Sri satguru Publications/Indian Books Centre Books Review -II
Indian Books Centre
Contents: Introduction. 1. First things first. 2. Life threatening emergencies. 3. Abdominal problems. 4. Bone, muscle and joint problems. 5. Chest and respiratory problems. 6. Ears, eyes and nose problems. 7. Headaches. 8. Skin and nail problems. 9. Women’s health. 10. Environmental injuries. 11. Infectious diseases. 12. Bites and stings. 13. Mouth and dental problems. 14. Wound and trauma management. 15. Mental wellness. 16. Herbal preparations. 17. Herbal remedies and recipes. 18. Whole herb tinctures. 19. Programs and protocols. 20. Growing your own medicines. 21. Building your own first aid kit. References. Bibliography. Index. "As many medical dogmas and beliefs are beginning to fall into disfavor, the benefits of natural healthcare are enjoying a renaissance. Herbal traditions are passed down from one generation to the next for one simple reason: they work. Herbal treatment should not be construed as inferior when compared to using drugs. When properly administered, herbs, can be just as effective and often more effective than their pharmaceutical counterparts as applied in first aid. "Many of the most useful first aid texts require prescription drugs that only a licensed medical doctor has access to. The strength of Herbal First Aid and herbal medicines is that not only does it work, but it will always be available to each of us, as long as we have the earth, water and sunshine. Science is validating what the ancients have taught us all along. Herbal Medicine is a powerful and effective form of treatment that should not be overlooked. By combining the benefits of medical lifesaving knowledge and herbal wisdom, you will be able to give the very best immediate care or ‘First Aid’" [Kyle D. Christensen is a practicing chiropractor, master herbalist and naturopathic physician. Copies from Indian Books Centre 40/5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi- 110007 Ph No. 91-11-2384 4930 2384 6497 Fax No.91-11-2384 7336 E-mail indianbo...@gmail.com ibci...@vsnl.com Website: http://www.indianbookscentre.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Herbal First Aid and Health Care : Medicine
for a New Millennium/Kyle D. Christensen. Delhi, Satguru, 2000, 306 p.,
figs., Rs.400 . ISBN 81-7030-685-X.| Saturday, March 3, 2007 |
| Relations in
Indian Philosophy/ Ed. V. N. Jha |
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Contents: Preface. 1. Samyogasambandha in Nyayavaisesika/Nirmala Kulkarni. 2. Samavaya/B.K. Dalai. 3. The history of Svarupasambandha/Baliram Shukla. 4. On relation of identity (Tadatmya-Sambandha)/R.I. Ingalalli. 5. The Paryapti-relation in Navya-Nyaya/V.N. Jha. 6. Theory of Nirupya-nirupaka-bhava/V.P. Bhatta. 7. Jnapya-Jnapaka-bhava relation/Raghunath Ghosh. 8. The qualifier and qualificand relation/K.N. Hota. 9. Jayanta on the relation between world and meaning/Ujjwala Panse. 10. Laksana in Nyaya system/Subas Chandra Dash. 11. Causality in Indian philosophy: a brief survey/M.K. Gangopadhyay. 12. Relation of causality and Gautama’s concept of God/Nandita Bandyopadhyay. 13. Nyaya model knowledge•base and relational representation/Keshab Chandra Dash. 14. Prabhakara’s concept of relation/Rajendra Nath Sarma. 15. Function of relation in Dvaitadvaita philosophy/N.G. Kamat. 16. Form and function of relation in Visistadvaita philosophy/P. Srirama Murti. 17. Form and function of relations in Virasaiva philosophy/M. Sivakumara Swamy. "The present volume contains 17 articles presented and discussed at the national seminar on relations in Indian philosophy which was held on 25 to 27 March, 1991, at the Centre of advanced study in Sanskrit, University of Poona. The papers focusses on nature of a relation, the role played by a relation in generating a cognition, the role played by a relation in creating a precise language of philosophical and logical communication, and the philosophical implication of a relation. Any philosophical analysis requires clear idea about these aspects of a relation. The studies included here cover a very wide range of philosophical and logical literature in Sanskrit. Although the main source of information has been the literature on Pracina-Nyaya and Navya-Nyaya, some articles also have taken into account the position of relation and the problems of relation in other systems of Indian philosophy. There are views on relation being Ontological facts and also there are views which deny the Ontological reality of a relation. The discussions in this volume incorporate both the ranges." Other Interested Title Relations in Knowledge
Representation--Studies in Nyaya, Mimansa, Vyakarna, Tantra,
Modern Linguistics & Artificial Intelligence/ K.C. Dash,
Rs.300 For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre Request a Complete Catalogue |
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Relations in Indian Philosophy/edited by V.N. Jha.
Delhi, Sri Satguru, 1992, viii, 198 p., ISBN 81-7030-329-X.
Rs.300| Tuesday, October 17, 2006 |
| History of
Mysticism/ S. Abhayananda |
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Price Rs. 450 Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Mystics of the Ancient Past: 1. Pre-history of mysticism. 2. Vedic hymnists. 3. Early Egyptians. 4. The jews. 5. Upanishadic seers. 6. Kapila. 7. The Bhagavad Gita. 8. The Taoist sages. 9. The Buddha. II. Mystics of The Greco-Roman Era: 1. The pre-socratic Greeks. 2. Socrates and his successors. 3. Zeno of citium. 4. Philo judaeus. 5. Jesus of Nazareth. 6. Early Christians and gnostics. 7. Plotinus. III. Mystics of The Early Middle Ages: 1. Dionysius. 2. Narada. 3. Patanjali. 4. The Tantra. 5. Shankara. 6. Dattatreya. 7. Milarepa. 8. The Ch'an and Zen Buddhists. 9. The Sufis. 10. Al-Hallaj. IV. Mystics of The Late Middle Ages: 1. Jewish mysticism. 2. Ibn Arabi. 3. Iraqi. 4. Rumi. 5. Jnaneshvar. 6. Medieval Christians. 7. Meister eckhart. 8. Thomas a Kempis. V. Mystics of The Modern Era: 1. Nicholas of Cusa. 2. Juan de la Cruz. 3. Kabir. 4. Nanak. 5. Dadu. 6. Seventeenth and eighteenth century mystics. 7. Ramakrishna. 8. Twentieth century mystics. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. About the Book A contemporary American mystic and scholar tells the story of man's recurrent experience of enlightenment throughout the ages, and presents in an historical context the lives and words of over forty famous mystics from various Eastern and Western religious traditions to reveal the antiquity and endurance of the one Great Mystical Tradition and the unity underlying the diversity of its manifold expressions. For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre Request a Complete Catalogue |
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History of
Mysticism (3rd revised edition)| Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
| Buddhist Sites and
Shrines in India : History, Art and Architecture/D.C.
