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John E. Mitchiner |
Traditions of the Seven Rsis |
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| Ascetics and mystics have played a prominent role in the development of nearly all religious traditions. The particular importance of such figures within Hinduism is especially evident in the traditions recounted of the Seven Rsis - the seven archetypal sages or seers who are depicted as being more important and powerful than even the gods themselves: indeed, through their asceticism the Rsis become the progenitors of the gods, as also of men, demons and all other orders of creation. ... |
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Sadashiv Ambadas Dange |
Towards Understanding Hindu Myths |
$56.49 $42.37 |
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| The book takes a survey of important opinions and schools regarding the meaning of myths, such as the nature-myth school, the ritual-myth school which believed that all myths and rituals are intimately connected to each other and that they are counterparts of each other, the functional school and the structural approach to the understanding of myths. It also takes note of the historical and the typological method. It examines all these methods and evaluates the role of metaphor and symbol in... |
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Dr. T. D. Singh |
Towards a Culture of Harmony and Peace |
$62.99 $47.24 |
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| Today, humanity is at crossroads. We all feel tremendous anxiety, fearand unrest from terrorism and wars of various kinds. Thus every thinking personintensely yearns for harmony and peace in every corner of the globe.
What are the ways and means for creating harmony and peace in this world where we have people with different cultures, religions, colors, nationalities, ideals, etc.? Could various religious traditions of the world guide humanity towards harmony and peace instead of being the... |
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Prem Singh Jina |
Tourism and Buddhist Monasteries of Ladakh Himalaya |
$45.49 $34.12 |
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| Ladakh, isolated for centuries, therefore, preserved unique historical monuments and cultural heritage. Recent post fast development activities and tourism in Ladakh have created alarming situation. Hence, we need to imply sustainable development policy, so that besides others we can be able to preserve our rich heritage.
This book is an attempt to tell the monastic history of the Buddhist Monasteries and the alarming situation of migratory birds. This work will be useful for teachers and... |
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Sri Sathakopasuri |
Tiruvaymoli Sahasra Gitih (2 Vols.) |
$99.99 $74.99 |
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| Tiruvaimoli is an outstanding hymnal work of Srivaisnavism by the greatest of Alwar saints Nammalvar of Tamil Nadu. The propagation of the religion and philosophy of Srivaisnavism was intensely carried out by the Alwar saints through their devotional hymns between the 6th and 9th centuries A.D.
Tiruvaimoli, deeply valued as the Tamil Veda of the Vaishnavites, is the melodious mystical outpouring of the saint Mammalvar celebrating his ecstatic divine experiences of myriad hues. The present... |
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar |
Timeless Wisdom |
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| 'Timeless Wisdom,' a Book of All Religions. Excerpts from scriptures of major world religions. About the Author: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, spiritual guru and founder of the Art of Living movement, believes in spreading the knowledge of living a healthier life through his message of compassion, commitment to society, and a cosmic understanding of life. Born on May 13, 1956 in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Ravi developed an inclination and an amazing acumen for the study of the ancient... |
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W.Y. Evans-Wentz |
Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines |
$22.49 $16.87 |
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| The Seven Books of Wisdom of the Great Path, According to the Great Path, According to the Late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering This book is a successful attempt to place on record not only a catena of carefuly made translations of texts which are still a subject of curiosity for Western scholars, but also a body of orally transmitted traditions and teachings realting to texts collected from Late Lama kazi Dawa-Samdup. Most attracting and interesting philosophy and religious text... |
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Joseph Arpaia |
Tibetan Wisdom for Modern Life |
$12.49 $9.37 |
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| Amazing physical and mental results can be produced in our life by practicing
the techniques revealed in Tibetan Wisdom for Modern Life.
By applying their knowledge of the timeless principles of Eastern spiritual
practices to the challenges of a stressed-out and overworked Western culture,
Joseph Arpaia, and Lobsang Rapgay, offer a unique blend of practices designed to
sharpen the mind and calm the soul without slowing down.
