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| Hinduism | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Vedas | |
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| Creation of the universe | |
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| Origin of the gods | |
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| Indra, the paradigmatic warrior | |
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| Prayer to Agni, the god of fire | |
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| Burning dead bodies | |
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| vThe beneficial effects of drinking soma | |
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| Sex and the Yogin | |
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| A clever woman | |
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| The horse sacrifice | |
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| To the fire altar | |
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| What is the origin of the world? | |
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| Vedanta: the Upanishads and their Commentaries | |
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| Yama's instructions to Naciketas | |
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| Truth and Trancendence | |
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| Sacrifices cannot lead to the ultimate goal | |
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| Instructions on renouncing the world | |
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| Self-effort and Liberation | |
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| Maya | |
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| That is you | |
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| Qualified non-dualism: Ramanuja's interpretation | |
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| Yoga | |
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| The meaning of Yoga | |
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| Yogic Techniques | |
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| Yogic Attainments | |
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| Puranas and Epics | |
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| The Four Ages | |
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| The lingam of Shiva | |
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| *The Buddha: A false teacher | |
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| *The Power of the Goddess | |
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| Rama, a God among Humans | |
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| The Bhagavad-Gita: Arjuna's refusal to Fight | |
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| *The Life of a Sage | |
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| Devotional literature | |
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| Praise of the goddess | |
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| Prayer for identity with the goddess | |
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| Mirabhai's mystical marriage to Krishna | |
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| Cheating on her husband | |
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| Treatises on Dharma | |
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| Actions and their results | |
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| The four stages of life | |
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| Leaving home life | |
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| Duties of the four social classes | |
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| How Women should live | |
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| Manu's instructions on finding the right mate | |
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| Jainism | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Jaina scriptures | |
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| Mahavira, the Ascetic Paradigm omen Cannot Attain Liberation | |
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| Women Can Attain Liberation | |
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| Bondage and Liberation | |
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| The Worthlessness of Possessions, Friends, and Relatives | |
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| The Importance of Equanimity | |
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| The World is Full of Suffering | |
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| Fasting unto Death | |
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| There is No Creator God | |
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| Excerpts from the Sutra on understanding the meaning of the categories | |
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| Buddhism | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Pali Canon | |
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| The Life of the Buddha | |
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| The First Sermon | |
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| The Buddha's Good Qualities | |
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| *The Perfect Man's Perfect Body | |
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| Criteria for Assessing Valid Teachings and Teachers | |
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| Nirvana | |
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| Dependent Arising | |
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| Questions That Should Be Avoided | |
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| Selflessness | |
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| Instructions on meditation | |
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| Ordination of Women | |
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| The Cessation of Suffering | |
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| My Teacher | |
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| The Joy of Release | |
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| The Buddha's last days and final instructions | |
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| The Questions of King Milinda | |
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| *How to Avoid Extreme Views | |
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| Mahayana Scriptures | |
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| The Heart of Perfect Wisdom Sutra | |
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| Excerpts from the Diamond Sutra | |
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| Why Bodhisattvas are Superior to Hearers | |
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| *Why the Bodhisattva Work Alone | |
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| On the Differences Between Men and Women | |
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| The Lotus Sutra: Parable of the Burning House | |
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| Everything is Controlled by the Mind | |
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| The Basic Consciousness | |
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| Nagarjuna on Emptiness | |
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| The Bodhisattva's Vows of Universal Love | |
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| Ultimate Reality | |
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| Tantric Skills in Means | |
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| The Stage of Completion | |
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| *Unbounded Action | |
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| Women Should be Honored | |
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| Samsara and Nirvana Are One | |
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| Using Desire to Eradicate Desire | |
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| The State of Pure Awareness | |
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| The Importance of the Guru | |
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| Tibetan Buddhist scriptures | |
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| Ultimate Reality | |
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| Bardo, The State Between Lives | |
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| Milarepa on Meditation | |
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| Niguma on Mahamudra | |
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| Instructions from Manjushri | |
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| The Triple Appearance | |
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| Developing the mind of Enlightenment | |
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| Chinese and Japanese Buddhist scriptures | |