Ahir |
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Delhi, Sri Satguru, 2003, 335 p., maps, plates, $61. ISBN 81-7030-774-0. [Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No. 231]. Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Andhra Pradesh. 2. Arunachal Pradesh. 3. Assam. 4. Bihar. 5. Chhattisgarh. 6. Delhi. 7. Goa. 8. Gujarat. 9. Haryana. 10. Himachal Pradesh. 11. Jammu & Kashmir. 12. Karnataka. 13. Kerala. 14. Madhya Pradesh. 15. Maharashtra. 16. Orissa. 17. Pondicherry. 18. Punjab. 19. Rajasthan. 20. Sikkim. 21. Tamil Nadu. 22. Tripura. 23. Uttaranchal. 24. Uttar Pradesh. 25. West Bengal. Appendices: 1. The edicts of Asoka. 2. Buddhist monasteries seen by Hiuen Tsang. 3. Sacred relics of the Buddha. 4. Buddhist remains in Pakistan. 5. Buddhist sites in Bangla Desh. Bibliography. Index. Buddhist sites and shrines in India. "This book is the first of its kind which gives complete information on the history, art & architecture of more than 250 Buddhist sites and shrines in India. The presentation is state-wise, covering 25 modern states, in alphabetical order, from Andhra Pradesh to West Bengal. The most sacred shrines, sanctified by the Buddha, are in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Three other states where the Best Buddhist heritage has survived are •Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. And the best gompas, monasteries in the high Himalayan Valleys where Buddhism has been a living faith through the ages, are in Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh (Kashmir) and Sikkim. "To make this volume complete in all respects, five additional notes have been added. These are on•the edicts of Asoka (3 century BC); Buddhist monasteries seen by Hiuen Tsang, the Chinese pilgrim, in the 7 century AD; sacred relics of the Buddha; Buddhist remains in Pakistan, and Buddhist sites in Bangla Desh. All this information naturally makes this volume a very useful reference book on the Buddhist sites and shrines in Ancient India." Thanking You Naresh Gupta
Indian Books Centre 40/5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi- 110007 Ph No. 91-11-2384 4930 2384 6497 Fax No.91-11-2384 7336 E-mail ibci...@vsnl.com indianbo...@gmail.com Website: http://www.indianbookscentre.com |
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Buddhist Sites and Shrines
in India : History, Art and Architecture/D.C. Ahir.| Wednesday, September 5, 2007 |
| Classical Hindu
Mythology : A Reader in the Sanskrit Puranas/edited and translated by
Cornelia Dimmi |
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Classical Hindu Mythology : A Reader in the Sanskrit Puranas/edited and translated by Cornelia Dimmitt and J.A.B. van Buitenen. Reprint. 1998, Delhi. Sri Satguru. xiii, 373 p., Contents:
Preface. 1. Origins. 2. Visnu. 3. Krsna. 4. Siva. 5. The Goddess. 6.
Seers, kings and supernaturals. Glossary. Notes on sources. Bibliography
of Sanskrit Puranas. Index.
"The Mahapuranas embody the received
tradition of Hindu mythology. This anthology contains fresh translations
of these myths, only a few of which have ever been available in English
before, thus providing a rich new portion of Hindu mythology. "The book is organized into six
chapters. "Origins" contains myths relating to creation, time, and space.
"Seers, kings and supernaturals" relates tales of rivers, trees, animals,
demons, and men, particularly heroes and sages. Myths about the chief Gods
are dealt with in three separate chapters: "Krsna," "Visnu," and "Siva."
