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Path to the Soul provides an important evolutionary leap in the rapidly evolving understanding of our psychological and spiritual essence. Drawing from Hindu and Christian spiritual wisdom, biological medicine, psychiatric technique, and over twenty-five years of clinical experience, Dr. Bedi has created a highly effective and integrated treatment approach to problems associated with both medical and psychiatric illness. He explains the Hindu concepts...
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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: Gandhian satyagraha had become eminently more than "passive resistance" or "civil...
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Peter van der Veer is Professor of Comparative Religion and Director of the Research Center for Religion and Society at the University of Amsterdam. Hartmut Lehmann is Director of the Max Planck Institute for History in Göttingen.
Does modernity make religion politically irrelevant? Conventional scholarly and popular wisdom says that it does. The prevailing view assumes that the onset of western modernity--characterized by the rise of nationalism,...
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Peter van der Veer is Professor of Comparative Religion and Director of the Research Center for Religion and Society at the University of Amsterdam. His books include Gods on Earth: The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage Centre, Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India, and Modern Orientalism. He is the editor of Nation and Migration: The Politics of Space in the South Asian Diaspora, Conversion...
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"Winner of the 1999 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize, South Asia Council of the Association of Asian Studies" Richard H. Davis is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University. His previous publications include Ritual in an Oscillating Universe: Worshiping Śiva in Medieval India (Princeton).
For many centuries, Hindus have taken it for granted that the religious images they place in temples and home shrines for purposes of worship...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1999" Thomas Blom Hansen is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and International Development Studies at Roskilde University in Denmark.
The rise of strong nationalist and religious movements in postcolonial and newly democratic countries alarms many Western observers. In The Saffron Wave, Thomas Hansen turns our attention to recent events in the world's largest democracy, India. Here...
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Donald S. Lopez, Jr., is Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan.
The inaugural volume of Princeton Readings in Religions brings together the work of thirty scholars of the religions of India in a new anthology designed to reshape the ways in which the religious traditions of India are understood. The book contains translations of forty-five works, most of which have...
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Key Points in this BookThe Vedic Saṃhitās are the most esteemed literary works of the Āryans.The Atharva Veda contains hundreds of original hymns dealing with an assortment of topics with differing concerns from the other three Saṃhitās.Some scholars speculate that most Vedic deities are male due to an Āryan patriarchal social structure.Indologist Max Müller speculated on the origin of religion. However, such speculation is currently unpopular...
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The Shrimad Bhagavad Gita is more than just a religious text; it is a guide to living a fulfilling life. It presents a philosophy that is relevant even today, and its teachings are applicable to people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. The Bhagavad Gita teaches us to live a life of purpose, to cultivate wisdom, to perform our duties with dedication, to live in harmony with others, and to find inner peace.
In this book, we present a comprehensive...
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"Selected for WGBH News "Here are the books we read this year that we think you'll love" 2014" Richard H. Davis is professor of religion at Bard College. He is the author of Lives of Indian Images and Ritual in an Oscillating Universe: Worshipping Siva in Medieval India (both Princeton).
The life and times of India's most famous spiritual and literary masterpiece
The Bhagavad Gita, perhaps the most famous of all Indian scriptures, is universally...
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The Gita For Children is an accessible friend, philosopher and guide, designed to, reassure, empower, and provide direction to young readers in an increasingly chaotic and morally topsy-turvy world.
The Bhagavad Gita has been on India's must-read list for an incredible 2500 years (at the very least), and with good reason. Secular, liberal, and unfailingly compassionate towards human frailty, the divine song is a call to war against the most powerful...
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A systematic analysis of the myth cycle of Paraśurāma ("Rāma with the Axe"), an avatára of Viṣṇu with a much darker reputation.
The Other Rāma presents a systematic analysis of the myth cycle of Paraśurāma ("Rāma with the Axe"), an avatára of Viṣṇu best known for decapitating his own mother and annihilating twenty-one generations of the Kṣatriya warrior caste in an extermination campaign frequently referred to as "genocide" by...
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"Harmony Among Faiths: A Global Quest for Religious Freedom" is a profound exploration of the intricate landscape of religious freedom in our contemporary world. This book presents an in-depth examination of the challenges, opportunities, and obligations that encompass the practice of religion in an increasingly diverse and interconnected society.At its core, the book recognizes the paramount importance of religion in the lives of individuals, as...
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Get the Summary of Mathew Micheletti's The Inner Work in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Inner Work" by Mathew Micheletti is a guide to self-discovery and transformation, emphasizing the importance of transcending limiting beliefs and recognizing one's inherent worthiness. The book posits that happiness, love, and freedom are natural states, often obstructed by misconceptions about human consciousness. It explores...
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The Bhagavad Gita is often regarded as the Bible of India. With a gripping story and deeply compelling message, it is unquestionably one of the most popular sacred texts of Asia and, along with the Bible and the Qur'an, one of the most important holy scriptures in the world. Part of an ancient Hindu epic poem, the dialogue of the Bhagavad Gita takes place on a battlefield, where a war for the possession of a North Indian kingdom is about to ensue...
16) Die Bhagavadgita
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Die Bhagavadgita Für die eBook-Ausgabe neu editiert und mit aktualisierter Rechtschreibung Mit eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis und rund 100 verlinkten Fußnoten Im Anhang zusätzliche Infos zur Bhagavadgita Die Bhagavadgita ist eine der zentralen Schriften des Hinduismus. Der vermutlich zwischen dem fünften und zweiten vorchristlichen Jahrhundert entstandene Text ist eine Zusammenführung mehrerer Denkschulen des damaligen Indien auf Grundlage der Veden,...
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Hinduism Religion for Beginners is an introduction to the ancient religion of Hinduism. It provides a comprehensive overview of the Hindu world view, including topics such as cosmology, creation stories, the caste system, important Hindu gods and goddesses, and daily rituals. The book also explores key Hindu philosophical concepts and features an in-depth look at the core Hindu texts - the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and other important scriptures....
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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...
19) India: A History
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The first single-volume history of India since the 1950s, combining narrative pace and skill with social, economic and cultural analysis. Five millennia of the sub-continent's history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East. This edition does not include illustrations. Older, richer and more distinctive than almost any other, India's culture furnishes all that the historian could wish for in the way of continuity and...
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Singing the Goddess into Place examines Chamundi of the Hill, a collection of songs that tells the stories of the gods and goddesses of the region around the city of Mysore in southern Karnataka. The ballad actively transforms the region into a land where gods and goddesses live, embedding these deities within the social worlds of their devotees and remapping southern Karnataka into sacred geography connected through networks of devotion and pilgrimage....
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