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Ricther 3 Exercises
  • The Absolute, The Ultimate,
  • The Holy

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Genesis 18 20-33 So the Lord said, "The outcry
against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their
sin so blatant that I must go down and see if
they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If
not, I want to know."? The two men turned and
headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still
standing before the Lord . Abraham approached
and said, "Will you sweep away the godly along
with the wicked? What if there are fifty godly
people in the city? Will you really wipe it out
and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty
godly people who are in it? Far be it from you to
do such a thing-to kill the godly with the
wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike!
Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the
whole earth do what is right?" So the Lord
replied, "If I find in the city of Sodom fifty
godly people, I will spare the whole place for
their sake. Then Abraham asked, "Since I have
undertaken to speak to the Lord 68 (although I am
but dust and ashes), what if there are five less
than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the
whole city because five are lacking?" He
replied, "I will not destroy it if I find
forty-five there."? Abraham spoke to him again,
"What if forty are found there?" He replied, "I
will not do it for the sake of the forty."? Then
Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that
I may speak! What if thirty are found there?" He
replied, "I will not do it if I find thirty
there."? Abraham said, "Since I have undertaken
to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are
found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it
for the sake of the twenty."? Finally Abraham
said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may
speak just once more. What if ten are found
there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for
the sake of the ten."? The Lord went on his way
when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then
Abraham returned home.
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Michelangelo Buonarotti (1511) Fresco, Cappella
Sistina, Vatican "Creation of the Sun, Moon, and
Plants"
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D. Divine Names The treatment of the divine name
in English translations of the Hebrew Bible and
in this textbook needs to be explained. The God
of Israel was referred to in various ways.
Sometimes God was just "God," or elohim in
Hebrew. When you see "God" in the text, this
typically translates Elohim. Other times God is
referred to by his personal name, YHWH. It is
rendered Yahweh in some versions, and the LORD in
others. The letters "ORD" in LORD are in
smaller-sized capital letters to distinguish it
from the divine title "the Lord." Most modern
translations of the Hebrew Bible employ this
typographic convention to indicate when YHWH is
the underlying Hebrew text. The four consonant
divine name YHWH is referred to as the
tetragrammaton. When the Hebrew text refers to
Yahweh it uses the four consonants YHWH with a
special configuration of vowels to signal that it
should not be pronounced out loud to guard the
sanctity of God's name. If the divine name is
never spoken it can never be taken in vain. The
name Yahweh, or Jehovah in its older
pronunciation, is never spoken in Judaic
contexts. In Jewish tradition the words "the
LORD," adonay in Hebrew, are substituted for
YHW. RTOT uses the convention of including YHWH
in translated biblical quotations and the
scholar's Yahweh in explanatory notes. In
addition to the extensively employed terms Elohim
and Yahweh, the Hebrew Bible uses other divine
names such as El Shaddai and El Elyon. These will
be explained in appropriate places.
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KHADOGYA-UPANISHAD.
1. LET a man meditate on the syllable Om, called
the udgitha for the udgitha (a portion of the
Sama-veda) is sung, beginning with Om.The full
account, however, of Om is this-- 2. The essence
of all beings is the earth, the essence of the
earth is water, the essence of water the plants,
the essence of plants man, the essence of man
speech, the essence of speech the Rig-veda, the
essence of the Rig-veda the Sama-veda, the
essence of the Sama-veda the udgitha (which is
Om). 3. That udgitha (Om) is the best of all
essences, the highest, deserving the highest
place, the eighth. 4. What then is the Rik? What
is the Saman? What is the udgitha? 'This is the
question. 5. The Rik indeed is speech, Saman is
breath, the udgitha is the syllable Om. Now
speech and breath, or Rik and Saman, form one
couple. 6. And that couple is joined together in
the syllable Om. When two people come together,
they fulfil each other's desire. 7. Thus he who
knowing this, meditates on the syllable (Om), the
udgitha, becomes indeed a fulfiller of
desires. 8. That syllable is a syllable of
permission, for whenever we permit anything, we
say Om, yes. Now permission is gratification. He
who knowing this meditates on the syllable (Om),
the udgitha, becomes indeed a gratifier of
desires. 9. By that syllable does the threefold
knowledge (the sacrifice, more particularly the
Soma-sacrifice, as founded on the three Vedas)
proceed. When the Adhvaryu priest gives an order,
he says Om. When the Hotri priest recites, he
says Om. When the Udgatri priest sings, he says
Om, --all for the glory of that syllable. The
threefold knowledge (the sacrifice) proceeds by
the greatness of that syllable (the vital
breaths), and by its essence (the oblations). 10.
Now therefore it would seem to follow, that both
he who knows this (the true meaning of the
syllable Om), and he who does not, perform the
same sacrifice But this is not so, for knowledge
and ignorance are different. The sacrifice which
a man performs with knowledge, faith, and the
Upanishad is more powerful. This is the full
account of the syllable Om.
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Shiva (Siva) Major god of Hinduism. A complex god
who transcends the concepts of good and evil,
Shiva represents both reproduction and
destruction (a combination of seemingly
contradictory qualities is not uncommon in
Hinduism). He periodically destroys the world in
order to create it once more. He takes little
part in the affairs of humanity, although his
wife, Kali, is actively involved in them.
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  • Tao Te Ching 1
  • ?The Tao that can be followed is not the eternal
    Tao. ?
  • The name that can be named is not the eternal
    name. ?The nameless is the origin of heaven and
    earth ?While naming is the origin of the myriad
    things. ?
  • Therefore, always desireless, you see the mystery
    ?Ever desiring, you see the manifestations. ?
  • These two are the same-- ?When they appear they
    are named differently. ??Their sameness is the
    mystery, ?
  • Mystery within mystery ??The door to all
    marvels. ?