The chapter "The Goddess" presents stories of the wives and lovers of the
Gods, as well as of Kali, the savage battle Goddess. "In their introductions, the editors
provide a historical setting in which to discuss Hindu mythology as well
as a full analysis of its basic sources. The many names given the Gods and
Goddesses in the Sanskrit texts have been retained since their
multiplicity is an essential part of the richness of the original. The
editors have provided a thorough glossary to make these names
accessible "The Mahapuranas embody the received tradition of Hindu mythology. This anthology contains fresh translations of these myths, only a few of which have ever been available in English before, thus providing a rich new portion of Hindu mythology. "The book is organized into six chapters. "Origins" contains myths relating to creation, time, and space. "Seers, kings and supernaturals" relates tales of rivers, trees, animals, demons, and men, particularly heroes and sages. Myths about the chief Gods are dealt with in three separate chapters: "Krsna," "Visnu," and "Siva." The chapter "The Goddess" presents stories of the wives and lovers of the Gods, as well as of Kali, the savage battle Goddess. "In their introductions, the editors provide a historical setting in which to discuss Hindu mythology as well as a full analysis of its basic sources. The many names given the Gods and Goddesses in the Sanskrit texts have been retained since their multiplicity is an essential part of the richness of the original. The editors have provided a thorough glossary to make these names accessible "The Mahapuranas embody the received tradition of Hindu mythology. This anthology contains fresh translations of these myths, only a few of which have ever been available in English before, thus providing a rich new portion of Hindu mythology. "The book is organized into six chapters. "Origins" contains myths relating to creation, time, and space. "Seers, kings and supernaturals" relates tales of rivers, trees, animals, demons, and men, particularly heroes and sages. Myths about the chief Gods are dealt with in three separate chapters: "Krsna," "Visnu," and "Siva." The chapter "The Goddess" presents stories of the wives and lovers of the Gods, as well as of Kali, the savage battle Goddess. "In their introductions, the editors provide a historical setting in which to discuss Hindu mythology as well as a full analysis of its basic sources. The many names given the Gods and Goddesses in the Sanskrit texts have been retained since their multiplicity is an essential part of the richness of the original. The editors have provided a thorough glossary to make these names accessible Thanking You Naresh Gupta
Indian Books Centre 40/5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi- 110007 Ph No. 91-11-2384 4930 2384 6497 Fax No.91-11-2384 7336 E-mail indianbo...@gmail.com ibci...@vsnl.com Website: http://www.indianbookscentre.com |
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| Friday, March 2, 2007 |
| Meeting The Monkey
Halfway (A Spiritual Self Help Book) |
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Meeting The Monkey
Halfway Price: Rs. 150 About the Book The world is full of confused people running around aimlessly, waiting for life to happen. Caught in maze of mirrors, we spend most of our time bumping into the walls of confusion and chaos we have created. In term of Buddhist reality, we have been swallowed up by our ego-1, which determines our relationship with world. Meeting the Monkey Halfway is a spiritual instruction book that presents perspectives from the Buddha's view of the world and is offered as a remedial treatment. just as medicines are intended to deal with dysfunction, illness and injury, this spiritual path is meant to serve as a tool to bring radiating peace into our hearts and return us to our natural state of bliss. Contents:
Other Books on Yoga & Meditation Published under our Imprint: Sri Satguru Publications
ISBN: 81-7030-607-8, Series: Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 28 About the Book David Frawley is the author of many books on the spiritual traditions of India and is one of the few Westerners ever recognized in India as a Vedacharya or teacher of the Vedic Tradition. Beyond the Mind presents the essential knowledge and insights taken from his in-depth studies free of any technical terms for the benefit of the broader audience of all those interested in the fundamental issues of human life. Beyond The mind is a profound examination of the nature of the mind and of what we call reality. It raises fundamental questions as to the nature of the self and the nature of the world. It is a provocative challenge to all that we commonly believe and know that can help us move into an entirely different dimension of being, in which alone may be the solution to our present personal and collective problems. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-407-5, , Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No. 133 About the Author Gareth Sparham is unusual in that he is a respected academic and also has been a Buddhist monk for twenty years. He presently teaches at Langara College in Vancouver, B.C. He is an accomplished Sanskritist whose work on the Indian Buddhist writer Haribhadra has been published by Motilal Banarsidass. He spends part of his time in Dharmsala, India. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-687-6, Series: Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 258 About the Author Bernard Bouanchaud Internationally acclaimed yoga instructor Bernard Bouanchaud began studying yoga in 1961. He is the author of several books on Yoga including Le Yoga: Premiers Pas. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-807-0 About the Book The Gheranda Samhita is one of the important texts of Hatha Yoga. The book is a discourse between the sage Gheranda and Candakapali. The book is divided into seven chapters, dealing with the training of the physical body, Asanas (postures), Mudras, Pratyahara (restraining the mind), restraining the breath (Pranayama), contemplation (Dhyana) and Samadhi (liberation). The book contains Sanskrit text in Devanagari along with English translation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-808-9, Series: Sri Garib Dass Oriental Series No. 303 About the Book The Hatha Yoga Pradipila of Svatmarama is one of the basic text of hatha yoga. The book is divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with asanas (postures). The second chapter describes pranayama (control of breathing). The third chapter deals with mudras. The fourth chapters explains samadhi. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-678-7 About the Book If you practice mediation, this is the book you’ll want to take everywhere with you! Steve and Rosemary Weissman offer insights into the development process, because when you start to meditate, you eventually will look at all the problems that people on the spiritual path want to overcome. How do you deal with anger, fear, greed, aversion, or being judgmental? The Weissmans offer a guided meditation to help get rid of feelings of guilt and lack of self-worth; they present a way to learn how to look at the world around you with compassion and lovingkindness. Full of practical information, this is a resource that you’ll use over and over again, and you may want to give it to a friend. The Weissmans teach mediation retreats at the Wat Kow Tahm Meditation Center in Thailand. They also teach in the United States and at their center in Australia. This book was written at the request of people who have studied with them, for many students of Vipassana meditation wanted a ready reference to take home. Included with the text is basic instruction for working with meditation postures • sitting, standing, lying, and walking•so you can learn to use Vipassana mediation techniques everywhere you go. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN 81-7030-679-5 About the Book The world is full of confused people running around aimlessly, waiting for life to happen. Caught in maze of mirrors, we spend most of our time bumping into the walls of confusion and chaos we have created. In term of Buddhist reality, we have been swallowed up by our ego-1, which determines our relationship with world. Meeting the Monkey Halfway is a spiritual instruction book that presents perspectives from the Buddha's view of the world and is offered as a remedial treatment. just as medicines are intended to deal with dysfunction, illness and injury, this spiritual path is meant to serve as a tool to bring radiating peace into our hearts and return us to our natural state of bliss. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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ISBN: 81-7030-606-X, Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No.196 About the Book Indian Buddhist philosophers say that it is possible to achieve, by specific meditational techniques, a distinctive ‘altered state’ which they call ‘the attainment of cessation’. In this state, the stream of mental events is temporarily brought to a complete halt: the practitioner becomes mindless. The possibility and desirability of such an altered state was extensively discussed by Buddhist thinkers in India. In these discussions, they were compelled to consider the causal connections between the mental and the physical, and thus to clarify their positions on what in the west has usually been called the mind-body problem. On Being Mindless presents these discussions to an English speaking readership for the first time, including analysis and translation of texts not previously available in English and, in some cases, of material not available in any Western language. Opposing fashionably relativistic approaches to non-Western philosophical traditions, Paul Griffiths critically comments upon the analyses of mindlessness given by Buddhist thinkers. He maintains that “the functions, nature, and limits of rationality are conceived similarly in all cultures” and rejects” that humility which, all too often in those Western academic circles where the study of Buddhist thought is carried on, refuses to take its material with philosophical seriousness”. On Being Mindless is a study in cross-cultural philosophy which should do much to increase awareness among Western scholars of the precision and subtlety of India Philosophical thinking. It may also encourage Western philosophers to look beyond the barriers of their own culture and language for serious philosophical analysis. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-277-3, Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No. 89 Contents: Interpenetration, Buddha's Enlightenment; Chozen-ji Line; Bodhidharma; Hui-neng Ta-Chien; Lin-chi I-hsuan; Hakuin Ekaku; Omori Sogen; Tanouye Tenshin; Zen Therapy; The Way: Philosophy of Life; Trancendent Unconscious and the True Self; Creative Problem Solving; Mind-Body Training; All Ways are One in the End --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-528-4, Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No. 176 About the Book In January 1969 an unusual workshop was held at Oberlin
College in Ohio - an experimental project in Buddhist meditation. It
brought together a Thai Buddhist meditation teacher, the Venerable Chao
Khun Sobhana Dhammasudhi, and a Zen priest, the Reverend Eshin Nishimura,
to share with Professor Donald K. Swearer in instructing a group of
students in the theory and practice of satipatthana and zazen, two forms
of Buddhist meditation.
