Author: Swami Sri Ramanananda Saraswathi
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
ISBN: 9780941532495
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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A beautifully realized synthesis of the ancient tradition of Advaita Vedanta and Tantra.

Author: Munindra Misra
Publisher: Munindra Misra
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 195

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From Shiva's lips to Vishnu's ear, Truth's sacred whispers, crystal clear. Dattatreya, Parashurama's grace, *Tripura Rahasya*, timeless embrace. In hidden realms, a sacred mystery unfolds, *Tripura Rahasya*, ancient wisdom it holds. Three cities of consciousness, veils to unbind, Self-realization's path, seeker's heart aligned. Within the heart's citadel, secrets reside, Goddess Tripura, cosmic dance, divine guide. As arrows pierce illusions, truth's light unfurls, Silent whispers echo, awakening the pearls. Sages seek the essence, beyond form and name, In stillness, they unravel the eternal flame. *Tripura Rahasya*, a map to inner skies, Where Self and universe merge, as dawn's first rise.

Author: Lomakayu
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781502342478
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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From the moment we emerge into the world as an infant we begin a journey of experience. We all share the desire to be happy. In this journey we will all experience emotional and physical pain and the loss of what we love. How we meet our losses and pains will determine the amount of peace we have in our lives. If we meet them as the hardened warrior or the defeated victim we live from survival and peace escapes us. In Medicine of One, Lomakayu, spiritual teacher, Soul Dreamer, and the originator of primordial movements for emotional healing, offers us a path to spiritual awareness, self-compassion and freedom that is as simple as a Circle. Using his own unique teachings, personal experience, and poetic language, he shares a path that will enliven, bring clarity, inspire, and fulfill you no matter where you are in life. Allow yourself to open the pages of Medicine of One ... breathe in the words ... and slowly grasp all you can from what is written. You will find yourself in a Circle full of deep understanding and self compassion.

Author: Catherine Ludvík
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004158146
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 409

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Drawing on textual and art historical sources, this book traces the conceptual and iconographic development of the Indian riverine goddess of knowledge Sarasvati from sometime after 1750 B.C.E. to the seventh century C.E.

Author: Imma Ramos
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351840002
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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From the late nineteenth century onwards the concept of Mother India assumed political significance in colonial Bengal. Reacting against British rule, Bengali writers and artists gendered the nation in literature and visual culture in order to inspire patriotism amongst the indigenous population. This book will examine the process by which the Hindu goddess Sati rose to sudden prominence as a personification of the subcontinent and an icon of heroic self-sacrifice. According to a myth of cosmic dismemberment, Sati’s body parts were scattered across South Asia and enshrined as Shakti Pithas, or Seats of Power. These sacred sites were re-imagined as the fragmented body of the motherland in crisis that could provide the basis for an emergent territorial consciousness. The most potent sites were located in eastern India, Kalighat and Tarapith in Bengal, and Kamakhya in Assam. By examining Bengali and colonial responses to these temples and the ritual traditions associated with them, including Tantra and image worship, this book will provide the first comprehensive study of this ancient network of pilgrimage sites in an art historical and political context.

Author: Fārābī
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108417531
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 363

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Provides the first complete English translation of a central text in the Islamic philosophical tradition, with meticulously researched commentary and interpretation.

Author: Andrea Major
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532

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Contributed articles; with reference to India.

Author: Ithamar Theodor
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857725742
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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The Bhagavata Purana is one of the most important, central and popular scriptures of Hinduism. A medieval Sanskrit text, its influence as a religious book has been comparable only to that of the great Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Ithamar Theodor here offers the first analysis for twenty years of the Bhagavata Purana (often called the Fifth Veda ) and its different layers of meaning. He addresses its lyrical meditations on the activities of Krishna (avatar of Lord Vishnu), the central place it affords to the doctrine of bhakti (religious devotion) and its treatment of older Vedic traditions of knowledge. At the same time he places this subtle, poetical book within the context of the wider Hindu scriptures and the other Puranas, including the similar but less grand and significant Vishnu Purana. The author argues that the Bhagavata Purana is a unique work which represents the meeting place of two great orthodox Hindu traditions, the Vedic-Upanishadic and the Aesthetic. As such, it is one of India s greatest theological treatises. This book illuminates its character and continuing significance."

Author: Stefan Arvidsson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226028607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367

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Critically examining the discourse of Indo-European scholarship over the past two hundred years, Aryan Idols demonstrates how the interconnected concepts of “Indo-European” and “Aryan” as ethnic categories have been shaped by, and used for, various ideologies. Stefan Arvidsson traces the evolution of the Aryan idea through the nineteenth century—from its roots in Bible-based classifications and William Jones’s discovery of commonalities among Sanskrit, Latin, and Greek to its use by scholars in fields such as archaeology, anthropology, folklore, comparative religion, and history. Along the way, Arvidsson maps out the changing ways in which Aryans were imagined and relates such shifts to social, historical, and political processes. Considering the developments of the twentieth century, Arvidsson focuses on the adoption of Indo-European scholarship (or pseudoscholarship) by the Nazis and by Fascist Catholics. A wide-ranging discussion of the intellectual history of the past two centuries, Aryan Idols links the pervasive idea of the Indo-European people to major scientific, philosophical, and political developments of the times, while raising important questions about the nature of scholarship as well.

Author: James Swartz
Publisher: Shiningworld Press
ISBN: 9781736704479
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The core teachings of Vedanta are eternal. They were revealed several thousand years before the Christian era. As a means of enlightenment, Vedanta evolved slowly since then as great minds contributed dispassionately to the teaching tradition, which reached perfection in the eighth century. Just as nobody is trying to invent a new wheel, no one can improve Vedanta, because it does what it purports to do: set us free of our sense of limitation. This book demystifies the topic of enlightenment. Although it is inspirational, it is not just another vague inspirational read. It is written in a simple style that I believe will make the science of Self-inquiry accessible to seekers and finders everywhere.