing men and women how to appease heaven and satisfy earth and thereby reverse the fate that thousands of years of human wrongdoing has brought about. The scripture stems from the beginnings of the Daoist religious movement, when ideas contained in the ancient Laozi were spread with missionary fervor among the population at large. The Taiping jing demonstrates how early Chinese medieval thought arose from the breakdown of the old imperial order and replaced it with a vision of a new, more diverse and fair society that would integrate outsiders-in particular women and people of a non-Chinese background.

Philosophy, Chinese. --- Taoism --- RELIGION / Taoism (see also PHILOSOPHY / Taoist). --- Daoism --- Taouism --- Religions --- Tao --- Chinese philosophy --- Early works to 1800. --- Tai ping jing. --- Tʻai pʻing ching --- Tai Ping jing chao --- Taiping jing --- Scripture on great peace --- Tai ping jing.. --- Taoism -- Early works to 1800.. --- academic studies about religion. --- appease heaven. --- chinese medieval thought. --- chinese philosophy. --- daoism. --- environmentalism. --- epistemological. --- epistemology. --- how to satisfy the earth. --- imperial order. --- integration of women. --- laozi. --- non-chinese. --- practical spirituality. --- religious movement. --- salvation. --- spiritual revolution. --- spirituality and religion. --- taiping jing. --- translated edition. --- western-language translation.

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Reveals why America was so profoundly unprepared for the murderous attacks of September 11 and how we can prevent similar events from happening again

Terrorists --- Jihad. --- Violence --- Terrorism --- Holy war (Islam) --- Islamic holy war --- Jahad --- Jehad --- Muslim holy war --- War (Islamic law) --- Religious aspects --- Islam. --- Government policy --- Bin Laden, Osama, --- Ibn Lādin, Usāmah, --- Bin Lādin, Usāmah bin Muḥammad, --- Bin Laden, Usmana, --- Bin Lādin, Usāmah, --- Bin Laden, Usama, --- Osama bin Laden, --- Usama bin Laden, --- Bin Laden, Osmana, --- Shaykh Osma Bin Laden, --- Bin Laden, Osama Bin Muhammad, --- Osama Bin Muhammad Bin Laden, --- Ben Laden, Oussama, --- Abū ʻAbd Allāh Usāmah ibn Lādin, --- Usāmah ibn Lādin Abū ʻAbd Allāh, --- Usama ben Mukhammad ben Avad ben Laden, --- Ben Laden, Usama ben Mukhammad ben Avad, --- Bin Ladden, Usama, --- Ben Laden, Osama, --- Osama ben Laden, --- Pin̲lēṭan̲, Ocāmā, --- Ocāmā Pin̲lēṭan̲, --- Pin̲ Lāṭan̲, Ōsāmā, --- Ōsāmā Pin̲ Lāṭan̲, --- Laden, Osama Bin, --- Bin Ladan, --- ابن لادن، أسامة، --- بن لادن، أسامة --- بن لادن، اسامة، --- بن لادن، اسامه --- Osama Laden, --- Syeikh Osama bin Laden, --- Qaida (Organization) --- Qāʻidah (Organization) --- Quaida (Organization) --- Al-Qaida (Organization) --- Qaeda (Organization) --- International Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders --- Islamic Salvation Foundation --- Group for the Preservation of the Holy Sites --- Islamic Army for the Preservation of Holy Sites --- Islamic Army for the Preservation of the Holy Places --- Al Qaeda (Organization) --- Al Queda (Organization) --- Alʹ-Kaida (Organization) --- Kaida (Organization) --- R̄ekxirawî Elqaʻîde --- Elqaʻîde (Organization) --- تنظيم القاعدة --- قاعدة (منظمة) --- Al-Qaedah (Organization)