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Am intrigued to read the Bardo Thodol, the Tibetan Book Of The Dead. However there are many many translations and commentaries on it. Anyone read? Any recomendations which is best? I'm hoping this place hasn't completly ground to a halt, I like the idea of it, having always been interested in...

Given its open tolerant philosophical and musical nature, why has Sufism not won more Western converts? apart from the popularity of Rumi's poetry Sufi thought seems to have had little impact on peoples perceptions of Islam. I saw a great program in the Faith & Music series which mentioned a...

Hi, can anybody tell me about the core dsitinguishing texts of Quakers and where to find them online? I had hoped they might have them in the texts on here but they don't. What do other orientations of Christianity think of Quakers? I certainly have enourmous respect for Michael Eavis and the...

Is it valid to distinguish between philosophical and religious Taoism as per here? http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A980958

Is Buddhism essentially pacifist? When if ever is violence acceptable?

The Buddha is thought to have died from food-poisoning. The Dalai Lama was imprisoned by the Chinese. According to the common view, essentially the Hindu view, for bad things to happen to good or 'Dharmic' people they must carry a kind of blame, spritual guilt akin to sin in the form of bad...