A canto by canto commentary on the concepts and intentions behind The Divine Comedy.

Inferno: Cantos I-VII (Virgil, Circles I-IV, Paolo & Francesca, Ciacco) Cantos VIII-XIV (Circles V-VII, Farinata, Pier delle Vigne, Capaneus) Cantos XV-XXI (Brunetto Latini, Geryon, Circle VIII, Manto) Cantos XXII-XXVIII (Vanni Fucci, Ulysses, G. da Montefeltro, B. de Born) Cantos XXIX-XXXIV (Griffolino, The Giants, Circle IX, Ugolino, Satan) Purgatorio: Cantos I-VII (Casella, Manfred, La Pia, Buonconte, Sordello ) Cantos VIII-XIV (The Gate, Nino, Oderisi, Salvani, Sapia, G.del Duca) Cantos XV-XXI (Free Will, Nature of Love, Adrian, Hugh Capet,Statius) Cantos XXII-XXVIII (Forese, Bonagiunta, Souls, Guinicelli, Arnaut, Matilda) Cantos XXIX-XXXIII (The Divine Pageant, Beatrice, Lethe, Eunoë) Paradiso: Cantos I-VII (The Moon, Piccarda, Mercury, Justinian, Romeo) Cantos VIII-XIV (Venus, Cunizza, Folco, The Sun, Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventura, Dominic, Francis, Solomon, Mars) Cantos XV-XXI (Cacciaguida, Florence, Jupiter, The Eagle, Saturn, Peter Damian ) Cantos XXII-XXVIII (Benedict, Gabriel, Peter, Paul, James, John, Angels) Cantos XXIX-XXXIII (The Empyrean, The River, The Rose, Bernard, The Virgin, The Final Vision)...

We need to see the good in ourselves in order to see the good in others. We need to allow others to be more of themselves. Love who you really are by going within. We need to love who we are and in doing so, we grow....

Due to the success of my Watermelon Credo Post, I created this book. Each letter in the word WATERMELON is a chapter. The W in Watermelon stands for: Whatever you believe creates your reality. And this book is a perfect example.What began as a wall poster is now a book. In his latest and happiest work yet, Wally Amos spells out in heart-warming, well-chosen words how to fill your life with inspiration and fun. Renowned as a cookie man and motivational speaker, Wally draws inspiration from personal experience, his own belief system, and his love o watermelon. In this vividly illustrated volume, he reveals how you can create your own reality and use your inner beauty and strength to help make the world a better place. Plunge into Watermelon Credo – The Book. You’ll be tickled pink....

This book was put together to contain in an easily accessible compilation the founding beliefs of the Zero-Six Contingent, the reasons behind the mission and people's faith in Neo. Neo has spent every waking hour of the past five years compiling this Book, showing people this new light and building the Contingent. He was put here to help them find the key to their own truth and a reason to live, to build a bridge to true PEACE in this world....

This is the story of Lazuli, an average man with ordinary problems which, in his case, were enough to open his mind to something wonderful. Something that was already right in front of his nose – a mountain in the middle of his city that was virtually ignored. Improbable? Possibly, but then the events that follow somehow seem as natural and important as anything could be. And the story is simple, based on climbing a mountain and coming down again. But while access to the mountain is easy, it seems very few are interested in it. Lazuli and his colleagues resolve to explore the forgotten mount, their paths reflecting their individual characters, and the most common outcome is boredom leading them to return to the more interesting diversions of everyday life. But for Lazuli and his friend, and a few others they meet on the way, a new discovery awakens in them and they are never the same again – they are content. A short and positive tale; a parable....

The Misty Mountain Around the Gates Through the Gate Broadway Causal Camp Faith, Hope and Charity The Evangelist The View from the Summit Re-entering the World Epilogue Page 5 9 13 18 26 35 44 50 55 63 Contents...

The reason for this guide is simple...a personal desire to communicate thoughts to my fellow inhabitants of our planet.

Contents A. Introduction B. Try to Understand C. 3 Steps to Understanding 1. Accept 2. Realize 3. Respect D. It is your choice

Moral deliberations and philosophical dimensions in thirteen modern films.

Ecclesiastes, the Greek name for the Hebrew book of !"#$&%# that is transliterated as Qoheleth, forms part of the wisdom literature of the Talmud and the Old Testament. Meaning something like ‘to gather’, it also evokes ‘anthology’, like a gathering of flowers, although it actually meant a religious gathering as in the Greek !""#$%&'. Across the ages its similarity to Buddhist notions has been noted, which leads to this rendering of Ecclesiastes in rhyming couplets based on a Buddhist understanding of life. Hence it is a gathering of the inflorescence of wisdom – pranja in Sanskrit –a pranja anthology....

Chapters 1 -12 as in the Book of Ecclesiastes

In this book RVM explains the meaning of 100 highly inspiring quotations penned down by him. He believes these quotes helped him move from a life of Achievement to a life of Fulfillment. This book is a true treasure that everyone must possess....

RVM unveils the secret to eternal happiness. Discover six simple steps that guarantee happiness. If we follow these steps our life will surely be transformed. In this book RVM proves that anybody can be happy if one truly desires to be so....