ISBN: 81-7030-825-9, Series: Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-612-4, Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No.201 About the Author D.C. Ahir (born 1928, Punjab) is a reputed scholar of Buddhist studies, and has made notable contribution to the history of Buddhism during the last 42 years. He retired as Director to the Government of India in February 1986, and since then is fully engaged in enriching literature. He already has more than forty published works to his credit, besides numerous articles on Buddhism. In appreciation of his noble and notable contribution to the Buddhist Literature as a Distinguished Scholarand Author, the Maha Bodhi Society of India, Sarnath conferred on him on 30 November 2001 the Honorary Title of Buddha Sahitya Shiromani. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-703-1 About the Book Yoga combins movement with conscious breathing to relieve the mind of daily stress and to build the body's strength and stamina. Mohan's approach is breath-oriented. He focuses on relaxing the body through proper breathing, correct mental attitude, and fluid movements which increase the body's flaxibility, strength, and inner stability. In this book, he sheds clear insight on the yoga philosophy, meditation, yoga postures (asanas), and breathing (pranayama) that allow anyone to find a deep sense of relaxation and well-being. Over 300 illustrations and photographs will help you develop your own yoga practice from 20 essential asanas which can be adapted to anyone's body shape, age, level of fitness, and experience. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-091-6 About the Book The present book comprises the Sanskrit text in Devanagari and transliteration and English translation of the Yoga Sutras's of Patanjali, an introduction, an appendix and notes on each sutras based upon several authentic commentaries all in English. The introduction is refreshingly topical. the doctrine of the Guna's-the four fold developmental theory namely physical, mental, moral and spiritual. The eight limbs of yoga, mantra, and laya yogas and their utilities in the presents system have been discussed in details. The book shows how the sutras of Patanjali are nearer to Raj Yoga rather than Hatha Yoga. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-244-7, Series: Studies in Indian Tradition Series No. 1 About the Book This new translation, drawings its inspiration from both careful scholarship and yogic practice, offers innovative features in that it: provides a full grammatical analysis of each term used by Patanjali, including an analysis of word compounds. Emphasizes the style and flow of the central author, rather than deferring to later commentaries. Includes a concise introduction, surveying earlier scholarship on the text and highlighting what the translators perceive to be its central theme: the process of subtilization. Uses consistent translation of Sanskrit terms such as artha (purpose) and visaya (condition), whereas prior translations have often given more than one translation for the same Sanskrit word. Selectively retains technical vocabulary in the original, thus challenging the reader to expand his or her linguistic horizons by assimilating Sanskrit terms such as purusa, prakrit, guna and dharma. A Sannkrit word index and Bibliography of prior translations are included. Other Book by the same Author 1. Nonviolence to Animals, Earth & Self in Asian
Tradition/ Christopher Key Chapple, Rs. 225 2. Ecological Prospects - Scientific, Religious & Aesthetic Perspective/ Christopher Key Chapple, Rs. 300 ISBN: 81-7030-427-X, Series: Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 185 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-138-6, Series: Sri Garib das Oriental Series No. 63 From the preface: "Much has been written about Yoga ever since the Theosophists "discovered" spiritual India, and not a little of a very uninformed nature which, in place of elucidating a complex mental science, has either perplexed the student or rendered the whole subject ridiculous. In this book it is my intention to abide by facts and simultaneously introduce sufficient cross references to other mystical systems, such as western magic and the Qabalah, to show that Yoga is one of a series of means of deliverance from worldly illusions. All these systems are closely related; for, in one sense, they and many others, such as Christian mysticism, Quietism, Buddhism, Taoism and Sufism, are spiritual languages the words of which differ in sound but the meanings of which are identical." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre Request a Complete Catalogue |
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| Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| Mathematics as
Known to the Vedic Samhitas |
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Mathematics as Known to the Vedic
Samhitas Sri Satguru Publications (Delhi), ISBN 81-7030-368-0 Contents : "This book is written with the view to examine and ascertain whether the Vedas really contain any consideration on mathematics in the real sense. The study is purposefully limited to nine Vedic texts which go by the name Samhitas. The present study deals with the arithmatics only. As one goes through the Vedic Samhitas and examines and interprets the mathematical data, one cannot but be impressed by the high stage of mathematical development in those ancient times." (jacket) For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre |
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| Monday, November 27, 2006 |
| How Master Mou
Removes Our Doubts/ John P.Keenan |
