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Ram Alexander |
Death Must Die |
$38.49 $23.09 |
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| Death Must Die gives an intimate first-hand account of a courageous woman's spiritual quest in close association with several of India's greatest modern saints. Ram Alexander, who was a close friend of Atmananda's and a fellow disciple of Anandamayi Ma, writes with insight about the guru-disciple relationship.Although written in a diary format, her story reads almost like a novel, beginning with her youthful involvement with Theosophy in the Vienna of the 1920s. In the 1940s she goes to Benares... |
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John E. Coleman |
The Quiet Mind |
$14.95 $8.97 |
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| The Quiet Mind is a classic (and true) story of a spiritual odyssey. John
Coleman, a CIA agent in Asia in the 1950's, is forced to resign when his cover
is blown. He embarks on a vigorous pursuit of a different sort: a quest for
spiritual truth.
Coleman travels through India, Burma, Japan and Thailand and encounters such legendary teachers as Krishnamurti, Maharishi, D.T. Suzuki and Sayagyi U Ba Khin. His search for peace of mind and liberating insights comes to fruition in Yangon... |
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Suzanne Segal |
Collision with the Infinite |
$12.99 $7.79 |
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| She thought she had gone mad, but she was enlightened and didn't know it! Some people spend years in caves trying to experience what suddenly happened to Suzanne Segal. This is the incredible story of a young woman who irrevocably lost all sense of personal self, or an "I". It is the story of her mind's desperate attempts to come to grips with -- or deny! -- her spiritual condition, a process which took eight years.-- Collision with the Infinite is an extraordinary work. One... |
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Stephen Knapp |
Search For Destiny : A Spiritual Adventure in the Himalayas |
$25.49 $15.29 |
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| This is a highly mystical and spiritual adventure for
those who prefer their metaphysical insights, realizations, and learning to come
through light reading, stories, and descriptions of experiences. This story
relates a man's quest for Truth and shows his journey from a state of confusion
to one of the highest levels of enlightenment and self-empowerment. It is a book
that will take you to other worlds and unlimited realms.
Deep within the mystical and spiritual practices of
India... |
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Meera Uberoi |
The Mahabharata |
$25.49 $15.29 |
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| A modern retelling of an ancient tale of power, love, duty and revenge.To Indians, the Mahabharata is not merely a story of the power struggle between princes divided on the issue of inheritance. It is representative of human nature and of life itself, for woven into the elaborate narrative of a heroic tale are writings on ethics, law, philosophy, history, geography, statecraft and religion. Meera Uberoi has retold this epic tale of love and hatred, joy and sorrow, pride and endurance, with... |
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Sunyata |
Dancing with the Void |
$21.95 $13.17 |
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| "In this life play I have not been in quest of Guru, God, Truth, Grace,
Salvation, nirvana, or power lust. I had no ambition to be different from what I
am. Blessedly, I had escaped headucation, and was free of any imposed knowledge.
I had no property. I did not marry. I did not belong to any cliques or creed. I
was not attracted to their magnetism. I felt all is within our Self. I had
nothing to assert or resent. Nor had I anything to boast about or regret. I was
fully contented. I... |
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Dom Moraes |
The Open Eyes |
$38.99 $23.39 |
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| In this entertaining and witty mix of history, diary and the ramifications of the modern age the story of the land of Karnataka is told through the eyes of many people. Following the paths gazed by these eyes, Mores's personal experiences bring out the feel and smell of the place, but more, the hope.
Dom begins in the dense woods roamed by wild tigers and panthers. He begins with a little native boy whose large eyes open and see his changing country with mild curiosity and at times... |
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Hermann Hesse |
Siddhartha |
$12.49 $7.49 |
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| Siddhartha is the iconic novel of the sixties beat author Herman Hesse. An absolute must read for both spiritual seekers and non-seekers.Siddhartha's life takes him on a journey toward enlightenment. A fire with youthful idealism, the Brahmin joins a group of ascetics, fasting and living without possessions. Meeting Gotama the Buddha, he comes to feel this is not the right path, though he also declines joining the Buddha's followers. He reenters the world, hoping to learn of his own nature, but... |
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David Crow |
In Search of the Medicine Buddha |
$18.49 $11.09 |
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| Appealing to all those interested in exotic places and genuine mystical encounters, this decade-long search for authentic medical wisdom evokes the beauty and wonder of a faraway land and reveals a hidden world of powerful and important healing knowledge.
