Poems for the Millennium, Volume Four


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"Global anthology of twentieth-century poetry"--Back cover.




Tantric Treasures


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This book provides accurate, accessible translations of three classics of medieval Indian Buddhist mysticism. Since their composition around 1000 CE, these poems have exerted a powerful influence on spiritual life.




The Ādi-Granth, Or


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Parsis of Ancient India


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The different aspects of islamic culture


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This publication examines art, the human sciences, science, philosophy, mysticism, language and literature. For this task, UNESCO has chosen scholars and experts from all over the world who belong to widely divergent cultural and religious backgrounds.--Publisher's description.




Alpamysh


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CARRIE, a full-text electronic library based at the University of Kansas, presents the text of "Alpamysh: Central Asian Identity Under Russian Rule." H. B. Paksoy wrote the book, which was originally published in 1989. The book uses the Alpamysh as a case study regarding the treatment of the Central Asian people by the Soviet Union.




ORDER OF THE DAY


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An important aspect of any Sikh religious service is the reading from the Guru Granth, or taking Hukam Nama. The Guru Granth Sahib is a hefty tome of 1430 pages. Sikh tradition is that from roughly the middle half of the Guru Granth, usually at the beginning of a randomly selected page (or the previous page if the hymn started there) one hymn is selected. This is read as the Hukam Nama, or "The Order Of The Day. Clearly many Sikhs living outside the Punjabi ambience would have great difficulty figuring out its meaning.