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How Master Mou Removes Our Doubts : A Reader-Response Study and Translation of the Mou-tzu Li-huo lun John P. Keenan Imprint : Sri Satguru Publications x, 229 p., ISBN 81-7030-516-0 Price: Rs. 350 Contents: Preface. I. Introduction: Reading the Mou-tzu Li-huo lun: Socioliterary strategies : 1.The intent of the Li-huo lun. 2. Modern Scholarship. 3. The approach of literary criticism. 4. Reader-response criticism. 5. The plot of the Mou-tzu Li-huo lun. 6. Interpretation as a function of an institutional community. 7. The argument of the Li-huo lun. 8. Notes to introduction. II. The preface to the Li-huo lun : 9. Background and context. 10. English translation of preface: Mou-tzu’s treatise on the removal of doubt. 11. Reader-response criticism. III. Mou-tzu’s dialogue with his critics: 12. Each of thirty-seven articles treated in three parts: i. English translation. ii. Source codes (background textual images and ideas). iii. Reader-response criticism (what the argument accomplishes in each of its progressive steps). Notes to articles. Bibliography. Index. "This is the first English translation of the earliest Chinese Buddhist text, but it is more than a translation. Keenan shows that Mou-tzu’s Treatise on Alleviating Doubt is a Buddhist hermeneutic on the Chinese classics. Using a reader-response method of examining the text, Keenan shows how the rhetoric convinces readers that one can remain culturally Chinese yet be a Buddhist. "The introduction explains the reader-response methodology, develops the movement of the dialogue in terms of this method, and clarifies the rhetorical impact of Master Mou’s argument. The introduction is followed by the thirty-seven articles of the text. Each article is first translated into English, then the contextual images and ideas are unpacked for each, and finally each article is subjected to a reader-response critique that shows what the argument accomplishes in each of its progressive steps. For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre |
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| Monday, January 29, 2007 |
| A Source Book in/
of Indian Philosophy- Tradition & Reflection |
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Tradition and Reflection Contents: About the Book This book examines, above all, the relationship between reason and Vedic revelation, and the philosophical responses to the idea of the Veda. It deals with such topics as dharma, karma and rebirth, the role of man in the universe, the motivation and justification of human actions, the relationship between ritual norms and universal ethics, and reflections on the goals and sources of human knowledge. Halbfass presents previously unknown materials concerning the history of sectarian movements, including the notorious "Thags" (thaka), and relations between Indian and Iranian thought. The approach is partly philosophical and partly historical and philological; to a certain extent, it is also comparative. The author explores indigenous Indian reflections on the sources, the structure and the meaning of the Hindu tradition, and traditional philosophical responses to social and historical realities. He does not deal with social and historical realities per se; rather, basing his work on the premise that to understand these realities the reflections and constructions of traditional Indian theorists are no less significant than the observations and paradigms of modern western historians and social scientists, he explores the self-understanding of such leading thinkers as Sankara, Kumarila, Bhartrhari and Udayana. Other Useful Titles 1. Theology after Vedanta: An Experiment in
Comparative Theology/ Francis X. Clooney,S.J. For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre Request a Complete Catalogue |
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| Tuesday, January 30, 2007 |
| Siddhanjana/ T. V.
Kapali Sastry |
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Price: Rs. 400 Contents:
This is the only book available which discusses in detail both the spiritual and ritualist interpretation of the Veda over the last four thousand years, beginning with Yaska and ending with the spiritual interpretation of Madhwa Acharya, Raghavendra Swamy and their disciples. It has extensive quotations from the Yaska’s books Nirukta, Brhad devata of Shaunaka, the Brahmana, Mahabharata, Upanishads, Gita and the Manusmrti. For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre Request a Complete Catalogue |
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| Posted By nareshgupta | Comment (3) | Lifestyle |
Unveiling the Light in
the Veda| Friday, March 2, 2007 |
| Meditation,
Compassion and Lovingkindness/ Steve & Rosemary
Weissman |
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- An Approach to Vipassana
Practice
"If you practice mediation, this is the book you’ll want to take everywhere with you! Steve and Rosemary Weissman offer insights into the development process, because when you start to meditate, you eventually will look at all the problems that people on the spiritual path want to overcome. How do you deal with anger, fear, greed, aversion, or being judgmental? The Weissmans offer a guided meditation to help get rid of feelings of guilt and lack of self-worth; they present a way to learn how to look at the world around you with compassion and lovingkindness. Full of practical information, this is a resource that you’ll use over and over again, and you may want to give it to a friend. "The Weissmans teach mediation retreats at the Wat Kow Tahm Meditation Center in Thailand. They also teach in the United States and at their center in Australia. This book was written at the request of people who have studied with them, for many students of Vipassana meditation wanted a ready reference to take home. Included with the text is basic instruction for working with meditation postures • sitting, standing, lying, and walking•so you can learn to use Vipassana mediation techniques everywhere you go. Other Books on Yoga & Meditation Published under our Imprint: Sri Satguru Publications
ISBN: 81-7030-607-8, Series: Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 28 About the Book David Frawley is the author of many books on the spiritual traditions of India and is one of the few Westerners ever recognized in India as a Vedacharya or teacher of the Vedic Tradition. Beyond the Mind presents the essential knowledge and insights taken from his in-depth studies free of any technical terms for the benefit of the broader audience of all those interested in the fundamental issues of human life. Beyond The mind is a profound examination of the nature of the mind and of what we call reality. It raises fundamental questions as to the nature of the self and the nature of the world. It is a provocative challenge to all that we commonly believe and know that can help us move into an entirely different dimension of being, in which alone may be the solution to our present personal and collective problems. