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Inside Sacred Texts

Season 2 Episode 204 | 57m 38s

Explore the origins, translations and interpretations of sacred texts and shed light on the mystical experience these texts originate from. Engaging scholars, translators and practitioners from three faiths come together to explore how these seminal texts, which form the foundation of most world religions and have influenced entire civilizations, are in some cases, now being reappraised.

Aired: 03/31/17
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
Attend the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City
Sound Of The Soul is a compelling portrait of how music unifies all faiths.
Explore the natural world as an access point to the sacred.
A deep conversation between two dedicated spiritual leaders in the end-of-life movement.
Two guests use the power of story and storytelling as a means of remembering.
Why did UNESCO declare 2007 as "the year of Jalaluddin Rumi"?
Are we now as a species, headed for wisdom or catastrophe?
Explore pilgrimages, an important part of religions and spiritual traditions.
Discussing the search for God, perhaps the oldest of all spiritual quests.
Explore the oppositional relationship between love and fear, with Carlos Santana.
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Attend the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City
Sound Of The Soul is a compelling portrait of how music unifies all faiths.
Explore the natural world as an access point to the sacred.
A deep conversation between two dedicated spiritual leaders in the end-of-life movement.
Two guests use the power of story and storytelling as a means of remembering.
Why did UNESCO declare 2007 as "the year of Jalaluddin Rumi"?
Are we now as a species, headed for wisdom or catastrophe?
Explore pilgrimages, an important part of religions and spiritual traditions.
Discussing the search for God, perhaps the oldest of all spiritual quests.
Explore the oppositional relationship between love and fear, with Carlos Santana.