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  • Conquest of Violence
    Joan Valerie Bondurant
    When Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948 by an assassin’s bullet, the most potent legacy he left to the world was the technique of satyagraha (literally, holding on to the Truth). His 'experiments with Truth' were far from complete at the time of his death, but he had developed a new technique for effecting social and political change through the constructive conduct of conflict: Gandh...
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    56,94 €

  • The Concise Rāmāyana of Vālmīki
    Swami Venkatesananda / Vâlmîki
    This is a condensed version of a long epic, written between 750 and 500 B.C., consisting of 50,000 lines of Sanskrit verse. Divided into seven Kanor books, it tells the story of Rama from his birth to his death. At regular intervals throughout the text, the chapters being condensed are designated by Kantitles and numbers. Each interval is appropriate in length for a daily readi...
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    43,98 €

  • The Experience of Hinduism
    This book presents multi-faceted images of religious experience in the Marathi-speaking region of India. In addition to Irawati Karve’s classic, 'On the Road,' about her pilgrimage to Pandharpur, there are three essays by Karve that appear in English for the first time. Here is possession by gods and ghosts, an actual sermon by an inspired saint in the traditional bhajan style,...
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    42,72 €

  • The Doctrine of Vibration
    Mark S. G. Dyczkowski / Mark SGDyczkowski
    Cutting across distinctions of schools and types, the author explains the central feature of Kashmir Shaivism: the creative pulse of the all pervasive Consciousness called SAiva. This is also the central theme of the Hindu Tantras, and Dyczkowski provides new insight into the most literate and extensive interpretations of the Tantras. ...
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    44,46 €

  • Palkhi
    D. B. Mokashi / Digambar Balkrishna Mokashi / Eleanor Zelliot / Philip C. Engblom
    Mokashi is a Marathi novelist of the post-independence generation of 'Realists.' This is a vivid account of his day-by-day experience on the Warkari pilgrimage from Alandi to Pandharpur on foot.Pilgrimage is one of the most visible and pervasive features of Hinduism. Every year the Warkaris carry palanquins, called palkhis, bearing sandals representing the feet of their saint...
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    43,18 €

  • Shaiva Devotional Songs of Kashmir
    Constantina Rhodes / Constantina Rhodes Bailly / Utpala
    Utpaladeva was considered a siddha, a 'perfected being,' one of the masters of the tantric tradition in Kashmir, and he is best known for his philosophical treatises. The Shivastotravali reflects Utpaladeva’s philosophy, known as the Pratyabhijna school. And yet it is unique among the author’s works in its not being a straightforward philosophical treatise but instead, as Dr....
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    40,96 €

  • Kashmir Shaivaism
    J. C. Chatterji / Jagadish Chandra Chatterji
    J. C. Chatterji’s book is a brief introduction to the nature of ultimate reality and the manifestation of the universe according to the Trika System. It also covers, briefly, the history of this advaita Shaiva philosophy of Kashmir. First published in 1914 as the first book in 'The Kashmir Series of Texts and Studies,' it is still the clearest introduction to the Tattvas of ...
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    40,98 €

  • Modern Indian Interpreters of the Bhagavad Gita
    Robert N. Minor
    This is a collection of careful, objective, historically sensitive studies of modern commentators on the Bhagavadgita, one of the basic scriptures of Hinduism, and one which has been widely read in the modern West. Experts on modern Indian religious thought show how Ghandi, Vivekananda, Radhakrishnan, Bhaktivedanta, Aurobindo, Tilak, Bhave, Sivananda, the Theosophists, and Bha...
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    43,25 €

  • Karma and Creativity
    Christopher Chapple / Christopher Key Chapple
    The conception of karma in the religious traditions of India has prompted numerous interpretations, many of which equate karma with notions of fate. Karma and Creativity presents a perspective on karma that emphasizes the efficacy of human activity in bringing about desired results--from upholding societal order to the attainment of spiritual liberation.Karma is examined in lig...
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    41,14 €

  • The Face of Truth
    Julius JLipner / Julius Lipner
    The Face of Truth examines in depth the Vedantic theology of Rāmānuja, the most important and well-known of the classical Hindu theologians. Julius Lipner clearly analyzes Rāmānuja’s theory of sacred language and divine predication, his views on the nature of the self, God, and the relationship between infinite and finite being.In addition to offering new insights into and anal...
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    40,98 €