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-407-5, , Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No. 133 About the Author Gareth Sparham is unusual in that he is a respected academic and also has been a Buddhist monk for twenty years. He presently teaches at Langara College in Vancouver, B.C. He is an accomplished Sanskritist whose work on the Indian Buddhist writer Haribhadra has been published by Motilal Banarsidass. He spends part of his time in Dharmsala, India. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-687-6, Series: Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 258 About the Author Bernard Bouanchaud Internationally acclaimed yoga instructor Bernard Bouanchaud began studying yoga in 1961. He is the author of several books on Yoga including Le Yoga: Premiers Pas. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-807-0 About the Book The Gheranda Samhita is one of the important texts of Hatha Yoga. The book is a discourse between the sage Gheranda and Candakapali. The book is divided into seven chapters, dealing with the training of the physical body, Asanas (postures), Mudras, Pratyahara (restraining the mind), restraining the breath (Pranayama), contemplation (Dhyana) and Samadhi (liberation). The book contains Sanskrit text in Devanagari along with English translation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-808-9, Series: Sri Garib Dass Oriental Series No. 303 About the Book The Hatha Yoga Pradipila of Svatmarama is one of the basic text of hatha yoga. The book is divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with asanas (postures). The second chapter describes pranayama (control of breathing). The third chapter deals with mudras. The fourth chapters explains samadhi. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-678-7 About the Book If you practice mediation, this is the book you’ll want to take everywhere with you! Steve and Rosemary Weissman offer insights into the development process, because when you start to meditate, you eventually will look at all the problems that people on the spiritual path want to overcome. How do you deal with anger, fear, greed, aversion, or being judgmental? The Weissmans offer a guided meditation to help get rid of feelings of guilt and lack of self-worth; they present a way to learn how to look at the world around you with compassion and lovingkindness. Full of practical information, this is a resource that you’ll use over and over again, and you may want to give it to a friend. The Weissmans teach mediation retreats at the Wat Kow Tahm Meditation Center in Thailand. They also teach in the United States and at their center in Australia. This book was written at the request of people who have studied with them, for many students of Vipassana meditation wanted a ready reference to take home. Included with the text is basic instruction for working with meditation postures • sitting, standing, lying, and walking•so you can learn to use Vipassana mediation techniques everywhere you go. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN 81-7030-679-5 About the Book The world is full of confused people running around aimlessly, waiting for life to happen. Caught in maze of mirrors, we spend most of our time bumping into the walls of confusion and chaos we have created. In term of Buddhist reality, we have been swallowed up by our ego-1, which determines our relationship with world. Meeting the Monkey Halfway is a spiritual instruction book that presents perspectives from the Buddha's view of the world and is offered as a remedial treatment. just as medicines are intended to deal with dysfunction, illness and injury, this spiritual path is meant to serve as a tool to bring radiating peace into our hearts and return us to our natural state of bliss. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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ISBN: 81-7030-606-X, Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No.196 About the Book Indian Buddhist philosophers say that it is possible to achieve, by specific meditational techniques, a distinctive ‘altered state’ which they call ‘the attainment of cessation’. In this state, the stream of mental events is temporarily brought to a complete halt: the practitioner becomes mindless. The possibility and desirability of such an altered state was extensively discussed by Buddhist thinkers in India. In these discussions, they were compelled to consider the causal connections between the mental and the physical, and thus to clarify their positions on what in the west has usually been called the mind-body problem. On Being Mindless presents these discussions to an English speaking readership for the first time, including analysis and translation of texts not previously available in English and, in some cases, of material not available in any Western language. Opposing fashionably relativistic approaches to non-Western philosophical traditions, Paul Griffiths critically comments upon the analyses of mindlessness given by Buddhist thinkers. He maintains that “the functions, nature, and limits of rationality are conceived similarly in all cultures” and rejects” that humility which, all too often in those Western academic circles where the study of Buddhist thought is carried on, refuses to take its material with philosophical seriousness”. On Being Mindless is a study in cross-cultural philosophy which should do much to increase awareness among Western scholars of the precision and subtlety of India Philosophical thinking. It may also encourage Western philosophers to look beyond the barriers of their own culture and language for serious philosophical analysis. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-277-3, Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No. 89 Contents: Interpenetration, Buddha's Enlightenment; Chozen-ji Line; Bodhidharma; Hui-neng Ta-Chien; Lin-chi I-hsuan; Hakuin Ekaku; Omori Sogen; Tanouye Tenshin; Zen Therapy; The Way: Philosophy of Life; Trancendent Unconscious and the True Self; Creative Problem Solving; Mind-Body Training; All Ways are One in the End --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-528-4, Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No. 176 About the Book In January 1969 an unusual workshop was held at Oberlin
College in Ohio - an experimental project in Buddhist meditation. It
brought together a Thai Buddhist meditation teacher, the Venerable Chao
Khun Sobhana Dhammasudhi, and a Zen priest, the Reverend Eshin Nishimura,
to share with Professor Donald K. Swearer in instructing a group of
students in the theory and practice of satipatthana and zazen, two forms
of Buddhist meditation.
