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Gautam Sen |
The Mind of Swami Vivekananda |
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| Swami Vivekananda was one of the great religious minds of the 19th century. His appearance in Congress of World Religion in America was a momentous event in the history of religion. Here, he forever changed the Western view of Vedanta Hindu philosophy. What was hitherto considered an assortment of superstitions was revealed by Vivekananda's eloquence to be a sophisticated religious and metaphysical system which won the respect of Western thinkers. What is the substance of ... |
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A. Foucher |
The Life of the Buddha |
$48.49 $36.37 |
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| Like many other great religions of the world, Buddhism arose from the teachings of one man: in this case, Prince Siddhartha of Kapilavastu, later called Sakyamuni or Gautama.
This book, turning to Buddhist scriptures and artistic monuments for its sources, presents the story of his life, so nearly as the facts can be determined, in a judicious, straightforward narrative designed for western readers. While it does not accept the pious myths and supernatural events as necessarily true, and does... |
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W.Y. Evans-Wentz |
The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation |
$17.99 $13.49 |
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| This book is the repository of paramount important teachings. Which have been transmitted to the people of the Occident from most illustrious Teachers of Tibet and India. For the first time in English. The chief purpose of the book is to show the way not only to intellectual understanding but to actual psychic realization of the Nirvanic goal proclaimed by Gautama, the Buddha. And in as much as no other treatise quite like this treatise has yet appeared in the Western World, it... |
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Thich Nhat Hanh |
Old Path White Glouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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| This book presents the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha. Drawn from the Pali, Sanskrit and Chinese sources, it traces Buddha's life over the course of 80 years.
About the Author:
Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, scholar and poet. He is the founder of Van Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon, and the author of over 75 books, including Old Path White Clouds, a biography of the Buddha; Being Peace; and The Miracle of Mindfulness. At his community, Plum Village in France, he... |
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J.P. Vaswani |
Short Skecthes of Saints: Known & Unknown |
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| If you regard life as a journey towards Liberation,Salvation and attainment of Eternal Bliss, then you are certain toagree that we all need the best guidance we can get to complete the journey successfully and reach the much desired destination.What better guidance can we hope for, than the lives of the great saints sent by God to live, walk and talk as one among us, great souls who have not only been our mentors and teachers, but role models whom we must try to emulate?And who better to tell... |
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Swami Sivananda |
Stories from the Mahabharata |
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| This epic is held in great reverence and esteem by the millions of Hindus and is generally known as the fifth Veda, for it contains the Gita, acknowledgment of a belief in which as the Scripture is the hallmark of every true Hindu. For thousands of years and even today, the Hindu prefaces his worship, his ceremonies and his celebrations with the announcement that he is a dweller in the land of Bharatavarsha and Bharatakhanda. The epic contains the life history of the Bharatas, for more than... |
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Arvind Sharma |
The Buddhism Omnibus Comprising Gautama Buddha, The Dhammapada, and The Philosophy of Religion |
$33.49 $25.12 |
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| The three works brought together in this collection explore Buddhism as a rich source of literary legend, an austere ethical guide, and a contemporary philosophy very relevant in the modern world in view of the resurgence of interest in the Buddha and his philosophy.
