Just to circumvent the bible spam :)
2006-11-25 17:39:04 · 29 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The incarnations in immortality series by peirs anthony
2006-11-25 17:42:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
The most profound book that became available to mankind around 1500 years before the advent of Jesus Christ is the sacred Bhagavad Gita... the doctrine put forward by Lord Krishna in the battlefield of Mahabharata.
This one document is sufficient for a human being to reach the level of Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or prophet Mohammed.
Bhagvad Gita is the only sacred scripture existing on mother earth knowing which the cosmic journey of 8.4 million manifestations comes to an end. The doctrine of Bhagvad Gita was given to the mankind by Lord Krishna in the battlefield of Mahabharata.
In the Dwaper Yuga, the battle of Mahabharata was fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It was a fight to the finish between dharma and adharma. Kauravas who were closely related to Pandavas wanted the Pandava Kings to go into exile for ever. It was a totally unjustified strategy planned by the Kaurava King Duryodhana to keep them at bay.
Duryodhana wanted to usurp the kingdom which justly belonged to the Pandava Kings. Situation came to such a pass that Lord Krishna who happened to be related to both the clans agreed to mediate. Lord Krishna knew that the Kauravas were bent upon deceit and would try all means to win the end. For the Kaurava Kings truth and ethics carried no meaning.
Lord Krishna who was an avatar of the era had only one goal in sight. Dharma was to be maintained at all costs. And when all persuading and efforts failed... the doctrine of Bhagvad Gita was the only remedy left with Lord Krishna. The doctrine of Bhagvad Gita was thus dictated to Pandava King Arjuna in the battlefield.
Bhagvad Gita encompasses everything that is worth knowable in the whole of Cosmos. There is nothing beyond Bhagvad Gita that is required to be learnt in life. This sacred document is so complex to understand that even the best philosophers and scientists have failed to decipher even a few shlokas (versus) of Bhagvad Gita.
Bhagvad Gita can only be understood by that serious seeker of spirituality who is willing to sacrifice everything in the name of God. Bhagvad Gita is one sacred text which cannot be understood by mere reading. More here- http://www.godrealized.com/bhagvadgita.html
2006-11-25 19:58:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly the bible is actually a tome comprised of many selected books during the reign of Constantine and some suspect the early church burned books that did not support it's view
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bibleprophecy/constantine.html:
I might mention confucianism as the earliest but correct me if i'm wrong the opposing chinese works as taoism and
buddhism could be included in one tome of asian literature just as the writings of the bilble were put togther just for sheer magnitude and spectrum ....however the supreme court has already surpassed this in volume .which book of the bible is most profound to you?
hope you gain some proportion in your humble analysis....
peaceout
2006-11-25 18:26:37 · answer #3 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 'History of Philosophy'.
The Structure of Biblical Myths and the Ontogenisis of the Psyche
The Hero with a Thousand faces
The Golden Bough
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
And more, but those off the top of my head
2006-11-25 17:45:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A Course In Miracles
2006-11-25 17:42:34 · answer #5 · answered by buttercup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Da Vinci Code, the conclusion to the Bible.
2006-11-25 17:41:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tolkiens Hobbit
2006-11-25 17:50:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bhagavad-Gita As it is by Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada and The Essene Gospel of the Holy 12
2006-11-25 17:44:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Zen And Zen Classics, I guess. It's probably the one book on spirituality I've taken anything away from. That's significant for this materialist. It actually fits well with my personal autopsis approach to life & knowledge.
2006-11-25 19:00:29 · answer #9 · answered by John's Secret Identity™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Torah, the Talmud, The Midrashim, The Quran.
2006-11-25 17:43:34 · answer #10 · answered by liberty_brooks 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
2006-11-25 17:43:13 · answer #11 · answered by Cosmic I 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