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Welcome to Wisdom Library. This is a place of knowledge and wisdom, but not of silence. Here you can find a large and ever expanding collection of Books, Articles, Essay's, Hymns and much more. I will do my best to suit everyone with the best tools needed for extensive research on subjects such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Ancient History, Philosophy, Christianity etc...


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2012/02/26 - 
Not much happened the past few weeks on the content, but i have been working on a new Chapter browsing tool. For starters, every chapter now has a small navigation box that says on the exact same position wherever you scroll! As you can s
2011/11/27 - 
After seeing the movie "Thor", which i really liked by the way, i wanted to learn more on Norse mythology. One book i came across was the "The Prose Edda", which contains very interesting sources on Norse mythology and their Go
2011/10/10 - 
Just finished creating a full-text search that allows you to search every chapter of every book or article found here on WisdomLib. To search through the ever growing content, just select "Search glossary" from the drop-down like this:

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added 2012-04-12
A question regarding the difference between craving (tanha) and clinging (upadana).
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This book then is an attempt to give a sketch of Indian thought or Indian religion and of its history and influence in Asia.
by Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot [1862-1931]
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added 2012-03-05
Nebt-Het, or Nephthys as She's commonly know in Greek, is the daughter of Geb and Nut, the sister of Asar and Aset, wife and sister of Set, and the mother of Anpu by Osiris.
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This book explains the bodhisattva concept and gives guidance to the Buddhist practitioner following the Mahāyāna path towards the attainment of enlightenment. The text was written in Sanskrit by Shantideva (Śāntideva), a B...
by Śāntideva; translated by Andreas Kretschmar
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Paticcasamuppada is Pali language, a combination of three words, i.e. Patticca means "because" and "dependent upon." Sam means "well", Uppada means "arising of effect through cause",...
by U Than Daing [1996]
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The Mahabharata is a large text describing ancient India. In it are records of the adventures of mythological beings, wars among the gods and stories of ancient humans. Also, it documents the fate of the Kauravas and the Pandavas ...
by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa [400 BCE]; translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
75,824 words read / comments (0)
This book then is an attempt to give a sketch of Indian thought or Indian religion and of its history and influence in Asia.
by Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot [1862-1931]
179,695 words read / comments (0)
Even as Ari Thorgilson the Learned, the priest, hath told it: who was the man of all Iceland most learned in tales of the land's inhabiting and in lore of times agone.
by Ari Thorgilson [13th Century]; translated by Eirikr Magnusson
15,807 words read / comments (0)
added 2011-11-27
The "Heimskringla" of Snorri Sturlason is a collection of sagas concerning the various rulers of Norway, from about A.D. 850 to the year A.D. 1177.
by Snorri Sturlson [c.1179-1241]; translated by Samuel Laing
320,198 words read / comments (0)
added 2011-11-23
Contains legends of Egyptian Gods, the death of Horus and the history of Isis and Osiris. The Egyptian texts, whether the originals be written in hieroglyphic or hieratic characters, are here printed in hieroglyphic type, and a...
by E. A. Wallis Budge [1912]
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Pa-Ȧtemt 15 May. 16:50
Hen 10 May. 22:26
Cubit 10 May. 01:52
Kasbu 10 May. 01:52
Tiamat 10 May. 01:51
Arsîêl 10 May. 01:44
Parassang 10 May. 01:42
Dûmâh 10 May. 01:41
Gehenna 10 May. 01:33
Outer Darkness 10 May. 01:04
Twelve Governors 10 May. 00:57
Khrêmaôr 10 May. 00:54
Rhôkhar 10 May. 00:54
Xarmarôkh 10 May. 00:50
Arkheôkh 10 May. 00:49
Laraôkh 10 May. 00:49
Lonkhar 10 May. 00:49
Lamkhamôr 10 May. 00:48
Markhour 10 May. 00:47
Akhrôkhar 10 May. 00:46
Arkharôkh 10 May. 00:45
Kharakhar 10 May. 00:45
Enkhthonin 10 May. 00:44
Nebuchadnezzar II 09 May. 14:49
Ennead 02 May. 23:48
Nut 02 May. 23:47
Geb 02 May. 23:47
Tefnut 02 May. 23:46
Shu 02 May. 23:46
Atum 02 May. 23:46
Ptah 02 May. 23:45
Ankh 02 May. 23:42
God 02 May. 23:41
Neter 02 May. 23:40
Ba 02 May. 23:38
Anubis 02 May. 23:37
Serquet 02 May. 23:37
Wadj 02 May. 23:36
Djed 02 May. 23:35
Serâphim 22 Apr. 20:15
Ophannîm 22 Apr. 20:14
Cherûbîm 22 Apr. 20:14
Shislianîm 22 Apr. 20:13
Tarshîshîm 22 Apr. 20:13
Ḥaslimalîm 22 Apr. 20:12
Malachîm 22 Apr. 20:12
Bĕnê Elôhîm 22 Apr. 20:12
Îshîm 22 Apr. 20:12
Erêlîm 22 Apr. 20:11
Angel 22 Apr. 20:10
Uposatha 21 Apr. 23:05
Sakra 21 Apr. 22:53
Karma 21 Apr. 22:51
Avatāra 03 Mar. 21:12
Carya 03 Mar. 21:12
Satva 03 Mar. 21:10
Bodhisattva 03 Mar. 21:09
Śrāvaka 03 Mar. 21:09
Sanskrit 03 Mar. 21:04
Six Karmic Perceptions 03 Mar. 19:51
Paticcasamuppada 29 Feb. 21:37
Satipatthana 29 Feb. 20:03
Patacari 29 Feb. 19:50
Ditthi 29 Feb. 19:49
Sakkaya 29 Feb. 19:49
Sakkaya Ditthi 29 Feb. 19:48
Issaraninmana Ditthi 29 Feb. 19:47
Natthika Ditthi 29 Feb. 19:46
Ahetuka Ditthi 29 Feb. 19:46
Akiriya Ditthi 29 Feb. 19:45
Sthira 28 Feb. 00:49
Yudh 28 Feb. 00:48
Shakuni 28 Feb. 00:43
Gāndhārī 28 Feb. 00:41
Ambalika 28 Feb. 00:38
Ambika 28 Feb. 00:34
yudhiṣṭhira 28 Feb. 00:28
Duryodhana 28 Feb. 00:25
Pandu 28 Feb. 00:15
Dhritarāshtra 28 Feb. 00:02
Abhayankara 27 Feb. 01:27
Kulapati 26 Feb. 23:44
Ugrasrava 26 Feb. 23:42
Suta 26 Feb. 23:39
Goswami 26 Feb. 23:38
Ugrasrava 26 Feb. 23:38
Vyasa 26 Feb. 23:36
Veda Vyasa 26 Feb. 23:33
Sisupala 26 Feb. 22:32
Sisupala 26 Feb. 22:20
Attention 26 Feb. 14:28
Tamil 04 Jan. 03:27
Natthi 04 Jan. 03:20
Atthi 04 Jan. 03:19
Hadaya 04 Jan. 03:14
Dhamma Hadaya 04 Jan. 03:11
Khuddaka Vatthu 04 Jan. 03:11
Nana 04 Jan. 03:11
Patisambhida 04 Jan. 03:10
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