Wisdom Of The Ancient Sages

In Wisdom of the Ancient Sages, Swami Rama shares with the modern world the powerful and inspiring teachings of one of the worlds greatest spiritual texts: the Mundaka Upanishad. This beautiful translation and commentary affirms human nature as peaceful, creative, and transcendent. Its message will assist anyone who seeks to walk the path of personal and spiritual development.

From time to time in human history, Great Sages have appeared who have, to one degree or another, agreed to instruct devotees. A truly Great Sage speaks as the Very Condition, the Radiant Ocean of Being, That is Reality. Adi Da Samraj, from the beginning of His lifetime, has shown the signs of such a one.

Wisdom of The Ancient Sages - Based on Upanishads: Revolutionary insight into Birth of Creation, Compassion, Desire, Sacrifice, Dream, Self, Soul, Mind, Knowledge, Meditation, Prayer, Spirit, DeathExtract of Verses from:WISDOM OF THE ANCIENT SAGESWhy Don't You Ignite The Inward Flame! O Mortal!Be Sure I Am Thee! O Mortal!Be Sure! I Am Centered In The Secret Place of Thy Heart! O Mortal!Why Are You Immersed In The Sorrow of the World! O Mortal!Don't You Know The Worlds That Shine Brightly! O Mortal!I Am Your State of Dreamless Sleep! O Mortal!Go To Deep Sleep Where No Desire Is Left! O Mortal!Behold! I Am Not Distinct From Thee! O Mortal!Behold! I Am That Unity That Transcends Both Being and Non BeingI Am The Lord of The World of Manifestations! O Mortal!Can You Say What Is The Cause! O Mortal!Truly, There Is Nothing Beyond This To Be Known! O Mortal!Do You Know The One Who Removes Thy Ignorance! O Mortal!O Lord! Take Me to the Place Where the Ancient Mind Is BornLet Me Cross By the Boat of Divinity All the Streams Which Cause FearClean My Mirror Stained By Mortal Dust! O Lord!I Am The Great Seer! O Mortal!I Am Subtler Than The Subtle! O Mortal!Behold! I Am All That Is In The Scriptures! O Mortal!I Am The One Who Is The Lord And Bestower of All Blessings! O Mortal!I Am The One Who Brings To Maturity Whatever Can Be Ripened! O Mortal!Behold! I Am The Moving Image of Eternity! O Mortal!Behold! I Am The One Who Distributes All Qualities! O Mortal!O Soul! Be Sure! I Can See the Immobile Spirit Watching the Haste of TimeO Soul! Why Do You Strive To Live In a Sea of DeathO Soul! Why Don't You Come Down Into the Human WorldO Soul! Why Do You Listen To Every Call of Your Hurried SensesO Soul! Why Don't You Bear the Unbearable Sorrow of the Moral WorldBe Sure! You Are Worthy of the Knowledge! O Mortal!Let The Fragrance of Divinity Enter Into You! O Mortal!Be Sure! You Covet The Highest Treasure! O Mortal!Be Sure! The Divine Moon Shall Not Waste Away Your Vital Breath! O Mortal!Verily! Be Sure These Deities Having Entered Into the Vital Breath Do Not Perish! O Mortal!When Shall I Take Your Vital Breath In Me! O Father!When Shall the Breathing Spirit Seize Hold of My Body and Make It Rise! O Lord!When Shall I Be Fully Absorbed In My Life Breath! O Lord!Let Intelligence Obtain Control Over Thee! O Mortal!Can You Cognize Without Intelligence! O Mortal!Why Don't You Desire To Know The Seer of Form In Thee! O Mortal!Meditate On The Supreme, The Head of All Beings! O Mortal!Meditate On The Person Who Is In The Mirror! O Mortal!When Shall Silence Overcome Thee! O Mortal!O Heavens! I Can See the Eternal Supermind Touch Earthly TimeO Heavens! Be Sure! I Can See the Lord's Rapturous Widening Noose around My SoulO Heavens! I Can See the Dumb Earth Become a Sentient ForceO Heavens! I Can See the Spirit Eyes Look through the Nature's EyesO Heavens! I can see the mortal mind move in half light amid half truthO Heavens! Let My Soul Not Roam Through the Fields of IgnoranceO Heavens! Let My Soul Witness the Ancient Flames That Arise From the Rims of EternityO Heavens! I Can See My Soul Immersed In Voiceless TranceO Heavens! Let My Soul Join the Great and Marvellous Ancient GatheringO Heavens! Let My Soul Inscribe Its Story on the Huge Bare Walls of EternityO Spirit! I Can See My Soul Attempt to Penetrate the Unapproachable StillnessO Spirit! Take Me to a World Where My Soul Can Witness the Thunder of the Divine Victorious WingsO Spirit! Take Me to a World Where the Ancient Mother's Heart Is Not Yet WearyO Spirit! Take Me to the Kingdom Where Every Soul Can Throb With the Divine Grace

