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J. L. Shaw |
Casuality and Its Application |
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| Causality and Its Application: Samkhya, Bauddha and Nyaya is not only a commentary on the views of classical Indian philosophers, but also contains explanations of concepts which are indispensable for understanding metaphysics, epistemology and ethics, among many other things. This book deals with a range of questions, such as whether the material cause contains the effect in its subtle form, whether causality can be defined in terms of efficacy, whether causal conditions are related to each... |
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Purushottama Bilimoria |
Contemporary Philosophy and J.L. Shaw |
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| The volume felicitates and honours the scholarly achievements of Dr. Jayasankar Lal Shaw, one of the significant stalwarts of Indian and comparative philosophy in the contemporary analytical context. The volume includes essays from some of the leading philosophers and logicians, such as Max Cresswell, Paul Gochet and Mihir Chakraborty, and others, representing four continents.
J.L. Shaw has explored and reflected on a range of important topics, such as knowledge, belief, doubt, cognition,... |
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Doug Boyd |
Swami: Encounters with Modern Mystics |
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| Mysterious men with chants and beards, speakers of elliptical truths - the popular images of swamis have fascinated us for centuries. But what are they really like? In Swami Doug Boyd portrays these "masters of self" as he has personally experienced them. Their teachings, astonishing mental powers, and very human personalities are explored with enthusiasm, humor, respect and penetrating curiosity.
As described n the first porition of this book, Boyed spent several months as the... |
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Subodh Gopal Nandi |
Manuscript and Manuscriptology in India |
$96.49 $72.37 |
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| Preservation of manuscripts is a serious issue for the Librarians, information scientists and archivists ever since human beings acquired the knowledge of writing. The manuscripts have the chances to be damaged by insects or due to tearing by use of rough handling; so it is most essential to repair these damages at the moment of identification.
The preservation of manuscripts follows traditional as well as modern methods, which are scientific and preserve documents for further use. In... |
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Charles A. Moore |
The Indian Mind: Essentials of Indian Philosophy and Culture |
$44.99 $33.74 |
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| The question, according to George P. Conger, noted authority on Indian philosophy, is not so much whether India can contribute as whether the West is ready to receive? Here, in selected essays from the proceedings of the East-West philosophers' Conferences, is an examination by world authorities of one of the oldest, richest, most complicated, and most profound philosophical traditions of all time.
The intimate relationship in Indian perspective between philosophy and life is... |
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Jayant Burde |
Buddhist Logic and Quantum Dilemma |
$34.99 $26.24 |
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| Two theories, relativity theory and quantum theory shook the very foundation of physics in the 20th century. Of the two, quantum theory reveals a truly mysterious sub-atomic world with its mind-boggling phenomena. For example, such entities as electrons, protons and photons (light particles)or waves as the occasion demands. This is called matter-wave duality.In Buddhist philosophy scholars have found a doctrine called catuskoti which is astonishingly similar to matter-wave duality. violate the... |
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Michael Lockwood |
Buddhism's Relation to Christianity: A Miscellaneous Anthology with Occasional Comment |
$28.49 $21.37 |
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| There is a proverb in India to the effect that one should not inquire too deeply into the origin of rishis (God-men) or rivers. This book, however, seeks to plumb the very depths of the great puzzle of the relation between the Buddha and Jesus. The First Section features a select, annotated bibliography highlighting almost two hundred years of scholarly work on the remarkable parallelism between the messages and lives of the Buddha and Jesus. The Second section deals with Buddhist... |
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Deedre Diemer |
The ABC's of Chakra Therapy |
$13.95 $10.46 |
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| The ABC's of Chakra Therapy is a practical, user-friendly guidebook that
leads you on a journey of self-healing and transformation by exploring your
energy field--specifically the seven main energy centers, or chakras. Deedre
Diemer's unique approach draws on a variety of therapies--visualization, sound,
color, aromatherapy, reflexology, crystals and gemstones, along with yoga and
other physical exercise. She combines facets of these powerful healing
techniques so you can clear... |
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Harsha V. Dehejia |
Gods Beyond Temples |
$99.99 $74.99 |
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| The sacred in the Indian tradition is more an experience than a concept and goes much beyond the narrow confines of an organized temple or even a shrine. The gods of this tradition, as well as those who hold them sacred, are simple and unpretentious yet dignified and self-assured.
