Following the titles that overview the ideas, history, and practices of the Great Tradition, The Basket Of Tolerance bibliography next lists titles that consider the practical "business" of life, including the topics of death, the mind, the body and health, sexuality, and "social wisdom" (covering many pursuits--see the list of titles below). Everyone must, to one degree or another, confront many practical requirements in his or her life and religious practice. Necessarily then, a significant aspect of many traditions (and, in fact, much of human occupation in the history of the world) has been an attempt to address these practical issues--resulting in many conflicting ideas and notions about these matters. The Basket Of Tolerance provides a summary "navigation" through these ideas that is truly clarifying.
You will see, particularly in this section, that Adi Da Samraj has included works on The Basket of Tolerance of an unconventional nature--some which delve into the extremes of human experience. This is not because Adi Da Samraj is advocating or recommending any particular point of view expressed in these works. Rather, as He says, He is "providing a framework and the interpretive tools" to enable each student of The Basket Of Tolerance to, in the spirit of serious study, confront his or her own (often uninspected) presumptions. Avatar Adi Da's Wisdom-Teaching provides the unique opportunity to thoroughly consider all such matters in the context of a fully Real-God-Realizing practice, and to grow beyond ordinary limits and presumptions.
