- 240 pages
- English
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About This Book
The wisdom of Jewish spirituality and mysticism can be a companion for your own spiritual journey.
Tanya, "It Was Taught, " is one of the most powerful and potentially transformative books of Jewish wisdom. Written in 1797 by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Hasidism, Tanya sets forth the fundamentals of Jewish spirituality and mysticism. While a focus of daily study by tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews, Tanya is little known outside the world of Jewish mysticism. Until now, its kabbalistic terms and esoteric language have made this essential text of Jewish spirituality inaccessible to most readers.
In this engaging volume, Rabbi Rami Shapiro offers a contemporary English translation of key selections of Tanya coupled with commentary designed to clarify and amplify the wisdom it contains. He also outlines the philosophical and spiritual framework on which Tanya is basedâGod's nonduality; the five dimensions of reality and their corresponding intelligences (body, heart, mind, soul, and spirit); the purpose of mitzvot, the practices of Jewish life, as catalysts to God realization and the hallowing of all life through godlinessâto help you understand the selected Tanya translations in a way that enhances your own spiritual development.
Now you can benefit from the wisdom of Tanya even if you have no previous knowledge of Judaism or Hebrew terminology. This SkyLight Illuminations edition presents the core teachings of Tanya, with insightful yet unobtrusive commentary that will deepen your understanding of the soul and how it relates to and manifests the Divine Source from which all life comes, in which all life lives and to which all life returns.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Key Philosophical Ideas
- Core Spiritual Practices
- 1.The Five Kinds of Humans
- 2.God, Wisdom, and Your Essential Nature
- 3.The Three Mothers: Wisdom, Reason, and Knowing
- 4.The Three Garments: Thought, Word, and Deed
- 5.Unity Beyond Thought
- 6.The Necessity of Opposites
- 7.Using the Body for Good
- 8.Using the Body for Evil
- 9.The Secret Yearning for the Good
- 10. The Purpose of Transformation
- 11. Redemption from Evil
- 12. Bringing Light into the Darkness
- 13. Internal Conflict
- 14. Becoming an Inbetweener
- 15. Serving God
- 16. The Essential Task
- 17. The Practice of Comprehension
- 18. The Nature of Wisdom
- 19. The Candle of God
- 20. The Unchanging One
- 21. Godâs Speech
- 22. Other Gods
- 23. Torah and God Are One
- 24. The Interplay of Opposites
- 25. Folly
- 26. The Profit of Sadness
- 27. Passive Restraint
- 28. Distracting Thoughts
- 29. A Dull Heart
- 30. Cultivating Humility
- 31. Working with Sadness
- 32. Love Your Neighbor
- 33. Attaining True Joy
- 34 Generosity
- 35. The Task of Self
- 36. No High or Low in God
- 37. Illuminating the World
- 38. The Necessity of Intent
- 39. Acting without Ulterior Motive
- 40. Revealing the Hidden God
- 41. Love and Awe
- 42. Your Inner âMosesâ
- 43. Two Types of Awe
- 44. Higher Grades of Love
- 45. Compassion for God
- 46. Way of Friendship
- 47. Release from Bondage
- 48. The Finite and the Infinite
- 49. The Purpose of Creation
- 50. Run and Return
- 51. The Dwelling of God
- 52. Perceiving the One
- 53. The One Is within You
- Notes
- Glossary of Hebrew Terms
- Books Cited in Tanya
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- About SkyLight Paths
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