The authors describe quick and simple meditation... |
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Ronald M. Davidson |
Tibetan Renaissance: Tantric Buddhism in the Rebirth of Tibetan Culture |
$50.99 $38.24 |
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| How did a society on the edge of collapse and dominated by wandering bands of armed men give way to a vibrant Buddhist culture, led by yogins and scholars? Ronald M. Davidson explores how the translation and spread of estoteric Buddhist texts dramatically shaped Tibetan society and led to its rise as the center of Buddhist culture throughout Asia, replacing India as the perceived source of religious ideology and tradition.
During the Tibetan Renaissance (950-1200 C.E.), monks and yogins... |
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Jutta Mattausch |
Tibetan Power Yoga |
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| The "Tibetan Power Yoga" is what the Tibetan Lama Tsering Norbu calls this set of motions that has given the people from the roof of the world physical vitality and mental power into ripe old age since time immemorial. Here is an absorbing story set in distant Tibet, yet could also take place within all of us anywhere in the world since it deals with the journey to the self. The "Tibetan Power Yoga" is A set of motions to give physical vitality and mental power.... |
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Vic Mansfield |
Tibetan Buddhism & Modern Physics: A Quantum Mechanical Challenge Toward A Union of Love And Knowledge |
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| The Buddhist tradition, particularly the thousand-year-old tradition of the Indian University of Nalanda that we inherited in Tibet, is concerned with trying to know various levels of reality, through investigation, avoiding the pitfalls of under-estimation and exaggeration. Modern science, too, is concerned with discovering reality, not only in theory but also in practice by conducting repeatable experiments. Whether we approach reality through science or through a spiritual path, we have to... |
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Shoun Hino |
Three Mountains |
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| The Mountains and Seven Rivers is a collection of 56 essays to felicitate the sixtieth birthday of Doctor Musashi Tachikawa, professor at Aichi Gakuin University in Nagoya. The contributors are his students and friends, who are making research on various fields of Indian studies, which in turn are related to Prof. Tachikawa's fields of research in a way.
To felicitate Dr. Musashi Tachikawa on his sixtieth birthday this book presents a collection of fifty-six essays which are related to... |
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Swami Chinmayananda |
Thousand ways to the transcendental: Vishnu Sahasranama |
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| There’s a deep connection between the name and the named. The name brings to our mind the image of the person thought of and the more one thinks, the more consistent the impressions. Eg: When I say Flower, you immediately conceive a mental picture of the flower. This is the sole principle behind association. The 1000 names of Lord Vishnu are meant to invoke a sense of bonding with the Lord, who’s the most intimate one, whether we recognize it or not. Yet how often and how deeply do... |
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T.D. Singh |
Thoughts on Synthesis of Science and Religion |
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| Thoughts on Synthesis of Science and Religion published by Bhaktivedanta Institute, Foreword by the Dalai Lama. Essays and thoughts from prominent thinkers, researchers, spiritual leaders, and scientists, including four Nobel Laureates, presented at the Second World Congress for the Synthesis of Science and Religion held in Calcutta in 1997.
Topics include the incompleteness of logic and empiricism, ethical challenges, spiritual viewpoints, consciousness-based science, future visions,... |
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John Crook |
The Yogins of Ladakh: A Pilgrimage Among the Hermits of the Buddhist Himalayas |
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| When John Crook of Bristol University began research in the Zangskar valley of Ladakh in 1977 his prime intention was to investigate the social anthropology of the area through studies of village life. In 1986 Crook returned to Ladakh with Tibetologist James Low to enquire fully into the social organization, history, meditational practices and philosophy of the yogins who still lived and practiced in the remote parts of the area. This book is a record of the author’s adventurous journeys... |
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A.K. Chatterjee |
The Yogacara Idealism |
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| In this book an attempt has been made to expound the metaphysics of the Yogacara school of Buddhism in all its aspects and bearings.
