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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism

Chinese Religion Though Hindu Eyes - A Study in the Tendencies of Asiatic Mentality 1916 (Paperback): Benoy Kumar Sarkar Chinese Religion Though Hindu Eyes - A Study in the Tendencies of Asiatic Mentality 1916 (Paperback)
Benoy Kumar Sarkar; Introduction by Wu Tingfang
R859 Discovery Miles 8 590 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

The Mahabharata - A Critical Study 1934 (Paperback): Promatha Nath Mullick The Mahabharata - A Critical Study 1934 (Paperback)
Promatha Nath Mullick; Translated by M.N. Dutt
R1,162 Discovery Miles 11 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Journey to Self-Realization - Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life Vol III (Paperback, 1st ed):... Journey to Self-Realization - Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life Vol III (Paperback, 1st ed)
Paramahansa Yogananda
R693 R633 Discovery Miles 6 330 Save R60 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A collection of more than 50 talks on the vast range of inspiring and universal truths that have captivated millions in Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi. Readers will find these talks alive with the unique blend of all-embracing wisdom, encouragement, and love for humanity that have made the author one of our era's most revered and trusted guides to the spiritual life.

Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social Reform (Paperback): Charles Herman Heimsath Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social Reform (Paperback)
Charles Herman Heimsath
R1,684 Discovery Miles 16 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Mr. Heimsath presents here an intellectual history of the social reform movement among Hindus in India in the century between Ram Mohun Roy and Gandhi. Treating separately each major province in which reform movements flourished, he shows the many ways in which social reform was effected. Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Journey to Self-Realization - Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life Vol.3 (Paperback, New edition):... Journey to Self-Realization - Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life Vol.3 (Paperback, New edition)
Paramahansa Yogananda
R441 Discovery Miles 4 410 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A collection of more than 50 talks on the vast range of inspiring and universal truths that have captivated millions in Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi. Readers will find these talks alive with the unique blend of all-embracing wisdom, encouragement, and love for humanity that have made the author one of our era's most revered and trusted guides to the spiritual life.

Hindu Mysticism Philosophy and Religion - According to the Upanishads (Paperback): M.N. Sircar Hindu Mysticism Philosophy and Religion - According to the Upanishads (Paperback)
M.N. Sircar
R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hindu Myths - A Sourcebook Translated from the Sanskrit (Paperback, New ed): Wendy Doniger Hindu Myths - A Sourcebook Translated from the Sanskrit (Paperback, New ed)
Wendy Doniger
R371 R336 Discovery Miles 3 360 Save R35 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Recorded in sacred Sanskrit texts, including the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, Hindu Myths are thought to date back as far as the tenth century BCE. Here in these seventy-five seminal myths are the many incarnations of Vishnu, who saves mankind from destruction, and the mischievous child Krishna, alongside stories of the minor gods, demons, rivers and animals including boars, buffalo, serpents and monkeys. Immensely varied and bursting with colour and life, they demonstrate the Hindu belief in the limitless possibilities of the world - from the teeming miracles of creation to the origins of the incarnation of Death who eventually touches them all.

Nyayadarsanam of Gotma (Hardcover): Nyaya Tarkatiritha Nyayadarsanam of Gotma (Hardcover)
Nyaya Tarkatiritha
R1,292 Discovery Miles 12 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sarada-tilaka Tantram (Hardcover): Arthur Avalon Sarada-tilaka Tantram (Hardcover)
Arthur Avalon
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The present book Sarada-Tilaka of Laksmana Desikendra is one of the important texts on Tantric subjects. It is divided into 25 Chapters. Chapter 1 is Prakrti and deals with the origin of creation: the 23 chapters which follow demonstrate Prakrti-Vikrti; the last chapter 25 is beyond Prakrti and Vikrti. But Sarada-Tilaka is a tantric treatise which deals primarily with the Tantric worship of gods and goddesses.

