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All the information you would ever need to know on Confucius

Biographical article about Confucious, but talks a great deal about how his life and teachings are reflected in Analects.

Really interesting video presenting a new theory on how the Great Pyramid of Khufu was built. Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpR7AKKN87E&feature=related Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4t4qHOeilo&feature=relmfu Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wwohIUxals&feature=relmfu Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ5j058avZg&feature=relmfu

Description This documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha's life, a journey especially relevant to our own bewildering times of violent change and spiritual confusion.

Theosophical University Press Online Edition Translated by Harischandra Kaviratna First Edition copyright © 1980 by Theosophical University Press ( print version also available). Electronic version ISBN 978-1-55700-132-0. All rights reserved. This edition may be downloaded free of charge for personal use.

this site gives insight about the four noble truths as well as the eightfold path

Goes through a brief background of Confucius and then gives his views on many things (government, right living, education, etc.).

A piece composed by the great European composer, Pérotin.

Brian Johnson discusses Confucius' "Analects" in a ten-minute philosophical web show. Well-explained, easy to understand.

Here is a great site with info on the Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu, and about Daoism (or Taoism) in general. -Jordan Smith

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Free Trial Issue Subscribe Back Issue Athena Review, Vol. 4, No. 2 Architecture and Sculpture at the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis Introduction: Rebuilt and enlarged approximately four times from the 7th through 13th centuries, the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis realized its unique status as pioneer in Gothic architecture under the innovative guidance ofAbbot Suger (1122-1151).

This article gives a brief history of the creation and use of the church and then a history of the architecture.