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Benoytosh Bhattacharyya |
An Introduction to Buddhist Esoterism |
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| In spite of the prevalent view against Tantricism and Tantric literature, Hindus in general are in the grip of this very Tantra in their daily life, customs and usages with all the attendant good and evil. The present work investigates and places before the scholars a dispassionate account of the Tantras in general and Buddhist Tantras in particular.
The author traces its origin to primitive magic and its development. Narrating the rise of Vajrayana and its place of origin, along with the... |
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Gerhard Endress |
An Introduction to Islam |
$21.95 $16.46 |
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| Hailed as a concise survey of Islamic history and culture, An Introduction
to Islam covers everything from Islamic theology and law to the development of
the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish languages, from social and economic life in the
middle ages to the invention of the Muslim calendar. For the second edition, the
text as well as the references and bibliography have been brought up to date.
About the Author:
Gerhard Endress is professor of Islamic Studies at Ruhr University. Carole... |
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Debabrata Sen Sharma |
An Introduction to The Advaita Saiva Philosophy of Kashmir |
$22.49 $16.87 |
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| Ancient Indian tradition traces the origins of the Saiva cult to the Agamic thought current. The emergence of the Trika school of Saivism in Kashmir marks the climax in the development of the Advaita Saiva thought, being backed up by a rich Sanskrit literature. The doctrine of recognition (pratyabhijna) constitutes the cardinal doctrine in the philosophy of the Advaita Saiva School. The sadhaka (spiritual seeker) has to try to discover his real being by removing the various veils, to thereafter... |
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Udaya Meddegama |
Anagatavamsa Desana: The Sermon of the Chronicle-To-Be |
$16.49 $12.37 |
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| This Sinhala recension of the Anagatavamsa, here translated into English for the first time, is but one of several texts forming a genre of Buddhist apocalyptic literature generated by the cult of Maitreya in South and South-east Asia. It is a prophetic text revealing a rich religious imagination focussed upon the advent of the future Buddha in a time when those who have long perserved in the religious quest will gain an opportunity to realize the highest spiritual attainment. |
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Swami Sivananda |
Ananda Gita: The song of bliss |
$4.95 $3.71 |
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| Table of Contents:
Publisher's Note
Introduction
What is divine life
Divine Life
Religion
Essence of Gita
Way of attainment
Sadhana
Satsanga
Guru Is Necessary
Virtue and Vice
Pleasure and Pain
All about Mind
How to Control the Mind?
Sankalpa and Its Destruction
Ahamkara or Egoism
Way to Peace
Special Instructions
Karma yoga
Practice of Karma Yoga
Anasakti Yoga
Bhakti yoga
What Is Bhakti Yoga
Power of Prayer
Surrender... |
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N. Anantharaman |
Ananda Lahari |
$4.95 $3.71 |
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| An inimitable and excellent collection of verses in praise of Goddesss Bhavani is known by the name of Anandalahari which literally means the "wave of Spiritual Bliss" The verses, twenty in number, are not only devotional masterpieces but also literacy gems. The theme in all the slokas in the Divine Mother. The Mother is ever ready to shower Her love, affection and blessings on the devotee, who, like a trusting and loving child, should place himself (or himself) unconditionally and... |
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Shantilal Nagar (Tr.) |
Ananda Ramayana: Attributed to the Great Sage Valmiki: Sanskrit Text with English Translation (2 Vols.) |
$102.99 $77.24 |
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| Table of Contents: Volume I1. Sara-kanda2. Yatra-kanda3. Yaga-kanda4. Vilasa-kanda5. Janma-kanda6. Vivaha-kandaVolume II7. Rajya-kanda (First half)8. Rajya-kanda (Second half)9. Manohar-kanda10. Purna-kanda"With the composition of the Ramayana by the sage Valmiki, there was a boost in the popularity of the story of Rama. The life of Rama had been quite ideal and his life stories had been quite popular with the masses, possibly in fragments in earlier times but Valmiki did a great service to the... |
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satya P. Agarwal |
Apad-Dharma in the Mahabharata |
$14.49 $10.87 |
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| The historical background of the present study poses an important, academic question. How could the Indian society have protected itself against external attacks during the pre-modern period? Research-based answers to such India-related questions occupy the initial part of this book to which a global dimension has been added by digging deep into Mahabharata innumerable stories.
