Spiritual Masters of the World's Religions

Index

259 Index Abba Apollos, 81 ʿAbd al-Qādir, Amīr, 92 abstinence, 59, 61, 69n25 Abū Bakr, 101 ācārya, 112 Ādi Granth, 151. See also Gurū Granth Sāhib aesthetic shock, 167, 168, 169, 185n36. See also encounter dialogues (kien mondō) afterlife, 106 ahiṃsā, 62 ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, 101 Amar Dās, Gurū, 132, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149 Analects, 192, 199, 201, 203 quotations on: ancestral spirits and death, 194; being unbending, 203; the gentleman (benevolent man), 194, 204, 208; Heaven, 195, 199; King Wen and culture (wen), 195; man and the Way, 200; the Odes in, 209; the Mandate of Heaven (tianming), 194–95; perplexity, 203–4; Shen Ch’eng (Shen Cheng), 203; standing in awe, 194–95; the Way (dao), 196, 202; the Way of Heaven (tiandao), 198 See also Confucius: self-reflections on his Aṉgad, Gurū, 131, 132, 144–45, 146–47, 148 anger, 140, 143, 204, 226, 228, 229–30 Antony of Egypt, Saint, 87 Arab Spring, 49, 178, 186n59 arhat, 50n2 Arjan Dev, Gurū; Arjun Dev, 132, 136, 140, 141, 148, 149 Arjuna, 23, 45, 116 Āryadeva, 165, 184n29 ascetics. See Antony of Egypt, Saint; Augustine of Hippo, Saint; Nānak, Gurū; Siddhārtha asceticism Christian, 87 Jewish attitudes towards, 57–58, 60, 62 See also saṃgha Augustine of Hippo, Saint, 81–82, 85, 88 Baal Shem Tov, 36, 56–57, 58, 67 Bābā Balak Singh, 134 Bābā Srī Chand, 135, 138 Baba Virsa Singh, 134–38 Fisher (M. P.), contributing to work initiated by, 255 on Gurū Granth Sāhib as Eternal Gurū, 142 on spiritual transformation, the pain of, 144 Surendra Nath on, 137 260 Index Baba Virsa Singh (continued) visionary appearances to, of: Bābā Srī Chand, 135; Gurū Gobind Singh, 135 Bahá’u’lláh, 43 Bāhva, 113 Baoxi, 211 barakah, 92, 100, 102, 106 barakah muḥammadīyah, 38, 103 Bāṣkali, 113 bayʿah, 103 benevolence, 62, 192, 200, 202 Bhadda Kuṇḍalakesa, 161–62 Bhagavadgītā, 23, 45, 133 Bhago. See Mai Bhago; Mālik Bhago Bhāī Buddha, 147, 148 Bhāī Gurdās, 131 Bhāī Makhan Singh, 148 bhikkhuni, 183n16, 187n63. See also Bhikshuni, bhikṣuṇī Bhikshuni, bhikṣuṇī, 161, 163, 177, 178–79. See also bhikkhuni; saṃgha: bhikṣuṇī bias, 1, 45–46 Bible, 133. See also Hebrew Bible (Old Testament); New Testament bla-ma as doorway to teachings, 167 as fourth “Jewel” in Buddhist Refuge, 166, 184n33 guidance to disciple of, 169–70 Milarepa on, 164 obedience to, 165 spiritual bond with, 170 tantric visualization of, 171, 172 yearning for, 167, 170 See also lama bliss, 60, 143, 182n7 Bodhidharma, 174 Bodhisattva, bodhisattva, 50n2, 169 Book of Changes (Yijing), 191, 211 Book of History (Shujing), 190, 190–91, 209 Book of Odes (Book of Poetry) (Shijing), 209, 210 Book of Music (Classic of Music) (Yuejing), 209 Book of Rites (Liji), 190, 209, 215 Brahma, Brahmā (creator), 26, 111, 166 Brahmā Sahampati, 159 Brahman, brahman (ultimate reality), 111, 113, 114, 117, 124 brāhmaṇa (priest), 160, 182n7. See also Brahmin, brahmin Brahmin, brahmin, 25, 128, 159. See also brāhmaṇa (priest) breath control of, 233 of life, 3 panting for, 251, 253n10 regulation of, 229 spirare and, 74 vital energy and, 229 Buddha (Gautama). See Gautama, Gautama Buddha; Sakyamuni; Siddhārtha, Prince; see also Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse) Buddha, buddha, generic term, 50n2 bodies (kāyas) of, 171, 183n12 Dharma and Dhamma vs., 171–72, 177 (see also Buddhadharma, buddha-dharma) and disciples, 155, 160, 167–68, 174 dog vs., 173–74 Gautama as a newly realized, 158, 161 limited powers of, 157 -mind, 174 as spiritual master: one who cannot “teach,” 157; teacher, 48, 159; Guru, gurū, 169, 170, 171, 172 among the Three Jewels, 159, 166, 184n33 (see also Three Jewels) (buddha) vision, 159 word (vacana) of, 163 Buddhadharma, buddha-dharma Buddhist tradition as, 39 books on, by Ayya Khema, 178 261 Index Brahmā Sahampati asks Gautama to teach, 159 as embodiment of: Chan spiritual master, 174; Gautama Buddha, 171–72, 174 equal opportunity of, 178–79, 180–81 explanation of, as skillfull means (upāya), 164 Gautama’s determination to follow, in previous lifetime, 181–82n1 Gautama’s reverence for, 159, 168, 177 hearing, thinking, and meditating on, 157–58 investigation of, recommended to Buddhists, 48, 160 mixing the mind with, 157–58, 179 nonduality of, 173, 177 spiritual yearning...