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Bhagavad Gita
By: Schweig, Graham M.
Published by: Harper Collins
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 between two noble families related by blood. The epic's hero, young Prince Arjuna, is torn between his duty as a warrior and his revulsion at the thought of his brothers and cousins killing each other over control of the realm. Frozen by this ethical dilemma, he debates the big questions of life and death with the supreme Hindu deity Krishna, cleverly disguised as his charioteer. By the end of the story, Eastern beliefs about mortality and reincarnation, the vision and practice of yoga, the Indian social order and its responsibilities, family loyalty, spiritual knowledge, and the loftiest pursuits of the human heart are explored in depth. Explaining the very purpose of life and existence, this classic has stood the test of twenty-three centuries. It is presented here in a thoroughly accurate, illuminating, and beautiful translation that is sure to become the standard for our day.
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Price: $19.95
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Place at the Multicultural Table
By: Kurien, Prema A.
Published by: Rivergate Books
Multiculturalism in the United States is commonly lauded as a positive social ideal celebrating the diversity of our nation. But, in reality, immigrants often feel pressured to create a singular formulation of their identity that does not reflect the diversity of cultures that exist in their homeland. Hindu Americans have faced this challenge over the last fifteen years, as the number of Indians that have immigrated to this country has more than doubled. In A Place at the Multicultural Table, Prema A. Kurien shows how various Hindu American organizations—religious, cultural, and political—are attempting to answer the puzzling questions of identity outside their homeland. Drawing on the experiences of both immigrant and American-born Hindu Americans, Kurien demonstrates how religious ideas and practices are being imported, exported, and reshaped in the process. The result of this transnational movement is an American Hinduism—an organized, politicized, and standardized version of that which is found in India. This first in-depth look at Hinduism in the United States and the Hindu Indian American community helps readers to understand the private devotions, practices, and beliefs of Hindu Indian Americans as well as their political mobilization and activism. It explains the differences between immigrant and American-born Hindu Americans, how both understand their religion and their identity, and it emphasizes the importance of the social and cultural context of the United States in influencing the development of an American Hinduism.
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Aghor Medicine
By: Barrett, Ron
Published by: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
The Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls. This book explores the dynamics of pollution, death, and healing in Aghor medicine. It examines a range of Aghor therapies.
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Price: $15.95
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Attending Krishna's Image
By: Valpey, Kenneth Russell
Published by: Taylor & Francis Ltd
There is a growing scholarly interest in Hindu religion. Associated with this is the attention to sacred images and their worship. This book extends the discussion on Indian images and their worship, bringing historical and comparative dimensions and considering Krishna worship in the context of modernity, both in India and the West.
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Price: $110.00
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Autobiography of a Yogi
By: Yogananda, Paramahansa
Published by: The Floating Press
In 1946, Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952), published his life story, Autobiography of a Yogi, which introduced many westerners to meditation and yoga. It has since been translated into twenty five languages. The book describes Yogananda's search for a Guru, and his encounters with leading spiritual figures such as Therese Neumann, the Hindu saint Sri Anandamoyi Ma, Mohandas Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Prize winning physicist Sir C. V. Raman, and noted American plant scientist Luther Burbank, to whom it is dedicated. Amelita Galli-Curci, one of the most famous opera singers of the early twentieth century, said about the book:. "Amazing, true stories of saints and masters of India, blended with priceless superphysical information–much needed to balance the Western material efficiency with Eastern spiritual efficiency–come from the vigorous pen of Paramhansa Yogananda, whose teachings my husband and myself have had the pleasure of studying for twenty years.". [Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiography_of_a_Yogi under the terms of the GNU-FDL]
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Beyond Turk and Hindu
By: Gilmartin, David; Lawrence, Bruce B.
Published by: University Press of Florida
''[Sets] the stage for a rewriting of nearly a thousand years of history to create new understandings of the nature of cultural encounters. . . . The volume breaks free from the polemics of present-day politics and historicist distortions that have seeped into most standard texts.
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Bhagavad Gita for Modern Times
By: Tirtha, Swami Sadashiva
Published by: Sat Yuga Press
In this new translation and commentary on the ancient Sanskrit text, Swami Tirtha offers a completely fresh and accessible interpretation, making it easy to apply its teachings to daily life. The timeless wisdom of the Gita is illuminated by modern-day, real-world instances examining personal spiritual goals, and family, career, social, and environmental issues germane to today's seeker of wisdom and truth.
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Bhagavad Gita: The Song Celestial
By: Arnold, Edwin (trans.)
Published by: New Albion Press
A Conversation With God. One of the 'Five Jewels' of Hindu literature, this epic poem describes a battlefield dialog about the nature of man and the universe between an Indian warrior-prince and the charioteer who reveals himself to be a divine incarnation of Brahma.
Preparing to take place in a great battle, Prince Arjuna loses heart and questions his charioteer, Krishna, about his purpose in the world. Krishna, revealing himself as a divine incarnation of Brahma, instructs Arjuna on the nature of humanity, divinity, and the universe in this stirring epic poem dating back to before the Christian era.
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Bhagavad-Gita
By: unknown
Published by: NuVision Publications, LLC
The Bhagavad Gita is one the greatest scriptures ever written expounding the creed, discipline, and ideals of Hinduism.
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The Bijak of Kabir
By: Hess, Linda
Published by: Oxford University Press (US)
Kabir was an extraodinary oral poet whose works have been recited by millions throughout North India for half a millennium. Thousands of poems are attributed to Kabir, but only a few written collections have survived over the centuries. The Bijak is one of the most important.
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Price: $41.00
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