The Teaching of the Himalayan adept Djwhal Khul. Synthesis of the Ageless Wisdom and scientific heritage of humanity. Consideration of the main religious and philosophical notions and concepts from the point of view of science. The continuation of books of HP Blavatsky and AA Bailey...

Contains short excerpts and summaries of Arthur Schopenhauer's philosophies.

Following on from ‘Confessions of a Serial Meditator’, the trials of living with a new girlfriend, her pre-teen daughters, and her dying mother, pose the stiffest test any Vipassana yogi and wannabe Buddha could ever hope to face. When the equanimity slips, where do you run to? Who will come to help? Would modern-day asceticism be ‘the way’ (out)? What adventures could possibly await an aspiring Buddha with itchy feet and a desire to ‘keep ‘em laughing’? The battle within continues… ...

Discover the power of Positive living. Control and take command of your thoughts. RVM explains the power of positive emotions over negative emotions. Always choose positive emotions to live a life of Joy, Bliss and Fulfillment. Pep your life with excitement and enthusiasm....

This is the only authentic and complete edition of the Asamvedopanishad, which proclaims, "Being begins where bhaava ends" to reinforce the ancient upanishadic Nirguna/ Non-identity as both the Means and End of Self-Realization/ Enlightenment. The mind is all bhaava, fabricating endless identities, the network of Maayaa. The root identity, Ahambhaava, seals off Being/ Truth, which defies all identity. The Upanishad resurrects the sovereign Socratic Enlightenment, freeing it of the cobwebs of Plato's mediation and its tortuous system-building agenda. Nothing short of utter Honest Intelligence, unbound by tradition, culture, custom and their contending dogmas and doctrines, can lead to True Being. The Upanishad is severely critical of J. Krishnamurti and his faked-up freedom of hopping from perception to perception, moment to moment....

BEING BEGINS WHERE BHAAVA ENDS

Part I: ASAMVEDOPANISHAD Part II: SHUDDHA SATTVOPANISHAD

Essay translated from German to English by Daniel Fidel Ferrer in August 2013. Original publication of Immanuel Kant's essay in German: By Immanuel Kant. "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklarung?" in Berlinische Monatsschrift Book. 4, 12. December, 1784), pages 481-494. ...

Kant wrote in 1784 in the first part of his essay: "Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one understanding without guidance from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in lack of understanding, but rather of resolve and courage to use it without direction from another. Sapere Aude! [Latin translated: Dare to know, from Horace]. Have courage to use your own mind! Thus is the motto of Enlightenment." ...

Table of Contents: Immanuel Kant’s Text translated into English (pages 2 to 10). Notes, Bibliography, Related Links, Etc., Appendix A (pages 12 to 25). Word Index (pages 26 to 45). ...

Passages selected, edited, and adapted into contemporary English by Paul Saintilan. Based on translations of the original German by Michael Grunwald.

1. Ontology. 2. Metaphysics. 3. Philosophy, German. 4.Thought and thinking. 5. Philosophy, Asian. 6. Philosophy, Indic. 7. Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century.8. Philosophy, Modern -- 19th century. 9. Practice (Philosophy). 10. Philosophy and civilization. 11. Postmodernism. 12. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. 13. Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976. 14. Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 -- Homes and haunts -- Germany -- Todtnauberg.15. Nagarjuna, 2nd cent. 1. Ferrer, Daniel Fidel, 1952-. ...

Table of Contents Acknowledgements ……………………………………… 3 Preface Prelude Introduction …………………… ………… 5 Philosophical reflections and aphorisms … ……………… 18 ...

An insightful journey into the power of a positive attitude, Amos asserts that it’s not one’s circumstances that determine happiness, but rather how those circumstances are viewed. This book emphasizes the impact of everyday choices, while stressing the importance of making a conscious decision to live a joy-filled life....

THE period covered by the inception, the publication, and the completion of the Sacred Books of the East exactly coincides with the thirty-four years that I have spent in Oxford. When I matriculated, Professor Max Muller, the editor of the series, was about to begin work on the first volume, which appeared while I was still an undergraduate. I lost no time in making his acquaintance, for it was the influence of one of his works that had stimulated me to begin under Professor Benfey the study of Sanskrit at the University of Gbttingen, when I left school nearly two years before. During my undergraduate days and later lowed much to Professor Max Muller's advice and encouragement in regard to my studies, which have ever since followed, as far as Sanskrit is concerned, much the same lines as his. I consequently always took a lively interest in the Sacred Books edited by him as they successively appeared during the course of a quarter of a century, no fewer than thirty-six volumes having a more or less direct bearing on my own work, and fourteen of the translators being personally known to me. Professor Max Mi.iller lived to see all...

Habeltt sua lata libelli-not only after they have been published, but sometimes even before they are printed. It was in the spring of 1894 that the late Professor Max Muller first suggested to me that I should compile a General Index of the names and subject-matter for the complete series of the Sacred Books of the East. Such an Index, he thought, would be a great help to all students of the Sacred Books of tile East, and of the greatest value for the study of the history of religions....