Table of Contents
Editor's Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
1 Hinduism
Introductions Jeffery D. Long
The Upanishads 3
Introduction 3
The Katha Upanishad 5
The Mundaka Upanishad 15
The Chandogya Upanishad 22
The Yoga Sutras 31
Introduction 31
Yoga Aphorisms: How to Know God 35
The Eight Limbs of Yoga 43
The Bhagavad Gita 47
Introduction 47
Karma Yoga (Way of Selfless Action) 50
The Yoga of Renunciation (Way of Loving Faith) 58
The Brahma Sutras 67
2 Chinese Traditions
Introductions Jeffery D. Long
The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu 79
Chuang Tzu 87
3 Buddhism
Introductions Joshua Schapiro
The Dhammapada 107
The Heart Sutra 115
The Lotus Sutra 121
Perfection of Wisdom as the Middle Way 133
The Practice of Meditation 137
The Tibetan Book of the Dead 149
Letter to Lord Nakamura 159
4 Judaism
Introductions Ori Z. Sokes
Song of Songs 169
Philo of Alexandria 185
The Early Kabbalah 201
Zohar 219
Abraham Isaac Kook 227
5 Christianity
Introductions Phyllis Zagano
The Gospel of John 241
St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 249
Augustine of Hippo 257
Bernard of Clairvaux 275
Francis of Assisi and Clare of Assisi 287
Anchorite Spirituality 295
Julian of Norwich 307
Walter Hilton 317
John of the Cross 327
6 Islam
Introductions Hussein Rashid
The Qur'an 339
Rabia al-Adawiyya 353
Junayd Baghdadi 357
Mansur al-Hallaj 367
Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali 377
Farid ad-Din 'Attar 389
Muhyi al-Din al-'Arabi 393
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi 401
Bibliography 415
About the Contributors 429
Acknowledgments and Permissions 431