ISBN: 81-7030-825-9, Series: Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-612-4, Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No.201 About the Author D.C. Ahir (born 1928, Punjab) is a reputed scholar of Buddhist studies, and has made notable contribution to the history of Buddhism during the last 42 years. He retired as Director to the Government of India in February 1986, and since then is fully engaged in enriching literature. He already has more than forty published works to his credit, besides numerous articles on Buddhism. In appreciation of his noble and notable contribution to the Buddhist Literature as a Distinguished Scholarand Author, the Maha Bodhi Society of India, Sarnath conferred on him on 30 November 2001 the Honorary Title of Buddha Sahitya Shiromani. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-703-1 About the Book Yoga combins movement with conscious breathing to relieve the mind of daily stress and to build the body's strength and stamina. Mohan's approach is breath-oriented. He focuses on relaxing the body through proper breathing, correct mental attitude, and fluid movements which increase the body's flaxibility, strength, and inner stability. In this book, he sheds clear insight on the yoga philosophy, meditation, yoga postures (asanas), and breathing (pranayama) that allow anyone to find a deep sense of relaxation and well-being. Over 300 illustrations and photographs will help you develop your own yoga practice from 20 essential asanas which can be adapted to anyone's body shape, age, level of fitness, and experience. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-091-6 About the Book The present book comprises the Sanskrit text in Devanagari and transliteration and English translation of the Yoga Sutras's of Patanjali, an introduction, an appendix and notes on each sutras based upon several authentic commentaries all in English. The introduction is refreshingly topical. the doctrine of the Guna's-the four fold developmental theory namely physical, mental, moral and spiritual. The eight limbs of yoga, mantra, and laya yogas and their utilities in the presents system have been discussed in details. The book shows how the sutras of Patanjali are nearer to Raj Yoga rather than Hatha Yoga. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-244-7, Series: Studies in Indian Tradition Series No. 1 About the Book This new translation, drawings its inspiration from both careful scholarship and yogic practice, offers innovative features in that it: provides a full grammatical analysis of each term used by Patanjali, including an analysis of word compounds. Emphasizes the style and flow of the central author, rather than deferring to later commentaries. Includes a concise introduction, surveying earlier scholarship on the text and highlighting what the translators perceive to be its central theme: the process of subtilization. Uses consistent translation of Sanskrit terms such as artha (purpose) and visaya (condition), whereas prior translations have often given more than one translation for the same Sanskrit word. Selectively retains technical vocabulary in the original, thus challenging the reader to expand his or her linguistic horizons by assimilating Sanskrit terms such as purusa, prakrit, guna and dharma. A Sannkrit word index and Bibliography of prior translations are included. Other Book by the same Author 1. Nonviolence to Animals, Earth & Self in Asian
Tradition/ Christopher Key Chapple, Rs. 225 2. Ecological Prospects - Scientific, Religious & Aesthetic Perspective/ Christopher Key Chapple, Rs. 300 ISBN: 81-7030-427-X, Series: Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 185 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-138-6, Series: Sri Garib das Oriental Series No. 63 From the preface: "Much has been written about Yoga ever since the Theosophists "discovered" spiritual India, and not a little of a very uninformed nature which, in place of elucidating a complex mental science, has either perplexed the student or rendered the whole subject ridiculous. In this book it is my intention to abide by facts and simultaneously introduce sufficient cross references to other mystical systems, such as western magic and the Qabalah, to show that Yoga is one of a series of means of deliverance from worldly illusions. All these systems are closely related; for, in one sense, they and many others, such as Christian mysticism, Quietism, Buddhism, Taoism and Sufism, are spiritual languages the words of which differ in sound but the meanings of which are identical." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre Request a Complete Catalogue |
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| Posted By nareshgupta | Comment (2) | Society |
Meditation, Compassion
and Lovingkindness| Friday, September 7, 2007 | |||
| Sacred Word and
Sacred Text | |||
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Sacred Word and Sacred Text : Scripture in World
Religions/Harold Coward. Reprint. Delhi, Sri Satguru, 1992, x, 222 p., ISBN
81-7030-326-5..Rs.200
Contents: Preface. 1. Scripture in Judaism. 2. Scripture in Christianity. 3. Scripture in Islam. 4. Scripture in Hinduism. 5. Scripture in Sikhism. 6. Scripture in Buddhism. 7. Scripture and the future of religions. Notes. Index.
"In our modern western way of thinking, "scripture" as a written book is very familiar to us. Our focus of both as lay people and as Scholars is on the written or printed character of a holy text. Little attention has been given to its function as spoken and heard sacred word. The conception of scripture as written word is bolstered in our culture by the great importance that we attach to the written or printed word. In so many areas of life today, we say that unless you have something in writing, it is not to be trusted. This valuation of the written over the oral-aural experience of language is, however, characteristic of only the most recent period of western cultural history. Even today it is not typical of the way the experience of the sacred word functions in most of the world religions examined in this book. The book analysis to shows that "scripture" has been understood by more people in most times and places (other than in our own modern period) as including both the oral and the written word, and that of the two it is the oral word with its relational context that has the greater power to transform lives.
"The book proceeds by looking at each religion in turn under the heading of oral text, written text, exegesis, devotional experience of the word, and relationship to other scriptures. Throughout, the terms "scripture" and "text" are used in a generic sense as including both the oral and the written sacred word. The book concludes with a reflection on the nature and function of oral and written scripture in past religious experience, and further requirements for worship, education, and private devotion. The author has dealt with following religions, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism.
"This fascinating study of the world’s sacred texts explains how the valuation of written scripture over the oral-aural experience is characteristic only of recent Western history. Even today, it is a typical of how most believers experience scripture. Sacred Word and Sacred Text demonstrate how "Scripture" historically has partaken of both the oral and the written traditions and argues that, of the two, it is the oral word which has the greater power to transform lives.
""Tremendously informative on a major current subject, scholarly, up-to-date, impressively comprehensive, and clearly written.