The results of innovative investigations into the general question - How to face calamities at personal, state, and... |
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Janet Gyatso |
Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary |
$46.99 $35.24 |
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| Apparitions of the Self is a groundbreaking investigation into what is known in Tibet as "secret autobiography," an exceptional, rarely studied literary genre that presents a personal exploration of intimate religious experiences. In this volume, Janet Gyatso translates and studies the outstanding pair of secret autobiographies by the famed Tibetan Buddhist visionary, Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798), whose poetic and self-conscious writings are as much about the nature of his own identity,... |
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Rattanlal hangloo |
Approaching Islam |
$23.95 $17.96 |
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| This book was conceived at a very crucial moment in the post 9/11 period and therefore it takes into account a wide range of themes cutting across time periods and regions that reflect the dynamism and diversity of Islam.
Essays on aspects of universalism in Islam followed by an essay on the
question of sectarianism read like a debate espousing two different viewpoints.
Issues that are part of the current engagements at the scholarly and popular
level are Radical Islam and the US... |
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Richard K. Payne |
Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha |
$31.99 $23.99 |
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| The discourse on Buddhist studies has traditionally been structured around texts and nations (the transmission of Buddhism from India to China to Japan). And yet, it is doubtful that these categories reflect in any significant way the organizing themes familiar to most Buddhists. It could be argued that cultic practices associated with particular buddhas and bodhisattvas are more representative of the way Buddhists conceive of their relation to tradition.
This volume aims to explore this... |
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Saratchandra Ghoshal (Ed. & Tr.) |
Apta-Mimamsa of Acharya Samantabhadra |
$11.49 $8.62 |
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| A Sanskrit treatise with 114 verses in ten chapters. Apta-mimamsa means 'propounding the evident one'. It expounds the jaina concept of 'omniscient' in a philosophical-cum-logical manner. As a matter of fact, it is an eulgy. It is more popularly called Devagama-stotra after the first word in its first verse. This fashion of nomenclature was followed in the outstanding eulogies- Bhaktamara, Kalyana-mandira, Visapahara, Ekibhava etc. The magnanimous considerations, thorough discussions, perfect... |
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Samten G. Karmay |
Arrow And The Spindle 2 Vols. |
$134.99 $101.24 |
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| Thirty two fascinating articles and translations dealing with myths and rituals, Dzogchen, Bon, the edicts of various kings and Tibet's historical unification, disintegration and reunification. Includes: Dzogchen manuscript from Dunhuang, Introduction to the History and Doctrines of Bon, The Doctrinal Position of Dzogchen from the 10th to 13th centuries, 3 Sacred Bon Dances, Early Evidence for the Existence of Bon, The Interview Between Phyva Kengtse Lanmed and Confucius, ... |
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Jagdish Prasad Jain ‘Sadhak’ |
Art and Science of Self-Realization |
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| This volume on the moral discipline of a householder by Amrtachandra is a masterly exposition of the means (upaya) to attain the highest objective of human endeavour (purusharthasiddhi), i.e. self-realization.
It argues that the external behaviour of the conscious self (purusha) cannot be divorced from the world of his inner thoughts and feelings. The book stresses that internal aspects or the self-referential spiritual perspective of nishchaya naya (viewpoint) plays the primary role in... |
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T. Naidoo |
Arya Samaj Movement in South Africa |
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| The Arya Samaj movement is essentially a religious institution but became a significant force in India`s religious and secular struggle for social and cultural self-determination.
Its founding in 1875 presaged the creation of independent India in 1947. This work does not attempt a detailed examination of the movement but provides an outline of its growth and philosophy in the light of the work of its founder Swami Dayanand Sarasvati. the complex of institutions and upliftment programmes... |
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Lawrence A. Babb |
Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture |
$6.94 $5.21 |
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| Jainism is aside from Buddhism, the only surviving example of India`s ancient non-Vedic religious traditions celebrated for its systematic practice of non-violence and for the rigor of the asceticism it promotes. It sheds light on a little known religious tradition and demonstrates that divine absence.
LAWRENCE A. Babb teaches anthropology and Asian Studies at Amherst College. He is the author of Redemptive Encounters: Three Modern Styles in the Hindu Tradition |
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Patrick Olivelle |
Asoka: In History and Historical Memory |
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| The current volume, which contains the presentations at a symposium sponsored by the South Asia Institute and the Department of Asian Studies of the University of Texts at Austin (February 4, 2006) is intended to advance the study of Asoka both as history and historical memory.
