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Biblical Stories
Biblical Stories
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I started reading the Bible after seeing a comment by a Hindu who read the Bible and said, “There is no religion in it.” I also remember reading in Jung’s book Man and His Symbols that a person who visited India said that the English worships animals because he had found lions, eagles, and oxen in old churches. Most people do not know that these animals are symbols of the Evangelists and are derived from the vision of Ezekiel: the lion is Mark, the ox is Luke, and the eagle is John.
For more than four billion of people, Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood, God's Covenant with Abraham, Jacob wrestling with the angel, and Joseph in exile in Egypt are sacred stories, sanctified over time by so many generations of believers; these stories resonate with their innermost being.
Not all biblical stories have happy endings; some are full of contradictions and divine mystery and offer no easy answers to hard questions and leave us puzzled. But we can easily relate to these stories because they are talking about our feelings, dilemmas, and conundrums: sibling rivalry, murder, violence, rage at one another, struggle with temptation, jealousy, grief, deceit, love, malice, hatred, parents who play favorites, husbands who fail their wives, wives who betray their husbands, parents who grow old and frail, and children who are coming of age.
When we read these stories, we begin to understand our lives and our relationships, and we find new paths to wisdom despite our differences.
These stories have shaped our civilization, our view of the world, and our collective consciousness.
I have written this book for a broad audience of readers who are interested in knowing the distilled wisdom of humanity: The teachings of various religions.
I am a Buddhist, but our son Rocco is a Christian. This book is my gift to my son Rocco for his First Holy Communion—first reception of the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharis. I know that these stories from the Bible will guide him throughout his life.
Jagath Asoka
Newtown, PA, USA
04 Oct 2012
For more than four billion of people, Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood, God's Covenant with Abraham, Jacob wrestling with the angel, and Joseph in exile in Egypt are sacred stories, sanctified over time by so many generations of believers; these stories resonate with their innermost being.
Not all biblical stories have happy endings; some are full of contradictions and divine mystery and offer no easy answers to hard questions and leave us puzzled. But we can easily relate to these stories because they are talking about our feelings, dilemmas, and conundrums: sibling rivalry, murder, violence, rage at one another, struggle with temptation, jealousy, grief, deceit, love, malice, hatred, parents who play favorites, husbands who fail their wives, wives who betray their husbands, parents who grow old and frail, and children who are coming of age.
When we read these stories, we begin to understand our lives and our relationships, and we find new paths to wisdom despite our differences.
These stories have shaped our civilization, our view of the world, and our collective consciousness.
I have written this book for a broad audience of readers who are interested in knowing the distilled wisdom of humanity: The teachings of various religions.
I am a Buddhist, but our son Rocco is a Christian. This book is my gift to my son Rocco for his First Holy Communion—first reception of the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharis. I know that these stories from the Bible will guide him throughout his life.
Jagath Asoka
Newtown, PA, USA
04 Oct 2012
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