Matthew T. Kapstein in his introduction provides a concise historical overview of Buddhism in India and the renewal of interest in the Buddha s teachings and also situates the works in their proper contexts. Gautama Buddha by... |
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S. Radhakrishnan |
The Dhammapada With Introductory Essays, Pali Text, English Translation and Notes |
$14.49 $10.87 |
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| This is an internationally acclaimed translation of a classic Buddhist text, presented in both Pali and English by one of India's foremost philosophers and religious authorities. S. Radhakrishan provides full explanatory notes to the text, as well as an introductory essay about Gautama Buddha, who, from very early times, was believed to have uttered the verses of the Dhammapada. |
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H. Hackmann |
Buddhism as a Religion |
$41.99 $31.49 |
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| Buddhism is one of he great religions of the world, or to put it ini a better way Buddhism is a world religion to the true sense of the term. It is not only the living faith in a vast area of the world with increasing various till this last decade of the twentieth century, but also it assimilates within itself all the best elements of all religions, practiced all over the world. Founded by Gautama the Buddha in the sixth century B.C., Buddhism spread almost all over Asia in very early... |
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Karl H. Potter (Ed.) |
The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies (Vol. 7) |
$89.49 $67.12 |
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| Soon after the time of Gautama the Buddha a literature began to grow involving the reported words of Gautama, the rules and procedures governing the order of monks he founded, and attempts to set forth his philosophical teachings as understood and developed by his immediate pupils and the schools of Buddhist thought which grew in succeeding generations. The present volume undertakes to summarize the gist of these philosophical teachings, termed Abhidharma, from the first texts that developed... |
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A.L.Basham |
History and Doctrines Of The Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion |
$38.49 $28.87 |
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| The book presents the history and the doctrines of the Ajivikas who formed a third heretical sect besides the sect of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism and that of Mahavira Vardhamana, the twenty fourth Tirthankara of the Jainas. The three heterodox sects react against the ritualistic creed of the Verdicts. The cult of Ajivikas was founded by Makkhali Gosal, the contemporary of Mahavira Vardhamana, on the basis of strict determinism with a belief in the all-embracing rule of Niyati... |
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Bharat Bhushan Gupta |
India Through the Ages |
$21.94 $16.46 |
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| India through the ages is a book that takes the reader on an unforgettable journey, exploring a fascinating country. The book brings India's growth from an ancient to a modern, strong democracy in a vivid and detailed manner.
It introduces readers to a panoramic view of her history and civilization. It presents the saga of her sages and scientists, warriors and vagabonds, poets and philosophers, who at various periods in time scripted the destiny of the Indian subcontinent. It enables... |
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Lotika Varadarajan |
Indo-Portuguese Encounters : Journeys in Science, Technology and Culture - 2 Volumes |
$288.49 $216.37 |
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| The genesis of the present publication can be traced to a remarkable series of International Seminars initiated in Goa in 1978. Since then, the series has continued at regular intervals of between two to three years. In 1998 the host institution for the Ninth International Seminar on Indo-Portuguese History was the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, through its history of science programme.
This publication comprises the papers presented at this forum which had concentrated on the... |
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Sameer Das Gupta |
Advanced History of Buddhism: Monasteries and Temples |
$50.49 $37.87 |
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| The history of Buddhism is also characterized by the development of numerous movements and schisms, foremost among them the Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions, punctuated by contrasting periods of expansion and retreat.
The history of Buddhism spans from the 6th century BC to the present, starting with the birth of the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama. This makes it one of the oldest religions practiced today. Throughout this period, the religion evolved as it encountered... |
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S.D. Trivedi |
Myths and Legends in Indian Art |
$189.49 $142.12 |
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| The book starts with an Introduction discussing the concept and role of myths and legends in Indian Art. It talks about the centrality of myths and legends in ancient Indian literature, folklore and popular imagination of the ordinary people.
It traces the essential role that myths played in the development of Hindu cosmology and cosmogony, the flights of fancy of the early Aryan mind and the efforts of Vedic and post-Vedic poets and thinkers to rationalize unexplained phenomenon and man's... |
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Ram Prasad Das Gupta |
Crime and Punishment in Ancient India |
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| This book deals with the crimes and punishments in ancient India. Apart form crimes and punishments, its evolutionary process has also been discussed. Criminal laws laid down by Gautama, Vasistha, Apastamba, etc. also find place in the book. The influcence of caste system on the criminal law, apprehension of criminals, the courts, offences against the state, king, public justice, offences relating to weights and measures, religion, morality and family life are also given in the book with... |
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Professor E.B.Cowell |
The Jataka or Stories of the Buddha Former Births (3 vols in 6 Parts) |
$163.99 $122.99 |
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| ABOUT THE BOOK : In India recollection of previous lives is a common feature in the histories of the saints and heroes of sacred tradition. The doctrine of transmigration, since the later Vedic period, has played such an important part in the history of the national character and religious ideas that even buddhist literature has included the ages of the past as an authentic background to the founder's historical life as Gautama. Jataka stories or birth legends were widely known in the third... |
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Abhinavagupta |
Sri Tantralokah: Text with English Translation Chapter Two, Three, Four |
$75.49 $56.62 |
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| Tantraloka is a magnum opus of the Indian Tantric-world, written in the Tenth Century, in the light of Kashmir Saivism by the great polymath Sri Abhinavagupta. This great work does not only include all the philosophical and Tantric essence of monistic Kashmir Saivism but is also often considered the apex of Indian Tantric Philosophy.
