IWhat This Library Is
The Hall of Myriad Paths is a library of the world's religions, built by the UK Master Academy Institute for Metaphysical Training and Research and opened freely to everyone. Each tradition has a main page covering how it began, what it teaches, whom it venerates, its scriptures, its schools, and how many follow it today. Every scripture and every mantra of consequence gets a page of its own, setting out the original text, its reading, a translation, and a line-by-line commentary.
Everything here is free. No fee, no paywall, no coins. This library exists to pass knowledge on, not to sell anything.
The library does not say which path is right and which is wrong. It invites no one to join a religion and no one to leave one.
A box marked as the tradition teaches it carries what a religion says about itself. A box marked as the historical record has it carries what historical scholarship can establish. The two are never blended.
Each follower count is given with its source and its year. Where a figure cannot honestly be counted, the page says so plainly.
Original Chinese texts and their Sino-Vietnamese readings are in the public domain. The translations here were made directly from the originals by UK MASTER ACADEMY. No translation still under copyright has been copied.
Colours are drawn from the actual vestments, implements and emblems of each tradition, and every pair is machine-tested for contrast, so a reader knows from the colour alone which path they are reading.
All diagrams are generated in code. No collected photographs are used, and no sacred figure is ever portrayed.
IIThe Paths In This Library
The library opens in stages. A tile in full colour can be clicked and is already written. A faded tile is still being drafted. The order is deliberate: Taoism first, because it is the root of the whole feng shui and divination tradition, then Buddhism, then the rest.
The Three Teachings of East Asia
Vietnamese folk traditions
The major world religions
IIIScriptures And Mantras Open
Every scripture has a page of its own, laid out in three columns: the original Chinese, the Sino-Vietnamese reading, and a translation, followed by a line-by-line commentary, a glossary of difficult characters, and the differing readings of the major commentators.
IVSacred Places
A book about religion that cannot point to a single place to go has only travelled half the road. This section records where the traditions in this library are still lived: the pagoda, the temple, the Taoist hall, the church, the holy see, the mosque, the Cham tower.
Each place carries a page of its own: its history, its architecture, the feng shui of its site and orientation, its festivals by the lunar calendar, and the way to get there. That section on site and orientation is what sets this apart from any travel page, and it is also where the library states plainly what is its own reading.
A few of the principal places
VThe Roadmap
- Stage 1TaoismThe main page, fourteen scriptures, ten mantras, the schools, and a section on the Taoist roots of feng shui.
- Stage 2BuddhismThe main page and its four great branches, sixteen scriptures, nine mantras, the schools and their figures.
- Stage 3Confucianism and Vietnamese folk traditionsThe Four Books and Five Classics, ancestor veneration, the Mother Goddess religion, Caodaism, Hòa Hảo Buddhism.
- Stage 4The major world religionsCatholicism, Protestantism, Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, the Bahá'í Faith.
- Stage 5Ancient paths and smaller branchesJapanese Shinto, Tibetan Bön, Jainism, Zoroastrianism and indigenous traditions.
?Quick Questions
What is the Hall of Myriad Paths
It is a library of the world's religions, built by UK MASTER ACADEMY and open to everyone. Each tradition has a main page covering its history, teachings, deities, scriptures, schools and follower numbers. Every scripture and mantra of consequence has a page of its own.
Does the library charge anything
No. Everything is open. There is no fee, no paywall, no coin system and no sign-in.
Does the library favour one religion
No. It describes rather than judges. It does not say which path is right, invites no one to join a religion and no one to leave one. Teachings and historical record are kept in separate boxes so the reader always knows which they are reading.
Why does each religion have a different colour
Colours come from the actual vestments, implements and emblems of each tradition, and every pair is machine-tested for contrast before use, so the colour alone tells a reader which path they are in.