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It is estimated that the origins of the "Bhagavad Gita", a 700 verse Hindu scripture which is part of the larger "Mahabharata" was originally composed as early as the 9th century BC. Ascribed to the Sage Vyasa, the "Bhagavad Gita" is a classic work of Hindu scripture which relates the story of Prince Arjuna who is faced with a decision with serious moral consequence, whether or not to go to war. With the armies arrayed on the battlefield, Arjuna in...
2) The Rig Veda
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Considered one the four canonical texts of the Hindu religion, known collectively as "The Vedas", "The Rig Veda" is one of the most important works of Hindu scripture. The work is a collection of poems, sayings, prayers, and origin myths. Written sometime between 1700-1100 BCE, "The Rig Veda" is one of the oldest works of the Indo-European languages. The hymns included in the collection are dedicated to various deities in Hindu mythology, including...
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When Santosh Wagh isn't struggling out of a bottle of whisky he's head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world's finest investigation agency. In a city of over thirteen million, he has his work cut out at the best of times. But now someone is killing women -- seemingly unconnected women strangled in a chilling ritual, with strange objects arranged carefully at their death scenes. As Santosh and his team race to find the killer, an even greater...
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The Lalitha Sahasranamam is one of the important and famous hymn in the Hindu way of life. It is a hymn in praise of Lalitha Tripurasundari also called as Lalithambika.
According to the Vedas, God is one without a second. Everything in this Universe is nothing but this divinity. Ordinarily, this abstract doctrine cannot easily be comprehensible to all. Most of the Hindu Puranas therefore present God in various forms including that of a human being...
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Descubra la rica historia del vudú, incluyendo sus rituales, hechizos, prácticas y creencias.¿Quiere conocer los secretos de la religión vudú?¿Quiere descubrir por fin la verdad que se esconde detrás de esta religión y descubrir si el vudú es representado en los medios de comunicación modernos con exactitud?
Este libro le servirá como una guía muy completa diseñada para ayudarle a comprender todos los aspectos de la religión.
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Vedic wisdom is the supreme wisdom. All existing religions are offshoots of this Eternal Truth passed on from master to master for ages. Time changes, people come and go but the Truth stays. You are here because of your past karma and unless you transcend the cycle of Birth and Death, you will have to come again and again. Our sole purpose is to grow together in this great knowledge.
The Vedas are tools given to mankind by the ancient seers to help...
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The Bhagavad Gita (or "Song of God") is one of the richest, most complete, and most important spiritual works ever composed.
Its teachings have been a timeless source of inspiration, wisdom, and guidance for over a thousand years.
The Gita (as it is affectionately known) is laid out as the story of a regular person, Arjuna, who has become despondent after coming to see life as a meaningless, pointless, and never-ending struggle. Arjuna is ready to...
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"Sona Sharma's house is full of people who joke often and argue sometimes. Relatives come unannounced, the phone rings frequently and friends drop in all the time. Then one day Amma tells Sona she is going to have a baby. Is that good? Sona isn't sure -- she has always enjoyed being an only child -- and straight away she has a word with her best friend, Elephant. When Sona learns that there will be a baby naming ceremony, she is determined to find...
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Ajamila is the main character of a story in canto six of the sacred Bhagavata Purana. In Hinduism, the story of Ajamila is used to illustrate that by uttering God's divine name, there is hope for even the most sinful to be redeemed from their propensity to commit sin.
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This Run-through is ideal for everyone who has already read the Srimad Bhagavad Gita and for those who somehow that think it is boring, sleep-inducing, too long, very complicated, and that they would read it when they cross 60 or 70.
An important fact of life is that happiness and sadness are like summer and winter - they come and go.
Most issues in life can be easily handled, and even the greatest of challenges can be comfortably overcome simply...
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Responsible persons usually do not make people feel bad, hurt others, commit social crimes, do things that are against the norms of society or humanity in general. Being responsible means carrying the responsibility for all that one says and does, and not blaming others, the planets, or God for anything that goes wrong in their lives. People are directly responsible for the lives they lead. In a way, even the birth of a person was caused by them simply...
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"Banaras, Varanasi, Kashi: India's holy city on the banks of the Ganges has many names but holds one ultimate promise for Hindus. It is the place where pilgrims come for a good death, to be released from the cycle of reincarnation by purifying fire. As the dutiful manager of a death hostel in Kashi, Pramesh welcomes the dying and assists families bound for the funeral pyres that burn constantly on the ghats. The soul is gone, the body is burnt, the...
13) Sri Guru Gita
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ŚRĪMAT PARABRAHMA GURUṀ SMARĀMII remember my Guru who is Parabrahman
--Sri Guru Gita, Verse 88.1
God is Love. God is Everything. God is Guru. The Guru is not of this world, even though He created it and we won't be able to leave this world of limitation without Him. To succeed we need His Grace. We will obtain it by knowing Him intimately in the depth of our own being. And there is no greater way to achieve that than to read the Divine Sri Guru...
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"A Letter to a Hindu" was a letter written by Leo Tolstoy to Tarak Nath Das on 14 December 1908 in response to two letters sent by Das, seeking support from the famous Russian author and thinker, for India's independence from British colonial rule. The letter was published in the Indian newspaper Free Hindustan and caused the young Mohandas Gandhi to write to the world-famous Tolstoy to ask for advice and for permission to reprint the Letter in Gandhi's...
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God's Word is a fiery, exploding, all-pervading, and living message that should cause us all to fall down to the ground and tremble... yet that is rarely the experience for so many dispirited people of God!
Some people believe questioning the Bible, the direction God is going, or even God himself, is blasphemy. Some think it's a sign of disbelief.
Daniel Thornton believes his son, Rusty Thornton, is lost without God and takes him to a faraway place...
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The Bhagavad Gita has been called India's greatest contribution to the world. For more than five thousand years, this great scripture has shown millions in the East how to fill their lives with serenity and love. In these pages, Jack Hawley brings these ancient secrets to Western seekers in a beautiful prose version that makes the story of the Gita clear and exciting, and makes its truths understandable and easy to apply to our busy lives. The Gita...
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In this 5 lecture series Graham Burns gives a broad overview of the Upanishads, explaining the history and culture in which they arose. He takes you through several themes that are explored in some of the more prominent Upanishads. He illuminates important concepts that begin to form the foundation of much of Indian thought. Graham presents this lecture series in a clear, intelligent way that is sure to make the wisdom of the Upanishads accessible...
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A contemporary interpretation of a classic of ancient wisdom. Have you ever asked the purpose of life or who you are? Do you seek peace of mind? Here is an invitation to discover the essential wisdom of yoga for today's world. The Bhagavad Gita is an encounter without parallel in world literature. At its heart is a conversation between the soul and God. This new edition is the first to be produced from a home-grown British Hindu, aimed at a contemporary...
19) The Upanishads
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The Upanishads are a collection of texts that contain some of the central philosophical concepts of Hinduism. They are based on principles like samsara, brahman, atman, karma, dharma and moksha and form the core of Indian philosophy. This version is an English translation by Swami Paramananda as part of his mission to spread the eastern teachings of Hinduism to the Western world. Easy to understand and simply written, the thought behind this text...
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Bhartrihari is one of the important poets of Sanskrit Literature. It is said that he belonged to the first century B.C and that he was the elder brother of King Vikramaditya, the great ruler of Ujjain.Bhartr̥ihari was not only a great King. He was a great scholar, a great poet, a great Yogi, a versatile genius and above all a great Vedantin. He has written many works in Sanskrit. Three of them are popular poems consisting of one hundred verses each....
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