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Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)

Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association is dedicated to fostering cultural flourishing through essays, poetry, art and philosophical analysis.

Sydney, Australia

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2167 pieces

Hellenism

Agis, Cleomenes & the Gracchi

Plutarch's parallel lives of Agis, Cleomenes, Tiberius Gracchus and Caius Gracchus, with his comparison of them. From the Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, translated by John Dryden.

Hellenism

Agesilaus & Pompey

Plutarch's parallel lives of Agesilaus and Pompey, with his comparison of them. From the Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, translated by John Dryden.

Christianity

Akathist to our Most Holy Lady Mother of God

The Akathist Hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos — the great Byzantine hymn of praise to the Mother of God, chanted standing (a-kathistos, 'not sitting'). Traditionally ascribed to St. Romanos the Melodist, its proem was added in thanksgiving for the deliverance of Constantinople from the siege of 626.

Games

Metaphor or Simile?

A quick literary-device game: tell metaphor from simile.

Competitions

A Star Is Born: Winners of the Ninth Heaven Summer Short Story Competition

The winning and shortlisted stories from Ninth Heaven's first Summer Short Story Competition — with the editor's foreword, the judge's selections, and the full anthology, “A Star Is Born.”

Buddhism

Thig 14.1 · Subha and the Libertine (Subha Jivakambavanika)

Therīgāthā · Thig 14.1. Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

Thig 12.1 · Punnika and the Brahman (Punnika)

Therīgāthā · Thig 12.1. Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

Thig 5.9 · The Former Jain Ascetic (Bhadda Kundalakesa)

Therīgāthā · Thig 5.9. Translated by Hellmuth Hecker & Sister Khema.

Buddhism

Thig 4.1 · Bhadda Kapilani

Therīgāthā · Thig 4.1. Translated by Hellmuth Hecker & Sister Khema.

Buddhism

Thag 21 · Vangisa

Theragāthā · Thag 21. Translated by John D. Ireland.

Buddhism

Thag 19 · Talaputa (Talaputa Thera)

Theragāthā · Thag 19. Translated by Bhikkhu Khantipalo.

Buddhism

Thag 11.1 · Sankicca

Theragāthā · Thag 11.1. Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

Thag 8.1 · Maha-Kaccana

Theragāthā · Thag 8.1. Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi.

Buddhism

Thag 5.9 · Vijitasena

Theragāthā · Thag 5.9. Translated by K.R. Norman.

Buddhism

Thag 2 · The Call of the Peacocks (Culaka)

Theragāthā · Thag 2. Translated by Andrew Olendzki.

Buddhism

AN 11.18 · The Cowherd (Gopalaka Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 11.18. Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

AN 11.17 · To Dasama (Dasama Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 11.17. Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

AN 10.208 · The Sublime Attitudes (Brahmavihara Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 10.208. Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

AN 10.177 · To Janussonin (Janussonin Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 10.177. Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

AN 10.176 · To Cunda the Silversmith (Cunda Kammaraputta Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 10.176. Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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