About the Author:
Gautam Chatterjee, well-known writer, has a lineage of Pt. Ishvara Chandra Vidyasagar, with deep Sanskrit Tradition and has been a close... |
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Asim Kumar Chatterjee |
A Comprehensive History of Jainism (2 Vols.) |
$52.78 $39.59 |
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| In this book an attempt has been made to write a comprehensive and connected account abut Jainism from 800 BC to the time of Mughal Emperor Akbar. In this work, the author has tried to show that Lord Parsvanatha was the first prophet of non-violence and the earliest genuine teacher, advocating the equality of men and women. It also carries descriptive account of the well-known Jaina tirthas (sacred places) and nearly three hundred places have been discussed. This work has been generously... |
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F.D. Lessing |
Introduction to the Buddhist Tantric Systems |
$24.49 $18.37 |
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| The Survey of the Buddhist Tantras by Mkhas-grub-rje (1385-1438) is a sample of the rich literature on this topic in the Tibetan language. In accordance with Tsonkha-pa`s tantric reform after the theory about how Gautama Buddha became enlightened the author present the non-tantric materials stipulated as preliminary for tantric study and practice.The translation was collaborated in the 1950s between F.D. Lessing and Alex Wayman at Berkeley, California. After Lessing`s death, Wayman annotated... |
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Har Dayal |
Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature |
$21.99 $16.49 |
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| This present work consists of seven chapters that deal with the Bodhisattva doctrine as expounded in the principal Buddhist Sanskrit literature. Besides a general index appended at the end, the book contains comprehensive notes and references. It is written in a very lucid style that speaks of the writer's scholarly acumen and mastery of literary art.
The work describes the nature of the Bodhisattva doctrines with particular stress on the distinct characteristics of arhat, bodhisattva, and... |
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E.B. Cowell, Ed. |
The Jataka or Stories of the Buddha`s Formar Births (6 Vols. in 3 Pts.) |
$127.99 $95.99 |
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| In India recollection of previous lives is a common feature in the histories of the saints and heroes of sacred tradition. The doctrine of transmigration, since the later Vedic period, has played such an important part in the history of the national character and religious ideas that even Buddhist literature has included the ages of the past as an authentic background to the founder's historical life as Gautama. Jataka stories or birth legends were widely known in the third century B.C. The... |
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Ravindra Kumar |
Gautama Buddha and the Dhammapada |
$46.99 $35.24 |
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| The relevance, importance and adaptability of all four hundred twenty three Dhammapadas, put forth before human world by Mahatma Gautama Buddha, two thousand five hundred years ago, is none the less even today. Based on truth, the Dhammapadas, even after a though change in time and space, are fully practical and capable to lead a man for his all-round development; they are welfaristic, and continuously exhort to achieve the real goal of life.
Universally renowned scholar Dr. Ravindra... |
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Peter Della Santina |
Madhyamaka Schools in India: A Study of the Madhyamaka Philosophy and of the Division of the System into the Prasangika and Svatantrika Schools |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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| This Volume traces the development of one of the most divisive debates in Buddhist philosophy in which leading parts were taken by Nagarjuna, Bhavaviveka and Candrakirti. The interesting debate between the Prasangikas and Svatantrikas has thus far received comparatively little attention. It has been largely assumed that the division between the two schools occurred as a result of the disagreements on the essentials of the Madhyamaka philosophical view.
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Gautam Chatterjee |
Sri Tantralokah - Chapter One |
$35.99 $26.99 |
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| Abhinava Gupta's magnum opus the "Tantraloka" is a great work in the ambience of tantragama treatise. This precept consists of right descriptions of almost all branches of saiva and sakta agama. The right will to translate the entire work into English (Direct from Samskrta) is arisen in the mind of Mr. Gautam Chatterjee. As the result, the translation work of the first chapter has been completed with illustrious footnotes. I pray to Lord Siva, who blesses with his Trisula of powers i.e. will,... |
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