Is there evidence for a distinct "wisdom tradition" in ancient Israel? Mark R. Sneed redefines the wisdom literature as a loosely cohering collection of books that educated scribal apprentices in moral instruction. Sneed discusses the data for scribal culture and pedagogy in the ancient Near East, suggesting that wisdom literature was meant to complement, not to compete with, other modes of literature in the Hebrew Bible. The result is a surprising new picture of the authors and tradents of the wisdom literature. Maps and illustrations included.

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Thoughts, reflections and experiences voiced by ancient sages appear in this book as 'coaching conversations'. Their wisdom creates a vibrant landscape populated with insights which help us to reflect upon and discuss emotions encountered in personal transformation and constant workplace change. They allow us to process past experiences and emotions in order to move on. James Carlopio shows us that coaching for personal improvement has occurred since time-immemorial. These ancient quotes illuminate modern-day socio-cognitive constructs and techniques used in coaching psychology. The 'coaching conversation' itself is grounded in the constructivist-narrative approaches used within Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. These ancient quotes will assist readers to undergo personal transitions, Executive Coaches to facilitate workplace change and Life Coaches in personal development. Positive Psychology and important areas in coaching psychology are referenced in the Introduction and section openings. Supported by a subject index, this luminous work is grouped into sections addressing: awareness of self and others life, death, health and happiness wisdom, communication and learning achievement, goals and effort The text is designed to help people access emotion, express emotion, acknowledge emotion, release emotion and move on gracefully to happier, more successful and less stressed lives.

The cultures of ancient China and ancient Greece have exerted immeasurable influence on later civilizations. The texts and cultural values of classical China spread throughout East Asia and became the foundation of learning in Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Greek learning and culture receive credit for many of the intellectual paradigms of the West. Probably the one which is most distinctly Western is the tradition of logical proof and the related assumption that, as Aristotle put it in 'Metaphysics' 980, 'we all desire to know.' In contrast, the Chinese tradition, as exemplified by Laozi's 'Dao de jing,' cautions that through our desire to know we may forfeit wisdom, thus engendering a split between knowledge and wisdom. 'The Siren and the Sage' is a comparative study of what some of the most influential writers of ancient China and ancient Greece thought it meant to know and whether they distinguished knowledge from wisdom. It surveys selected works of poetry, history and philosophy from roughly the eighth through the second centuries BCE, focusing on the 'Odyssey,' the ancient Chinese 'Classic of Poetry,' Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War,' Sima Qian's 'Records of the Historian,' Plato's 'Symposium,' Laozi's 'Dao de jing' and the writings of Zhuangzi. The intention, through such juxtaposition, is to introduce foundational texts of each tradition, texts which continue to influence most of the world's peoples. It is intriguing to ask what awareness, if any, these distinctive cultures had of each other. A considerable body of scholarship comparing ancient Greece and ancient China now exists. Scholars are presenting evidence that the two cultures may actually have been aware of each other's presence, even though that awareness was presumably indirect, perhaps mediated by the nomadic peoples of Central Asia. While not directly contributing evidence, the authors argue that comparing the cultures of Greece and China will continue to be an irresistible and important scholarly debate. The book offers a provocative study which is accessible to students and general readers and at the same time contributes to the debate.