  • The Concise Yoga Vāsiṣṭha
    Swami Venkatesananda
    The Concise Yoga Vāsiṣṭha a clear, provocative summary of one of the leading texts of Hinduism. Swami Venkatesananda continues the long tradition of elaborating on and clarifying the teachings of the sage Vāsiṣṭha. It captures the verve of the original text while eliminating needless repetition. For the specialist, this book makes available a handy guide to the original Sanskri...
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    43,89 €

  • Mysticism in India
    R. D. Ranade / Ramchandra Dattatraya Ranade
    Mysticism in India is a complete and informative description of the teachings, works, and lives of the great poet-saints of Maharashtra written by a scholar and professor who was also a mystic. Jnaneshwar, Namadev, Tukaram, Eknath, Ramdas, and the other saints discussed belonged to the great devotional religious movement that spread through medieval India. With the exception ...
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    43,50 €

  • The Mind of Swami Vivekananda
    Gautam Sen
    New Enlarged EditionSwami Vivekananda is regarded as the patriot saint of modern India and an inspirer of her dormant national consciousness. His inspiring personality was well known both in India and the West. This spiritual leader of India leapt into fame at the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago, at which he represented Hinduism. His vast knowledge of Eastern and Wester...
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    13,90 €

  • Hindusium and Buddhism
    Ananda K. Coomeraswamy
    A highly original discussion of problems of philosophy of religion from the Indian point of view. The whole exposition shows that the Christian theologian who will take the trouble to study Indian religion seriously, and not merely 'historically' will find in its teachings abundant extrinsic and probable proofs of the truth of Christian doctrine; and may at the same time, ...
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    18,12 €

  • Hindusium and Buddhism
    Ananda K. Coomeraswamy
    A highly original discussion of problems of philosophy of religion from the Indian point of view. The whole exposition shows that the Christian theologian who will take the trouble to study Indian religion seriously, and not merely “historically” will find in its teachings abundant extrinsic and probable proofs of the truth of Christian doctrine; and may at the same time, ...
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    9,94 €

  • Hymn to Kali
    Arthur Avalon / Sir John Tyler Woodruffe
    The Hymn to Kali is a famous Hindu verse wherein the religious monarch Daksha initiates a prayer to the Goddess Kali, shortly after he experiences a vision of her as an all-encompassing deity – The One.This edition of the hymn is accompanied by scholarly commentary, wherein the spiritual and cultural significance of each verse is explained with several paragraphs of informative...
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    10,81 €

  • Siththamellam Sivamayam / சித்தமெல்லாம் சிவமயம்
    Uma Sampath
    மனிதனாகத்தான் பிறந்தார்கள். மனம் போனபடி பித்தனாகத் திரிந்தார்கள். பின்னர் அந்த மனத்தையே ஆட்கொண்டு சித்தர்கள் ஆனார்கள். அழியாத உடம்பைப் பெற்றார்கள். சாகாத நிலையை அடைந்தார்கள். கூடுவிட்டு கூடு பாய்ந்தார்கள். எதையும் தங்கமாக்கும் சக்தி பெற்றார்கள். முக்காலத்தையும் உணர்ந்தார்கள். வானத்திலும், நீரிலும், நெருப்பிலும் உலவும் வல்லமை கொண்டார்கள். அத்தனை ஆற்றல்களையும் தாம் அடைந்தது போலவே...
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    14,30 €

  • Veettil Seiya Vesesha poojai / வீட்டில் செய்ய விசேஷ பூஜை
    Swamy Nithya Mukthanandha
    எல்லோரும் தங்கள் வீட்டில் செய்துமகிழும் வகையில் எளிமையாகத் தொகுக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறது இந்நூல். வேதங்களிலும் நாதங்களிலும் கடவுள் வாழ்கிறான். அந்தப் பரம்பொருளை உங்கள் இல்லங்களுக்கும் எழுந்தருளச் செய்து ஒரு பரமானந்த ’எனர்ஜி’யைக் கொண்டுவருவதே இதன் நோக்கம். இத்தனை எளிய முறையில் 16 வகை பூஜைகளையும் சொல்லித்தரும் நூல் தமிழில் வெளிவருவது இதுவே முதல்முறை. நூல் ஆசிரியர் ஸ்வாமி நித்ய முக்தானந...
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    11,36 €