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He describes himself here and in verse 9 as "the door of the sheep", [20] and in 10:11 and 10:14 as "the good shepherd". The word in Greek : θύρα is translated as "door" in the King James Version and the American Standard Version , but as "gate" in the New Revised Standard Version , the Common English Bible and other translations. [ 21 ]
The Dhammapada (Pali: धम्मपद; Sanskrit: धर्मपद, romanized: Dharmapada) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. [1] The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
Manchu was the language used in Manchu shamanic rituals. Mandaic, an Aramaic language, in Mandaeanism. Classical Meitei, the holy language of Sanamahism (Meitei religion). Classical Mongolian was used alongside Classical Tibetan as sacred languages of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia. Old Norse, used in some Heathenry groups as a religious language
The Dhammapada / Introduced & Translated by Eknath Easwaran is an English-language book originally published in 1986. It contains Easwaran's translation of the Dhammapada, a Buddhist scripture traditionally ascribed to the Buddha himself.
Biblical languages are any of the languages employed in the original writings of the Bible.Some debate exists as to which language is the original language of a particular passage, and about whether a term has been properly translated from an ancient language into modern editions of the Bible.
It is used in the Gospel of John both with and without a predicate nominative. The seven occurrences with a predicate nominative that have resulted in some of the titles for Jesus are: I am the Bread of Life (John 6:35) I am the Light of the World (John 8:12) I am the Door (John 10:9) I am the Good Shepherd (John 10:11,14)
In the book of 1 John 1:5, it says "God is light" which means that God is part of the system that provides light to the whole universe. God created light, Genesis 1:3 and is light. Bible commentators such as John W. Ritenbaugh see the presence of light as a metaphor of truth , good and evil , knowledge , and ignorance . [ 4 ]
The following verse describes Nanda at the door of his house, torn between the wish to remain with his beloved wife and the sense of respect that prompts him to leave and meet the Buddha to make amends for neglecting the Buddha's alms-round in front of his house: