Ask the Faith

Name what is troubling you — in your own words, as you would say it aloud — and eight scriptures answer in turn. The Bhagavad Gita. The Dhammapada and Sutta Nipāta. Guru Granth Sahib. The Holy Bible. The Holy Qur'an. The Jain Sūtras. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. The Tao Te Ching. Each one replies in its own words, on that very thing. Not a summary of what a tradition teaches, not a paraphrase, and nothing written by a machine — a real passage, quoted exactly, with the chapter and verse given so you can find it and read the whole of it for yourself. 1,700 passages, every one checked word for word against its source. WHAT IT DOES • Ask — say what is on your mind and read eight answers side by side. When a tradition has nothing close to say on that subject, it is named as silent rather than given something that only half fits. • Today — a theme for the day, and eight passages on it. The…