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  • Tao Te Ching 6
  • ?The valley spirit never dies. ?It is called "the
    mysterious female." ?
  • The opening of the mysterious female ?Is called
    "the root of Heaven and Earth." ?
  • Continuous, seeming to remain. ??Use it without
    exertion. ??

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  • Tao Te Ching 25
  • ?There is something that is perfect in its
    disorder ?Which is born before Heaven and Earth.
    ??
  • So silent and desolate! It establishes itself
    without renewal. ?Functions universally without
    lapse. ?We can regard it as the Mother of
    Everything. ??I don't know its name. ??
  • Hence, when forced to name it, I call it "Tao."
    ?When forced to categorize it, I call it "great."
    ??Greatness entails transcendence. ?Transcendence
    entails going-far. ?Going-far entails return. ??
  • Hence, Tao is great, Heaven is great, the Earth
    is great ?And the human is also great. ??Within
    our realm there are four greatnesses and the
    human being is one of them. ??Human beings follow
    the Earth. ?
  • Earth follows Heaven ?
  • Heaven follows the Tao ?
  • The Tao follows the way things are.

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The Story of Job
Albrecht Durer. Job and His Wife (c. 1504) Oil on
panel, 94 x 51 cm Stelsches Kunstinstitut,
Frankfurt
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Chuang Tzu, 113 ?? Chuang Tzu's wife died. When
Hui Tzu went to convey his condolences, he found
Chuang Tzu sitting with his legs sprawled out,
pounding on a tub and singing. "You lived with
her, she brought up your children and grew old,"
said Hui Tzu. "It should be enough simply not to
weep at her death. But pounding on a tub and
singing-this is going too far, isn't
it?"?? Chuang Tzu said, "You're wrong. When she
first died, do you think I didn't grieve like
anyone else? But I looked back to her beginning
and the time before she was born. Not only the
time before she was born, but the time before she
had a body. Not only the time before she had a
body, but the time before she had a spirit. In
the midst of the jumble of wonder and mystery a
change took place and she had a spirit. Another
change and she had a body. Another change and she
was born. Now there's been another change and
she's dead. It's just like the progression of the
four seasons, spring, summer, fall,
winter.?? "Now she's going to lie down peacefully
in a vast room. If I were to follow after her
bawling and sobbing, it would show that I don't
understand anything about fate. So I stopped."
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Navajo Sand Painting
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Hindu Art (Devi)
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