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| Why Buddhism is superior to Taoism and Confucianism | |
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| The platform Sutra of the sixth patriarch | |
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| Kukai: exoteric and esoteric Buddhism | |
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| Dogen's meditation instructions | |
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| The mu koan | |
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| Pure land: Shinran on Amida's vow | |
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| Truth decay: Nichiren on the title of the lotus Sutra | |
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| Sikhism | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Sikh scriptures | |
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| Nanak, The First Guru | |
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| Guru Nanak's Death | |
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| The Mul Mantra: The Basic Statement | |
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| Jap: The Meditation | |
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| The Divine Name | |
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| Meditation on the Name | |
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| Nudity Does Not Make One a Saint | |
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| Books and Learning are of No Use | |
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| External Observances Are of No Use | |
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| On Hukam | |
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| On Haumai | |
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| The True Guru | |
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| The Ecstasy of Mystical Union | |
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| Guidelines for a Happy Marriage | |
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| Formation of the Khalsa | |
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| Justification for Use of Force | |
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| God, The Sword Supreme | |
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| Confucianism | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Confucian Scriptures | |
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| Sima Qian's Account of Confucius's Life [Shiji selections] | |
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| The Book of History [Shujing selections] | |
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| Confucius: Selections from the Analects [Lunyu selections] | |
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| The Great Learning [Daxue] | |
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| The Doctrine of the Mean [Zongyong] | |
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| The Life of Mencius [Shiji selections] | |
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| Selections from the Mencius [Mangzi selections] | |
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| Xanzi: The Nature of Human Beings is Evil [Xunzi, III.150-151] | |
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| Yang Xiong: Human Nature is a Mixture of Good and Evil [Fu yan 3.1a-b] | |
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| Han Yu: Attack on Buddhism and Taoism [Changli Xiansheng wenji, 39.2b-42] | |
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| Zhou Dunyo: The Great Ultimate [Taiji Tushuo, ch. 1] | |
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| Zhu Xi: Nature and Humanity [Zhuziwenji selections] | |
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| Wang Yangming: The Meaning of the Great Learning [Inquiry on the Great | |
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| Learning, ch. 1] | |
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| Daoism | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Daoist Scriptures | |
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| A Brief Account of Laozi's Life [Shiji, p. 63.2142] | |
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| Laozi Instructs Confucius [Shiji, p. 63.2139] | |
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| Laozi Converts Barbarians [Huahujing, p. 1266b] | |
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| Laozi Becomes an Immortal [Xishengjing selections] | |
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| Laozi: The Daodejing [Daodejing selections] | |
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| Wang Bi: Commentary on the Daodejing [Laozi 1.1.1a] | |
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| Visualizing the Dao [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai] | |
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| The Dao of Immortality [Laozi Daodejing xuzhai] | |
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| Purity and Tranquility [Qingjingjing] | |
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| Zhuangzi's Life and Work [Shiji 63.2144] | |
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| The Dao is in Everything [Zhuangzi, ch. 22] | |
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| The Value of Knowing Dao [Zhuangzi, ch. 17] | |
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| The Pitfalls of Words and Concepts [Zhuangzi, ch. 2] | |
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| The Value of Unlearning [Zhuangzi zhu 8.39a] | |
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| The Sage is Godlike [Zhuangzi, ch. 2] | |
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| Dreams and Reality [Zhuangzi, ch. 2] | |
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| Worldly Fame is Like a Dead Rat [Zhuangzi, ch. 17] | |
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| Simplicity and Naturalness [Zhuangzi, ch. 2] | |
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| The True Man [Zhuangzi, ch. 6] | |
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| What the Sage Knows [Zhuangzi, ch. 17] | |
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| vA Person Without Feelings [Zhuangzi, ch. 5] | |
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| vAn Old Useless Tre [Zhuangzi, ch. 4] | |
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| Dragging His Tail in the Mud [Zhuangzi, ch. 17] | |
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| Zhuangzi's Wife Died [Zhuangzi, ch. 18] | |
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| The Lady of Great Mystery [Biographies of Spirit Immortals, "The Lady of Great Mystery"] | |
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| Sun Bu'er: Immortality Practices for Women [Cultivating the Elixir; from | |
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| Immortal Sisters] | |
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| Sexual Techniques for Men [Yufang Bizhui, "Sexual Instruction of the | |
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| Master of Pure Harmony," 636] | |
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| Sexual Techniques for Women [Yufang Bizhui 635] | |
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| The Great Man [Darenxian heng, ch. 1] | |
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| The Value of Drunkenness [Jiu desong 47] | |
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| Transcending the World [Zhuang] | |
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| The Music of Dao [Xishengjing selections] | |
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| Shinto | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Shinto Scriptures | |
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| Birth of the Kami of sun and moon | |
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| The birth of great Kami | |
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| The creation of Japan | |
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| Izanagi visits Izanami in the netherworld | |
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| Ameterasu hides in a cave | |
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| The Shrine at Ise | |
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| Why Japan is special | |
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| Protecting the stability of the country | |
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| Prince Shotoku's proclamation on veneration of kami | |
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| Festival of the gates | |
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| Prayer to Ameterasu during the festival of the sixth month | |
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| Prayer for moving the shrine of Ise | |
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| Mount Fuji | |