Whether it is a tree that is held sacred or a naturally occurring stone that is revered, a river that is the embodiment of divinity itself, an ancestor that is worshipped, a fabric that is simply draped, a road side... |
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Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati |
Who Created God? |
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| This book is a rich tribute to the indigenous Shilpaic tradition of the land of India and a unique work on the science of form generation and form figuration. It deals with the process of subtle energy turning into gross energy and analyses how energy itself turns into matter in this universe. Even God, the Supreme Brahman exists in a definite form at subtle level which gets manifested into material form at the hands of the Shilpi. About the Author: Born in the year 1927, at... |
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Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati |
Synthesis of Science & Spirituality in the Vaastu Shilpa tradition |
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| About the Author:
Born in the year 1927, at Pillayarpatti, a village near Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati comes from an illustrious family of temple architects and sculptors. His family lineage stretches back over one hundred decades including the sthapatis who created the great Brihadeeswara Temple of Tanjore, the treasure house of Indian art and architecture. Son of Sri Vaidyanatha Sthapati, a renowned sculptor and Sanskrit scholar, he has made remarkable contributions to the... |
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Roger Worthington |
Finding the Hidden Self: A Study of the Siva Sutras |
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| Western philosophers have searched hard for the elusive entity called consciousness, but nowhere has it been captured better than in the Siva Sutras. These Sutras describe the creative principle behind the universe and how it manifests in human consciousness.
The Origin of the Sutras is mysterious; legend has it that the sage Vasugupta discovered them engraved on a large stone tablet on Mount Kailas in Kasmir. Lrd Siva, the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe,... |
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Prasanna Kumar Acharya |
Architecture of Manasara : Translated from Original Sanskrit - Manasara Series 4 (Paperback) |
$62.49 $46.87 |
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| Contents: Preface The contents The qualifications of architects and the system of measurement The classification of architecture The selection of site The examination of soil Erection of Gnomons (for Orientation of buildings) and pegs (for foundation) The site plans The sacrificial offerings The village The towns and forts The dimensions of buildings The foundation The pedestals of columns The bases of columns The columns The entablatures and roofs Joinery The general... |
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Aidan Rankin |
The Jain Path: Ancient Wisdom for an Age of Anxiety |
$38.49 $28.87 |
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| Jainism is one of the world's oldest religions. It is rigorous, rational and unequivocal in its teachings on non-violence and insistence on nobility in thoughts, words and deeds. Self-reliance is the cornerstone of Jain philosophy. Jain cosmology is very advanced and Jain theory of karma is highly rational. It revolves around a profoundly spiritual personal journey where each soul is enjoined to be of assistance to one another but remain detached throughout. Contents: Preface ... |
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Deedre Diemer |
ABC's of Chakra Therapy: A Workbook |
$12.99 $9.74 |
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| The ABC's of Chakra Therapy is a practical, user-friendly workbook that leads readers on a journey of self-healing and transformation through the exploration of the human energy field, specifically the seven main energy centers, or chakras. The unique approach of this book focuses not just on one method of energy clearing, but incorporates a variety of therapies to... More choose from. The forms of therapy in this healing "bag of tools" include: visualization, sound, color, aromatherapy,... |
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R.K. Narayan |
The Mahabharata (Narayan) |
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| The great Indian epic The Mahabharata is at least 3,500 years old. In its original, in the Sanskrit language, it runs to one hundred thousand stanzas in verse, by far the longest of the world's epics. Also, together with the Ramayana, it embodies the very essence of Indian cultural and religious heritage, laying down values of individual life and society which have shaped the texture of Indian life. The Mahabharata fairly bursts with an astonishing treasure of riches. At one level it is a great... |
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Kristi L. Wiley |
The A to Z of Jainism |
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| It is a unique reference book about a religion with an unbroken history of more than 2,500 years, and one which has influenced India's culture throughout this period. At the core of Jainism's teachings is non-violence, which Mahatma Gandhi brought to world consciousness by adopting it as the guiding principle in the campaign he led for India's freedom. In Jainism, non-violence extends equally to man's relationship with all natural life, a sensitivity being articulated anew in contemporary times... |
