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The Adepts in the Eastern Esoteric Tradition
Part Five: Venerated Teachers of the Jains, Sikhs, and Parsis
by Manly P. Hall
Topics
Introducton, p. 3
The Jains, p. 9
Jainism, the Faith of Harmlessness, p. 9
Mahavira, p. 12
Jain Philosophy, p. 15
Asceticism, p. 26
Jain Art and Architecture, p. 28
The Jain Way of Life, p. 35
The Sikhs, p. 41
The Punjab, p. 41
Attempts at Religious Reconciliation, p. 44
Nanak, The First Guru, p. 49
The Religion of the Sikhs, Its Gurus, Saints, and Authors, p. 56
Amritsar and the Bible of the Sikhs, p. 60
The Parsis, p. 66
Zoroastrianism and the Parsi Community, p. 66
Zoroaster, p. 68
Early Zoroastrian Belief and Its Influence, p. 70
The Zoroastrian Concept of Good and Evil, p. 74
Zoroastrian Cosmogony, p. 79
The Elements Considered Sacred in Zoroastrianism, p. 82
Zoroastrian Moral Doctrine, p. 87
Zoroastrianism and the Positive Motion of Virtue, p. 89
Later Development of Zoroastrianism, p. 94
The Magi, p. 99
Chaldean Oracles of the Zoroasters, p. 101
The Historic Background of the Mithraic Cult, p. 113
The Mithraic Mysteries, p. 116
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