3/13/08: Here is where I'll post all updates to the notes & excerpts from various scripture.


Below is a key to the abbreviations following each quote, for the specific source & translation used:

Buddhism
BB -- A Buddhist Bible, Dwight Goddard
BS -- Buddhist Scriptures, ed. Donald S. Lopez Jr.
BW -- In the Buddha's Words, ed. Bhikku Bodhi

Christianity
AACW -- Athanasius of Alexandria, The Life of St. Antony & Letter to Marcellinus
ACB -- St. Augustine, Confessions. tr. Maria Boulding
CGSV -- The Complete Gospels: Annotated Scholar's Version
DFBW -- The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks, tr. Benedicta Ward
GB -- The Gnostic Bible
ILCW -- St. Ignatius of Loyola, Autobiography, Spiritual Exercises, Letters
JCCW -- St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent
KJV -- The Bible, King James Version
NHL3 -- The Nag Hammadi Library in English, 3rd ed.
SBR -- The Rule of St. Benedict
TKJT -- Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, tr. Joseph N. Tylenda
TMJ1 -- Thomas Merton, Journals, 1
TMJ2 -- Thomas Merton, Journals, 2
TMNSC -- Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
TMSSM -- Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain

Egyptian

PTRF -- Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, tr. R. O. Faulkner
 

Hinduism
BGM -- The Bhagavad-Gita, tr. Barbara Stoler Miller
HMWD -- Hindu Myths, tr. Wendy Doniger
RVWD -- The Rig Veda, selections, tr. Wendy Doniger
UPPR -- The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal, tr. Swami Prabhavananda & Frederick Manchester
UP1SN -- The Upanishads 1, tr. Swami Nikhilananda: Katha, Isa, Kena, Mundaka
UP2SN -- The Upanishads 2, tr. Swami Nikhilananda: Svetasvatara, Prasna, Mandukya
UP3SN -- The Upanishads 3, tr. Swami Nikhilananda: Aitareya and Brihadaranyaka
UP4SN -- The Upanishads 4, tr. Swami Nikhilananda: Taittiriya, Chhandogya

Islam

ERCB -- The Esssential Rumi, versions by Coleman Barks
QAYA -- The Meaning of the Holy Quran, tr. Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Judaism

DMEK -- The Essential Kabbalah, ed. Daniel C. Matt
KJV -- The Bible, King James Version

Taoism
CZTM -- Chuang-Tzu, selections tr. by Thomas Cleary, in The Essential Tao
TTCC -- The Tao Te Ching, tr. by Thomas Cleary, in The Essential Tao
TTCM -- Tao Te Ching, version by Stephen Mitchell
TTCR -- Dao De Jing, tr. Moss Roberts

Comparative/History of Religions
JCMI -- Joseph Campbell, The Mythic Image