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Irene M. Watson |
Transformation: Global Changes - Positive & Negative |
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| Our Cry is no longer a Cry in the Wilderness – IT IS A MIGHTY ROAR!The Personal and Universal Upheavals we are experiencing NOW really need to be defined – even at this late stage of our Spiritual Enquiry!In this book the Author tabulates and discusses the COMPLEXITIES OF THE SOUL – Soul Consciousness, Cosmic Consciousness, Soul Recovery, Soul Calibration, Soul Splicing, Soul Contracts, Soul Segment Separation and Recovery, Activation of the Higher Spiritual Acceleratory Point, The Line... |
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Dr. T.N. Ganapathy |
Nine Tandirams on the Tirumandiram (Thirumandiram) |
$312.99 $234.74 |
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| About the Book:The Tirumandiram, by Siddha Tirumular is a sacred, monumental work of philosophical and spiritual wisdom rendered in verse form. Encyclopedic in its vast scope, and written nearly 2,000 years ago and it is one of India’s greatest texts, a spiritual treasure-trove, a Sastra containing astonishing insight. It is a seminal work and is the first treatise in Tamil that deals with different aspects of Yoga, Tantra and Saiva Siddhantha.Tandirams 1, 2 and 3 - Translated by Sri T.V.... |
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Hajime Nakamura |
A Comparative History of Ideas |
$48.49 $36.37 |
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| Hajime Nakamura argues with remarkable erudition that particular intellectual and social developments can be traced in all great cultures; that each culture deals with its problems in about the same order. About the Author:Prof. Hajime Nakamura, D. Litt. (University of Tokyo), Honorary D.Litt. (Government of India and Nehru University), was a distinguished scholar of international repute. He was a member of the Japan Academy and was decorated with the highest Japanese awards such as the Medal... |
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Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak & David Frawley |
In Search of The Cradle of Civilization |
$18.99 $14.24 |
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| The book shows that the ancient Indians were no primitives but possessed a high spiritual culture, which not only influenced the evolution of the Western world in decisive ways but which still has much to teach us today. India's archaic spirituality is codified in the rich symbols, metaphors, and myths of the magnificent Rig-Veda, which is shown to be much older than has been widely assumed by scholars. The present book also unravels the astonishing mathematical and astronomical code hidden in... |
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Importance of Vedana and Sampajañña |
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| The Seminar on Vedana and Sampajañña, held in 1990 at Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri, India, was an important milestone in the acknowledgment of Vipassana meditation as the quintessence of the Buddha's teaching. The papers presented at the seminar gave detailed insight into these two very important terms from the Pali canon. They are inspiring to meditators and intriguing to scholars interested in the Buddha's teaching.
In this second edition S.N. Goenka has contributed a new article that once again... |
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Richard Power |
The Lost Teachings of Lama Govinda |
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| The author in The Lost Teachings of Lama Govinda digs through the treasure trove of Govinda’s many writings, as well as his private letters and other archival materials, and brings forth nuggets of pure gold. He also mines the memoirs of several other luminaries who met and were inspired by Govinda, such as Huston Smith and W.Y. Evans-Wentz, and shares the wisdom they gleaned from him.
This work is a must read for anyone interested in the development of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. It also... |
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Alexander Cunningham |
Mahabodhi |
$41.67 $31.25 |
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| Marking the spot of Buddha's enlightenment, Bodhgaya is greatly revered by Buddhists, especially for the bodhi tree beneath which the Master sat in meditation. After the death of Buddha, Bodhgaya flourished as an important religious centre and numerous shrines, stupas and monasteries were erected. The site continued to attract pilgrims and was only abandoned in the 15th century.
The revival of interest in Bodhgaya began in 1802, when the Burmese sent a mission there. It soon attracted the... |
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Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati |
Significance of Vimanam & Gopuram |
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| Significance Of Vimanam and Gopuram explains temple culture and the subtleties of Temple architecture with special reference to the importance of Vimanam (roof member of inner sanctum) and Gopuram (the entrance gateway to a temple complex) is discussed in this book. This is a book that should necessarily be read by one and all who visit the Temple of India. About the Author:Born in the year 1927, at Pillayarpatti, a village near Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati comes... |
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