The authors of these papers take as historically significant not only the "historical truth" of Asoka but also the ways in which Asoka presents himself and his political, nationalistic, and religious purposes by... |
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J. Gonda |
Aspects of Early Visnuism |
$24.95 $18.71 |
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| Visnu holds a divinity of highest rank among the Hindus. In the present work, the author has made an attempt to sketch the main features in the character of Visnu as they appeared in different ages.
The book is divided into three chapters, each running into several sections.
Chapter 1 opens with the description of the origin of Visnu, his character, emblems, attributes, incarnations, comparative status etc. The author has endeavoured to present a faithful portrait of the god with reference... |
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M.C. Alasinga Perumal |
Aspects of the Vedanta |
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| Vedanta literally means 'the end of the Vedas'. The Upanisads may be regarded as the end of the Vedas also in the sense that they mark the culmination of the Vedic speculation. Besides, the Upanishads were regarded as the inner or secret meanings of the Vedas; hence their teachings were sometimes called Vedopanisad or the Mystery of the Vedas.
The work entitled 'Aspects of the Vedanta' is a collection of articles, written various eminent scholars of Sanskrit and Philosophy. The articles are... |
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Radhakamal Mukerjee |
Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme |
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| Astavakragita (The Song of the Self Supreme) contains the Sanskrit text of Astavakragita (both in Nagari and Roman script), its English translation, Exegesis and Glossarial Index. It presents in twenty chapters the substance of Astavakra`s teaching in respect of the Cosmic Self in the form of his dialogue with Janaka, the seer-king of Videha. The teaching is based on the Upanishadic creed of Absolute monism (Advaitavada) that identifies the Self with the non-dual Ultimate Reality. But the... |
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Dr. Prem Kumar Sharma |
Astrological Concepts Worked Out and Explained |
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| It is a well-established fact that since Vedic astrology has its basis in Vedic knowledge, it is as old as human creation and has been used from time immemorial to dispel the unfounded horrors and prejudices of the human mind. Rahu and Ketu, the two nodal points of the Moon, constitute the core of Vedic astrology. Ancient Indian seers visualized the north and the south nodes of the Moon as the most interesting and mysterious planetary influences. However, Rahu and Ketu have either been ignored... |
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Jhampa Shanemanand |
Astrology in Buddhism |
$65.99 $49.49 |
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| Use Buddhist wisdom and compassion to clarify your astrological readings.
Become your own astrological guru with the first book to apply Buddhist practice
to Western astrology. Buddhist astrology bridges familiar astrological thinking
with the ideas of karma, interdependence, and impermanence. What if we
consciously choose the compassionate way as we traverse those high peaks of a
Pluto transit or climb to the summit of a Saturn cycle? Does such a response set
up an array of... |
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John Stratton Hawley |
At Play With Krishna |
$48.49 $36.37 |
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| Every year thousands of pilgrims travel to Brindavan, the village where Krishna is said to have lived as child. There, in one of north India’s great spiritual centers, they witness a series of religious dramas called ras lilas, whose central roles are performed by children. By translating four plays that collectively span this cycle, John Hawley provides a lively perspective on the mythology of Krishna as Hindus experience it today. His book contains an opening chapter describing the... |
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William Dwight Whitney (Translator) |
Atharva-Veda-Samhita (2 Vols.) |
$59.95 $44.96 |
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| OUT OF STOCK AND AVAILABLE AGAIN IN 2008. Atharva-Veda means ‘the Veda of the Atharvan' or ‘the knowledge of Magic Formulas'. The great importance of the Atharva-Veda Samhita lies in the very fact that it is an invaluable source of knowledge of the real popular belief as yet uninfluenced by the priestly religion, of the faith in numberless spirits, imps, ghosts, and demons of every kind, and of the witchcraft, so eminently important to ethnology and for the history of religion. This... |
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Alka Chattopadhyaya(Tr.) Lama Chimpa(Guide) |
Atisa and Tibet: Life and Works of Dipamkara Srijnana (alias Atisa) in relation to the History and Religion of Tibet with Tibetan Sources |
$44.99 $33.74 |
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| The book opens with a full account of the baffling personality of the great Bengali Pandit Atisa or Dipamkara Srijnana, the greatest of the teacher reformers of Tibetan Buddhism. The author proceeds to portray the Tibetan background of early Buddhism and gives an account of the early history of Tibet and Indo-Tibetan connections, together with a study of Buddhism in Tibet from the seventh century onwards right down to the time of Atisa in the eleventh century A.D.ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Mrs. Alka... |
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