Significance and Means of Self-Knowledge (Paperback, 3rd ed.): Tushar Choksi Significance and Means of Self-Knowledge (Paperback, 3rd ed.)
Tushar Choksi; Edited by Atri Choksi
R260 Discovery Miles 2 600 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The Hidden Glory of India (Paperback): Steven J. Rose The Hidden Glory of India (Paperback)
Steven J. Rose
R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This title is not about the exotic land itself, but rather the hidden glory of Vaishnavism. It may not be the most well-known form of Hinduism but it is India's richest and most significant religious tradition. This book focuses on the Vaishnava tradition and its contemporary manifestations.

Kundalini Tantra (Paperback): Satyananda Saraswati Kundalini Tantra (Paperback)
Satyananda Saraswati
R766 Discovery Miles 7 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the last few decades, yoga has helped millions of people to improve their concepts of themselves. Yoga realises that man is not only the mind, he is body as well. Yoga has been designed in a such a way that it can complete the process of evolution of the personality in every possible direction. Kundalini yoga is a part of the tantric tradition. Even though you may have already been introduced to yoga, it is necessary to know something about tantra also. Since the dawn of creation, the tantrics and yogis have realised that in this physical body there is a potential force. It is not psychological or transcendental; it is a dynamic potential force in the material body, and it is called Kundalini. This Kundalini is the greatest discovery of tantra and yoga. Scientists have begun to look into this, and a summary of the latest scientific experiments is included in this book.

The Bhagavad-Gita - Translation and Commentary (Paperback): Veeraswamy Krishnaraj The Bhagavad-Gita - Translation and Commentary (Paperback)
Veeraswamy Krishnaraj
R617 R571 Discovery Miles 5 710 Save R46 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Hindoo Stories (Paperback): Anaryan Hindoo Stories (Paperback)
Anaryan
R189 Discovery Miles 1 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since the beginning of humanity, fables and stories have been the means of imparting instruction and amusement to man. The stories were designed to illustrate and exemplify precept for human conduct. After centuries, these stories eventually found themselves in print. They are divided into four groups: Sanskrit or Hindoo, Arabic or Persian, Western or European, and American. Of these, Sanskrit or Hindoo groups of stories are the oldest and probably served as the basis of Arabic or Persian fables, which again serve as the source for many European storytellers.

Siva's Warriors - The Basava Purana of Palkuriki Somanatha (Paperback): Velcheru Narayana Rao, Gene H. Roghair Siva's Warriors - The Basava Purana of Palkuriki Somanatha (Paperback)
Velcheru Narayana Rao, Gene H. Roghair
R1,597 Discovery Miles 15 970 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Here is the first translation into English of the Basava Purana, a fascinating collection of tales that sums up and characterizes one of the most important and most radical religious groups of South India. The ideas of the Virasaivas, or militant Saivas, are represented in those tales by an intriguing mix of outrageous excess and traditional conservatism. Written in Telugu in the thirteenth century, the Basava Purana is an anthology of legends of Virasaivas saints and a hagiography of Basavesvara, the twelfth-century Virasaiva leader. This translation makes accessible a completely new perspective on this significant religious group. Although Telugu is one of the major cultural traditions of India, with a classical literature reaching back to the eleventh century, until now there has been no translation or exposition of any of the Telugu Virasaiva works in English. The introduction orients the reader to the text and helps in an understanding of the poet's point of view. The author of the Basava Purana, Palkuriki Somanatha, is revered as a saint by Virasaivas in Andhra and Karnataka. His books are regarded as sacred texts, and he is also considered to be a major poet in Telugu and Kannada.

Originally published in 1990.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Digital Media, Young Adults and Religion - An International Perspective (Hardcover): Marcus Moberg, Sofia Sjoe Digital Media, Young Adults and Religion - An International Perspective (Hardcover)
Marcus Moberg, Sofia Sjoe
R4,486 Discovery Miles 44 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

It has become increasingly clear that an adequate understanding of the contemporary processes of social, cultural, and religious change is contingent on an appreciation of the growing impact of social media. Utilising results of an unprecedented global study, this volume explores the ways in which young adults in seven different countries engage with digital and social media in religiously significant ways. Presenting and analysing the findings of the global research project Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective (YARG), an international panel of contributors shed new light on the impact of social media and its associated technologies on young people's religiosities, worldviews, and values. Case studies from China, Finland, Ghana, Israel, Peru, Poland, and Turkey are used to demonstrate how these developments are progressing, not just in the West, but across the world. This book is unique in that it presents a truly macroscopic perspective on trends in religion amongst young adults. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars working in religious studies, digital media, communication studies, sociology, cultural studies, theology and youth studies.

