The Book on the Living God

338 Pages·2015·0.96 MB·English

by  Bô Yin Râ (J.A. Schneiderfranken)

BÔ YIN RÂ
(JOSEPH ANTON Schneiderfranken)
volume two
of the 32-volume cycle
The gated garden
THE BOOK ON
THE LIVING GOD
second edition
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BÔ YIN RÂ
(JOSEPH ANTON
Schneiderfranken)
THE BOOK
ON THE
LIVING GOD
Translated from the german
BY B.A. Reichenbach
BERKELEY, CALIfORNIA
First edition English translation ©1991
by B. A. Reichenbach
Second edition English translation ©2014
by B. A. Reichenbach
Eric W. Strauss, Publisher
Eric W. Strauss & Malka Weitman, Editors
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CONTENTS
Word of Guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1 “The Tabernacle of God is with Men”. . 15
2 The White Lodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3 Meta-Physical Experiences . . . . . . . . . 43
4 The Inner Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5 The En-Sof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
6 On Seeking God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
7 On Leading an Active Life . . . . . . . . 117
8 On “Holy Men” and “Sinners”. . . . . . 123
9 The Hidden Side of Nature . . . . . . . . 131
10 The Secret Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
11 Karma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
12 War and Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
13 The Unity among Religions . . . . . . . . 181
14 The Will to Find Eternal Light. . . . . . 193
15 The Human Being’s Higher Faculties
of Knowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
16 On Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
17 On the Spirit’s Radiant Substance . . . 229
18 The Path toward Perfection . . . . . . . . 243
19 On Everlasting Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
20 The Spirit’s Light Dwells in the East 269
21 Faith, Talismans, and Images of God 283
22 The Inner Force in Words. . . . . . . . . . 295
23 A Call from Himavat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Giving Thanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Editor’s Note to the Second Edition . . 329
word of
guidance
OU SHOULD NOT READ THIS BOOK IF YOU b elieve
Ythe teachings of your faith with heart
and soul.
You should not read this book if you have
never doubted God.
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THIS BOOK is written for all those who suffered
bitter conficts in themselves in their unceas-
ing quest, but who, for all their labors, never
found God’s Being.
It is addressed to all who are tormented by
thorns of gnawing doubt.
Such readers will fnd help in it.
For them this book will mark the way.
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THE BOOK ON THE LIVING GOD
WHAT I SHALL here convey is wisdom rooted in
the ages.
The few in every generation who had the
f aculty of comprehending it have kept that
knowledge secret since the dawn of time.
Only on a few, exceptional occasions was it
possible in earlier days to tell the world of this
most ancient wisdom, and even then it had to
be d isguised in dark, symbolic language.
But now the time has come to speak of it more
plainly, given that distorted fragments of this
knowledge have been, and continue to be,
spread throughout the world by minds who
have no calling to disclose it.
And so it was decided, in the Spirit’s inner
East, to open for the nations of the West the
sacred shrine that had so long been carefully
protected from the gaze of the profane.
That shrine is here unlocked by one who has
been authorized.
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BUT ANYONE who seeks to enter must yet be
tried and strictly tested; and none shall ever
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