Text Downloads

  1. 1.Christopher Hitchens: “The Future of an Illusion”

  2. 2.Ross: Insiders and Outsiders in the Study of Religious Traditions

  3. 3.Edward Said: “Orientalism: 25 Years Later”

  4. 4.A. Malay: “How Colonialism Created ‘Religion’”

  5. 5.Rg Veda (Selections)

  6. 6.Katha Upanishads (Selections)

  7. 7.Bhagavad Gita (Selections)

  8. 8.Gita Govinda

  9. 9.Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta: “Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion”

  10. 10.Kalama Sutta: “Discourse on Free Inquiry”

  11. 11.MahaParinirvana: “The Farewell Address”

  12. 12.Malunkhyaputta & Vacchagotta Suttas “Advice to Malunkhyaputta and Vacchagotta”

  13. 13.“Parable of the Snake and Raft”

  14. 14.“Parable of the Mustard Seed”

  15. 15.Angulimala Sutta

  16. 16.Milindapanha: “Questions of King Milinda”

  17. 17.Bhikkhu Ariyesako:  “The Bhikkhus' Rules: A Guide for Laypeople”

  18. 18.Heart Sutra (Selections)

  19. 19.Qur’an Section: “The Cow”

  20. 20.Denny: “The Case of Islam”

  21. 21.Ali A. Rizvi: “Why I call Myself an ‘Atheist Muslim’”

  22. 22.Mernissi: “The Prophet and Women”

  23. 23.Omid Safi: Is Islamic Mysticism Really Islam?

  24. 24.Ibn ‘Arabi: Chapter 78 of Futuhat al-Makkiyyah

  25. 25.Buddha’s Final Sermon

  26. 26.Muhammad's Final Sermon

  27. 27.Confucius: The Analects (Selections)

  28. 28.Fingerette: Confucius: The Secular as Sacred (chapters 1&2)

  29. 29.Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching

  30. 30.Chuang Tzu

  31. 31.Hui-Neng and Lin-ji

  32. 32.Shinto and Dogen

Here is where you can download most the texts and readings for the course. Just click on the text and it will download directly to your computer. E-mail me if you have any problems.