Age of Shirdi Sai (Paperback): C.B. Satpathy Age of Shirdi Sai (Paperback)
C.B. Satpathy
R297 R274 Discovery Miles 2 740 Save R23 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Traditions of Mysticism in Bengal (Hardcover): Sadhu Santideva Traditions of Mysticism in Bengal (Hardcover)
Sadhu Santideva; Edited by Sadhu Santideva
R731 Discovery Miles 7 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hare Krishnas in India (Paperback): Charles R. Brooks The Hare Krishnas in India (Paperback)
Charles R. Brooks
R1,414 Discovery Miles 14 140 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Most Americans know about the "Hare Krishnas" only from encounters in airports or from tales of their activities in the East Village and Haight-Ashbury in the 1960s. This entertaining and sensitive book deepens our knowledge by tracing the paths of those Western Hare Krishnas who eventually traveled to or lived in India. The charismatic leader of the sect, the Indian monk Swami Bhaktivedanta, aimed to save Westerners from what he saw as materialism and atheism by converting them to worship of the Hindu god Krishna. In addition, he hoped that Western disciples would inspire Indians to rediscover their own religious heritage. Charles Brooks describes in full detail the work of the "reverse missionaries" in the town of Vrindaban--which, since it is traditionally considered to be identical with Krishna's spiritual world, is one of the holiest places in India and the site of some of its most engaging rituals.

Have the Western Hare Krishnas really become part of Indian culture? Can it be that Indians accept these foreigners as essentially Hindu and even Brahman? Brooks answers in a way that radically challenges our accepted images of Indian social dynamics. Analyzing the remarkable success of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and their temple complex in Vrindaban (where Bhaktivedanta was buried in 1977), Brooks describes the intricate social, economic, and religious relationships between Westerners and Indians. He demonstrates that social rank in the town is based not only on caste but also on religious competence: many Indians of Vrindaban believe, in Bhaktivedanta's words, that "Krishna is for all."

Originally published in 1989.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Reflections of Amma - Devotees in a Global Embrace (Paperback): Amanda J Lucia Reflections of Amma - Devotees in a Global Embrace (Paperback)
Amanda J Lucia
R916 Discovery Miles 9 160 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Globally known as Amma, meaning "Mother," Mata Amritanandamayi has developed a massive transnational humanitarian organization based in hugs. She is familiar to millions as the "hugging saint," a moniker that derives from her elaborate darshan programs wherein nearly every day ten thousand people are embraced by the guru one at a time, events that routinely last ten to twenty hours without any rest for her. Although she was born in 1953 as a low-caste girl in a South Indian fishing village, today millions revere her as guru and goddess, a living embodiment of the divine on earth.
"Reflections of Amma" focuses on communities of Amma's devotees in the United States, showing how they endeavor to mirror their guru's behaviors and transform themselves to emulate the ethos of the movement. This study argues that "inheritors" and "adopters" of Hindu traditions differently interpret Hindu goddesses, Amma, and her relation to feminism and women's empowerment because of their inherited religious, cultural, and political dispositions. In this insightful ethnographic analysis, Amanda J. Lucia discovers how the politics of American multiculturalism reifies these cultural differences in "de facto congregations," despite the fact that Amma's embrace attempts to erase communal boundaries in favor of global unity.

Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback): Sue Hamilton Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Sue Hamilton
R282 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R28 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions. This Very Short Introduction is structured around six schools which have achieved classic status. Sue Hamilton explores how the traditions have attempted to understand the nature of reality in terms of an inner or spiritual quest, and introduces distinctively Indian concepts such as karma and rebirth.