Classical healing systems are repositories of valuable insights into urgent medical problems. These philosophies teach the interrelatedness of body and Earth, inseparability of consciousness and matter and our relationship with plants. The... |
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Captan W. Hollings |
The Baital pachisi |
$5.49 $3.29 |
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| These immortal tales of chivalry and skullduggery, wisdom and foolishness, honesty and deceit, are about Baital, a mythical wraith like figure accrediated with supernatural powers, and King Vikramaditya whose wisdom is matched only by King Solomon of the Biblical fame. |
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Smita Jhavar |
Stolen Sunshine |
$16.95 $10.17 |
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| Set in the pre-independence and post-independence scenarios and spanning
three generations, "Stolen Sunshine" delves into the delicate interpersonal
relationships in a typical, traditional Marwari family; and each girl's
individual reaction to the same situation.
The book spreads into 13 chapters presenting a well-knitted plot. The
treatment to the subject is superb and there is continuous flow of events.
About the Author:
Smita Jhavar is currently Director,... |
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Peter Matthiessen |
The Snow Leopard |
$28.00 $16.80 |
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| When Matthiessen went to Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and, possibly, to glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard, he undertook his five-week trek as winter snows were sweeping into the high passes. This is a radiant and deeply moving account of a "true pilgrimage, a journey of the heart."
In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo,... |
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A.N.D. Haksar |
Madhav and Kama- A Love Story from Ancient India |
$10.94 $6.56 |
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| Madhav and Kama- A Love Story from Ancient India is the story of Mádhavánala and Kamákandalá. Madhav, a handsome and accomplished young man, is asked to leave his city of Pushpávati: his looks and singing so distract women that they neglect their work, and cityfolk are in uproar about it. Exiled, Madhav reaches the court of King Kama Sena, the ruler of Kámávati, where he meets the bewitching courtesan Kama. The two fall in love, but royal ire ensures that the lovers must part. A heartbroken... |
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M.J. Akbar |
Blood Brothers |
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| Blood Brothers is M.J. Akbar’s amazing story of three generations of a Muslim family – based on his own – and how they deal with the fluctuating contours of Hindu-Muslim relations. Blood Brothers is a chronicle of its age, its canvas as enchanting as its narrative, a personal journey through change as tensions build, stretching the bonds of a lifetime to breaking point and demanding, in the end, the greatest sacrifice. Its last chapters, written in a bare-bones, unemotional style, are the... |
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V.N. Sekhri |
A Lament |
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| All of us have heard stories of partition and have also read about it in history books. Here is a real life story of a man who had gone throught all those circumstances.
The book is an explict picture of all those who had to leave their hearth and home and adjust to the multifarious demands of the new land and situations. |
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Greta Rana |
A Place Beneath the Pipal Tree |
$18.49 $11.09 |
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| This novel was first published in German by Ehrenwirth verlag, Munich, and is distributed through Luebbe Books as 'Im Schatten des heiligen Baumes'.
It describes three generations of Sherpa women, the men in their lives, the times they lived in, and the dilemmas they faced.
While not over romanticising the past, when it was originally written it could almost have been prophetic in its misgivings about the future in an environment governed by status and taboo, in which women have to... |
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Paul Bauer |
Himalayan Campaign |
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| The exciting tale of the first two German expeditions to Kangchenjunga brings vividly to life the conditions of life in the subcontinent at the time.
At this time, India was part of the British Empire, but this was not an obstacle for the German team. "Our personal relationship with the English presented no problems.. We felt at home... with the British.. made a strict rule never to discuss religion or politics.. one can understand whey I smiled to myself when the British Consul-General... |
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Selina Sen |
A Mirror Greens in Spring |
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| It is 1984, a year which marks the end of an era in New Delhi, a city simmering with ethnic strife during the anti-Sikh riots consequent to prime minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination.
This cataclysmic event as the backdrop to the story serves to emphasize a climate of change and depicts the difference between two very diverse refugee cultures in Delhi, created upon the partition of India when the largest migration in history took place. In fact, issues of identity and displacement are... |
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Terry Newland |
Mind is a Myth |
$21.95 $13.17 |
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| Disquieting Conversations with the Man Called "U.G. Krishnamurti".
This is the story of a man who had it all--looks,
wealth, culture, fame, travel, career--and gave it all up to find for himself
the answer to his burning question, "Is there actually anything like freedom,
enlightenment or liberation behind all the abstractions the religions have
thrown at us?" He never got an answer. The book introduces you to the unknown
truths of life. |
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Nilesh D Nathwani |
Kailash-Mansarovar: Diary of a Pilgrim |
$14.49 $8.69 |
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| This is a story of an unforgettable odyssey to the holy Mount Kailash and
the sacred Lake Mansarovar describing mysteries connected with the land
capturing the intangible air of faith and pilgrimage.
For four major religions of the world, i.e. for Tibetan Buddhism, Jainism, Bompo (a religion prior to Buddhism in Tibet) and Hinduism, Mount Kailash is the spot of utmost reverence and importance.
For the Buddhists, Kailash is the centre point of the universe. For the Jains, Kailash is... |
