Lesson Plans

Provides detailed guidelines on memorizing portions of the Bible. 12-99

Lists

Provides links to various schools of thought and practice in the Buddhism of Souteast Asia.

Provides a few links to Zen Buddhism.

Provides sources of information on the I Ching, pronounced "Yi Jing," a classical Chinese text that is valued for its philosophy. It is often used in a ceremonial way to provide guidance.

Provides Bible study tools, such as a search engine to find words or passages in the Bible. Also includes commentaries, lexicons, a sermon helper, dictionaries, and more. 12-99

Provides a directory and a search engine for finding Christian resources. No relationship to the Awesome Library.

Provides links to Falun Dafa (or Gong), founded by Li Hongzhi.

Provides a comprehensive set of links related to the religions of India, including Hinduism.

"Religious Resources on the Net currently contains thousands of listings." Search by keyword or category.

Provides sources of information on the Tao Te Ching, the central text for Taoism. Taoism is pronounced "Daoism." Text was written by Lao-tzu.

Provides a listing of places devoted to the study or practice of Taoism in the United States.

Materials

Provides an introduction to Buddhism using a 5 minute of RealVideo.

Provides a history regarding the Christian view of the Devil. 12-99

Papers

Provides a listing of higher education institutions endorsed by Commission on Christian Higher Education. 6-99

Provides information on Christian educational institutions. 6-99

Provides information on their beliefs, educational institutions, and online activities. 6-99

Provides basic beliefs of the Baha'i religious tradition. "Religious strife has caused numerous wars, has been a major blight to progress, and is increasingly abhorrent to the people of all faiths and of no faith."

Provides the basic teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, including reasons for meditation, how to meditate and more.

Provides instructions on the practice of taming the mind in loving-kindness and compassion. Includes engendering bodhicitta and the path of the bodhisattva.

Discusses the seven points of mind training, how to start meditation practice. Rinpoche follows the Kagyu tradition and has been recognized as a master by H.H. Karmapa, head of the lineage.

Provides a short background on Juan Diego, the custodian of the Tilma. According to Monsignor Jose Luis Guerrero Rosado, The Holy See has a Commission studying the cause for sainthood of Juan Diego (or Cuauhtlatoatzin), "the seer of the Virgin of Guadalupe." 4-00

"The hope of the interfaith movement is that religious differences can be enriching and that each religious tradition will make its distinctive contribution to the welfare of humankind. Sadly, religious differences have often been a cause of conflict."

Provides the results of a retreat in Snowmass Colorado in which teachers of different faiths spoke of their own truths. They came to "meditate together in silence and to share our personal spiritual journeys, especially those elements in our respective traditions that have proved most helpful to us along the way." One unplanned result was a list of beliefs that were held across all of the faiths.

Provides an ethical code for each religion to follow its own truth, while at the same time supporting harmony. Advocates against trying to combine religions as a path to peace. Includes commentary from the Nobel Peace Prize Winner, the Dalai Lama of Tibet.

Provides some key elements of Hindu philosophy and religion.

Provides a translation for the Rig Veda. Notes that European translations have failed to convey the true and hidden meaning of the words. The result has been false representations of the Vedas as about primitive rituals. "When the seer speaks of Agni as 'the luminous guardian of the Truth shining out in his own home,' ...these are words of a mystic poet, who is thinking of that inner Truth behind things.... He is not thinking of the Nature-Power presiding over the outer element of fire or of the fire of the ceremonial sacrifice."

Provides a short summary of the Vedas and other Hindu scriptures.

Provides some key elements of Hindu philosophy and religion, based on the Upanishads, part of the Vedas. A comparison is made to ancient Greek philosophy.

Provides short translations from Hindu texts, such as the Vedas, Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads, to convey teachings from Hinduism.

Explains that Islam teaches us to treat all others as family. "To comfort the hunger of your neighbor, no matter who he is or what religion he belongs to, is Islam. When someone dies, to join together and give him a decent burial is Islam. To realize the pain and suffering of others and offer your hands in assistance, helping to alleviate their suffering, is Islam."

Provides poems and songs from the Jain tradition. "May my heart sing with ecstasy at the sight of the virtuous, and may my life be an offering at their feet. May my heart bleed at the sight of the wretched, the cruel, the irreligious, and my tears of compassion flow from my eyes."

Provides the 95 Theses that Martin Luther posted on the door of the church at Wittenburg. The Theses became a basis for the formation of Protestantism as a religious movement. 1-00

Provides a short summary of some traditional Native American beliefs about spirituality. One belief is the "recognition of the interconnectedness of all Creation, and the responsibility of human beings to use their intelligence in protecting that inter-connectedness."

Provides a history and discussion of some of the key religious movements of the 20th Century in the USA.

Provides a summary of religious freedom, such as whether the constitution of each country guarantees religious freedom.

Provides summaries of the different religious traditions and scriptures taken from A Sourcebook for Earth's Community of Religions.

Provides a wish for the good of all from the Shinto tradition.

Provides a book on the Radhasoami or Sant Mat Tradition of Sikhism.

Provides basic beliefs of the Zulu religious tradition. "The Zulu notion of God-consciousness says that God lives in, through and beyond everything and everyone."

Projects

Teaches basic concepts of Buddhism through an online board game and chat area. 11-99

Worksheets

Provides worksheets for coloring. 12-99

Provides worksheets related to stories in the Bible. 12-99