Shri Sai Satcharita - The Life & Teachings of Shirdi Sai Baba (Paperback): Govind R. Dabholkar Shri Sai Satcharita - The Life & Teachings of Shirdi Sai Baba (Paperback)
Govind R. Dabholkar
R725 Discovery Miles 7 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Translated from original Marathi by Indira Kher, this work is a verse composition containing the known facts about Shri Sai Baba's life at Shirdi, and also his teachings seeks to meet a long-felt need. This is the Bible of Sai devotes in every sense of the term, in it's veracity, sanctity, faith and devotion that it inspires and the deep satisfaction, a sense of fulfilment that it brings to the devotee, it has no equal. Its sanctity derives from the fact that its idea was conceived during Baba's lifetime and with his blessings and express permission. For those unaware of Shri Sai Satcharita, it is necessary to add that in the original it runs into 53 chapters and contains over 9,000 verses. Every chapter has a judicious mixture of philosophy, stories and anecdotes along with the Baba's teachings.

Shakti (Hardcover): Dk Shakti (Hardcover)
Dk
R805 R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Save R94 (12%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

She is benevolent and nurturing, yet fierce and terrible, a warrior and a lover. She creates and gives life, is death personified, and the one who grants eternal salvation. She is the ultimate form of reality, the cosmos. The Goddess inspires deep devotion and it is not surprising to see Her being worshipped and revered across homes in India. Shakti delves into this rich tradition of the Divine Feminine as She is represented across India and the subcontinent. In Shakti, encounter the Goddess in all Her glory and numerous forms. Dive deep into Her fascinating mythology and rituals. Unravel the philosophy behind Her worship and Her adaptation within many belief systems. From the origins of the Goddess in the ancient civilization of Harappa to Her evolution and changed character in contemporary times, Shakti tells the complete story of the Goddess in a linear fashion. During the course of its narrative, it brings together the diverse threads from different cultures, regions, and traditions to create a wonderful web within which the Goddess can be perceived and understood.

Kundalini - Arousal of the Inner Energy (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Ajit Mookerjee Kundalini - Arousal of the Inner Energy (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Ajit Mookerjee
R468 R441 Discovery Miles 4 410 Save R27 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Today in the West, scientists and philosophers, mystics and seekers of higher consciousness are intensively searching for means of releasing the vital energy (kundalini) that lies latent in each of us. Tantra, which does not deny the body, but harnesses its energies and powers for spiritual growth, is the most detailed and authoritative teaching of this kind in existence. In "Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy," Ajit Mookerjee writes of the core experience of Tantra, the process in which the energy is awakened and rises throughout the energy centers (chakras) to unite with Pure Consciousness at the crown of the head.
- The author drew on an extensive range of original manuscript sources for both the text an the magnificent illustrations found throughout the book.
- "Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy" examines the modern accounts of the kundalini experience, both Eastern and Western, and describes the findings of the clinical studies and research so far undertaken in the West.

Indian Philosophy - An Introduction to Hindu and Buddhist Thought (Paperback): Richard King Indian Philosophy - An Introduction to Hindu and Buddhist Thought (Paperback)
Richard King
R965 R891 Discovery Miles 8 910 Save R74 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

What is Indian Philosophy? Why has India been excluded from the history of philosophy? Richard King provides an introduction to the main schools of Hindu and Buddhist thought, emphasising the living history of interaction and debate between the various traditions. The book outlines the broad spectrum of Indian philosophical schools and questions prevailing assumptions about the 'mythical' ahistorical and 'theological' nature of Indian thought. Central philosophical questions are addressed: what really exists? How do we know what we know? Can we trust our perceptions of reality? What are we and where do we come from? Early chapters discuss the nature of philosophy in general, examning the shifting usage of the term throughout history. The author argues that a single definition or characterisation of the subject matter is impossible and that histories of philosophy remain tied to an ethnocentric and colonial perspective so long as they ignore the possibility of philosophical thought 'East of the Suez'. This highlights the need for a post-colonial and global approach to philosophy. Key features * Thematic approach rather than separate chapters on various schools * Emphasis on history of interaction/debate between the various trends * Introductory and concluding chapters on exclusion of 'India' from history of philosophy

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