Chapters are devoted to a critical and constructive discussion of its idealistic core as well as its spiritual discipline. According to Prof. T.R.V. Murti who occupied a conspicuous place in the galaxy of Indian philosophers, the author has utilised nearly all the sources available on the subject and has given a faithful and persuasive account of this system of... |
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T.N. Ganapathy |
The Yoga of Siddha Tirumular |
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| This book fulfills a longtime need for a comprehensive introduction and commentary in the English language for one of Yoga's greatest source works: the Tirumandiram or "Holy Garland of Mantras," described by Dr. Georg Feuerstein Ph.D "as important as the Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali, the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga-Vashistha combined." Tirumandiram is considered to be the greatest and earliest seminal work of the Siddhas, the greatest adepts of Yoga, and an encyclopedia of... |
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Swami Shankarananda |
The Yoga of Kashmir Shaivism |
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| Consciousness is the most intimate experience of life the essence of life itself. among the many spiritual traditions born and developed in India one ancient philosophy--------Kashmir Shaivism----has explored it completely.The Yoga of Kashmir Shaivism is a book that will transform you. It is a resource and guide towards investigating and deepening your own consciousness. Swami Shankaranands grew up in Brooklyn New York, and as a greduate of both Columbia and New York Universities began a... |
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Fredrick W. Bunce |
The Yantras of Deities and their Numerological Foundations |
$93.99 $70.49 |
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| Hinduism is known for the bewildering profusion of its deities, who are represented not only in two or three dimensional anthropomorphic images, but also in abstract configurations, known as yantras.
In yantras is, thus, seen almost a parallel with the surfeit of deities in Hindu tradition. Literally meaning an ‘instrument’, ‘apparatus’ or a ‘talisman’, yantra is a kind of mystical diagram used, in tantra, for both meditation and invoking a divinity, and is believed to... |
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Jayant Burde |
The World of Rhythm Called Rituals |
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| Rituals are recurring, stylized behaviour and in repetition, the ritual becomes rhythmic. The author beautifully portrays the types of rituals and the rhythms they generate from the babbling of a child to a band parade or the chanting of a mantra, he explains the initiation and completion of patterns that form the rhythm. The book further proceeds to 'Hermeneutics' or the science of interpretation and attempts to explain rituals in their light. |
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R. Balasubramaniam |
The World Heritage Complex of The Qutub |
$115.49 $86.62 |
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| The World Heritage Complex of the Qutub in New Delhi is home to several magnificent monuments that are classic examples of early Muslim architecture in India. The complete history and engineering of the archaeological structures at this site are explained in the present volume. The history of Delhi and the evolution of Indo-Islamic architecture is introduced briefly. The Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque, the famous 1600-year old Gupta-period corrosion resistant Iron Pillar located in its courtyard and... |
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Balasubramaniam. R. |
The World Heritage Complex of the Qutub |
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| The World Heritage Complex of the Qutub in New Delhi is home to several magnificent monuments that are classic examples of early Muslim architecture in India. The complete history and engineering of the archaeological structures at this site are explained in the present volume. The history of Delhi and the evolution of Indo-Islamic architecture is introduced briefly. The Quwwat-uI-Islam mosque, the famous 1600-year old Gupta-period corrosion-resistant Iron Pillar located in its courtyard and... |
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S.A.A.Rizvi |
The Wonder That Was India (Vol. II) |
$28.99 $21.74 |
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| The Wonder that was India - Volume II is a groundbreaking enquiry into the history of India during the period of Islamic political dominance in the subcontinent. Through meticulous research and painstaking study Rizvi pieces together a comprehensive account of the five hundred years between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries, detailing the political histories of the Arbas. From his exploration for the social and economic conditions, the state, religion and the fine arts, a... |
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Bhaiyaram Sarma |
The Vivaha - The Hindu Marriage Samskaras |
$15.99 $11.99 |
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| Sanskrit mantras used in the Hindu nuptial rites now comes in English! With
the hymns romanized for the benefit of those who do not have any knowledge of Hindi or Sanskrit, this book is a boon for the modern generation, especially expatriate Hindus living in foreign lands. Written originally in Hindi, the book is translated into English by R.C. Prasad. |
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Swami Krishnananda |
The Vision of Life |
$5.49 $4.12 |
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| These discourses comprise a penetrating analysis of every aspect of the vision of life - from the materialistic and humanistic to the psychological and psychoanalytical, followed by the universal, Vedic, religious and yogic visions.
Table of Contents:
Publisher's Note
The Vision and Its Unfoldment
Materialistic and Humanistic Vision
Psychological and Psychoanalytical Vision
Universal Vision
Vedic Vision
Religious Vision
Yogic Vision.
About the Author:
Swami Krishnananda was born... |
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