Copies from.
Indian Books Centre.40/5.Shakti Nagar.Delhi-110007
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| Posted By nareshgupta | Comment (0) | News |
| Thursday, August 23, 2007 |
| The Little Giant
Encyclopedia : Aromatherapy/David Schiller and Carol
Schiller |
|
The Little Giant Encyclopedia : Aromatherapy/David Schiller and Carol Schiller. Delhi, Satguru, 2001, 511 p., Rs.150. ISBN 81-7030-690-6. Contents: Introduction to aromatherapy. I. Safe, use, handling and purity of oils: 1. Purity of oils (extraction methods). 2. Selecting pure oils. 3. Shelf life. II. Air fragrances: 1. Aroma lamp. 2. Cotton cloth. 3. Diffuser. 4. Fragrance jar. 5. Lightbulb ring. 6. Mist sprays. 7. Potpourri pot. III. Bath, beauty and personal care: 1. Bath oils. 2. Bath salts. 3. Foot baths. 4. Sauna and steam room. 5. Beauty care. 6. Body scenting. 7. Personal care. 8. Baby care. IV. Inhalation of mood and effect: 1. Aroma lamp. 2. Diffuser. 3. Inhaler. 4. Mist sprays. V. Massage oil blends: 1. Massage tips. 2. Aches and pains. 3. Be more decisive. 4. Brighten your outlook. 5. Calming. 6. Cheer up! 7. Encourage conversation. 8. Feet and calves refreshers. 9. Get closer to someone you care about . 10. Heavenly. 11. Improve physical endurance. 12. Loosen tight muscles. 13. Mental clarity. 14. PMS ease. 15. Pre-sports. 16. Rainy-day comfort. 17. Rejuvenating. 18. Restlessness. 19. Sleep restfully. 20. Stimulate your creative abilities. 21. Warming. VI. Home products: 1. Bathroom air fresheners. 2. Carpet fresheners. 3. Cabinet and furniture polish. 4. Plant sprays for insects. 5. Sanitizers for away from home. 6. Sanitizers for the kitchen. 7. Sanitizers for mattresses. VII. Pet care: 1. Calm a pet. 2. Cuts, bites and irritations. 3. Doggy ear-flap mist sprays. 4. Ear itch. 5. Stiff joints. 6. Ticks and fleas. VIII. Essential oil profiles. IX. Carrier oil profiles: Measurements and equivalents. Index. Introduction to aromatherapy. I. Safe, use, handling and purity of oils: 1. Purity of oils (extraction methods). 2. Selecting pure oils. 3. Shelf life. II. Air fragrances: 1. Aroma lamp. 2. Cotton cloth. 3. Diffuser. 4. Fragrance jar. 5. Lightbulb ring. 6. Mist sprays. 7. Potpourri pot. III. Bath, beauty and personal care: 1. Bath oils. 2. Bath salts. 3. Foot baths. 4. Sauna and steam room. 5. Beauty care. 6. Body scenting. 7. Personal care. 8. Baby care. IV. Inhalation of mood and effect: 1. Aroma lamp. 2. Diffuser. 3. Inhaler. 4. Mist sprays. V. Massage oil blends: 1. Massage tips. 2. Aches and pains. 3. Be more decisive. 4. Brighten your outlook. 5. Calming. 6. Cheer up! 7. Encourage conversation. 8. Feet and calves refreshers. 9. Get closer to someone you care about . 10. Heavenly. 11. Improve physical endurance. 12. Loosen tight muscles. 13. Mental clarity. 14. PMS ease. 15. Pre-sports. 16. Rainy-day comfort. 17. Rejuvenating. 18. Restlessness. 19. Sleep restfully. 20. Stimulate your creative abilities. 21. Warming. VI. Home products: 1. Bathroom air fresheners. 2. Carpet fresheners. 3. Cabinet and furniture polish. 4. Plant sprays for insects. 5. Sanitizers for away from home. 6. Sanitizers for the kitchen. 7. Sanitizers for mattresses. VII. Pet care: 1. Calm a pet. 2. Cuts, bites and irritations. 3. Doggy ear-flap mist sprays. 4. Ear itch. 5. Stiff joints. 6. Ticks and fleas. VIII. Essential oil profiles. IX. Carrier oil profiles: Measurements and equivalents. Index. |
| 11:47:25 AM |
| Posted By nareshgupta | Comment (0) | Health |
| Friday, March 9, 2007 |
| Ethics in various
Religions of the World/ Dr. R. Leela Devi |
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Ethics Price: Rs. 150 About the Book Ethics is the study & evaluation of human conduct in light of moral principles. The present book deals with ethics in various religions of the world.
Dr. R. Leela Devi was an Indian writer, translator, and teacher. Her work includes books in English, Malayalam, and Sanskrit languages. She was from the state of Kerala. She has written and translated more than three hundred books along with her husband V. Balakrishnan. Other Books of the Author 1. From Representation to Participation (The first book on
Panchayatiraj)/ Rs. 150 For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre Request a Complete Catalogue |
| 2:34:24 PM |
| Posted By nareshgupta | Comment (0) | Personals |
| Friday, September 7, 2007 |
| Dying the xGood
Death;The Pilgrimage to xDie in India*s Holy City.
(Banaras) |
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Dying the Good Death : The Pilgrimage to Die in India's Holy City/Christopher Justice. Reprint. 1997,Delhi. Sri Satguru.. Rs.300. xxi, 268 p., 9.1 figs ,Contents: Preface. 1.
Perspectives on death and dying. 2. Kashi and studying Hinduism. 3. The
historical context of dying in Kashi. 4. The Kashi Labh Muktibhavan. 5.
Dying as tradition. 6. Dying in a spiritual system. 7. Dying and morality.
8. Physiological dying. 9. Good death and the dying process. Afterword.
Appendix: Survey questionnaire and compilation of responses. Glossary of
commonly used Hindi terms. Notes. References. Index.
"Dying the Good Death is a unique
ethnography, the first to focus on the experiences of dying at the end of
the life cycle. In a region of northern India, some people at the end of
their lives leave their villages and travel to the Hindu holy city of
Kashi to die. These pilgrims expect that by dying in Kashi they will
obtain the spiritual reward of moksha--liberation from the cycle of death
and rebirth. "Based on fieldwork conducted in Kashi's hospices or
"Mansions of liberation," Christopher Justice introduces us to a number of
dying individuals and their families, providing rich and evocative
descriptions of their remarkable experiences. The social contexts of these
experiences are explored through descriptions of the families who provide
care and the priests who chant the name of God twenty-four hours a day.
The book also has clear implications for the potential ways in which we
may choose to face the ends of our lives." copies from Indian Books xCentre.40/5.Shakti
Nagar.Delhi-110007. "Dying the Good Death is a unique ethnography, the first to focus on the experiences of dying at the end of the life cycle. In a region of northern India, some people at the end of their lives leave their villages and travel to the Hindu holy city of Kashi to die. These pilgrims expect that by dying in Kashi they will obtain the spiritual reward of moksha--liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth. "Based on fieldwork conducted in Kashi's hospices or "Mansions of liberation," Christopher Justice introduces us to a number of dying individuals and their families, providing rich and evocative descriptions of their remarkable experiences. The social contexts of these experiences are explored through descriptions of the families who provide care and the priests who chant the name of God twenty-four hours a day. The book also has clear implications for the potential ways in which we may choose to face the ends of our lives." copies from Indian Books xCentre.40/5.Shakti Nagar.Delhi-110007. "Dying the Good Death is a unique ethnography, the first to focus on the experiences of dying at the end of the life cycle. In a region of northern India, some people at the end of their lives leave their villages and travel to the Hindu holy city of Kashi to die. These pilgrims expect that by dying in Kashi they will obtain the spiritual reward of moksha--liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth. "Based on fieldwork conducted in Kashi's hospices or "Mansions of liberation," Christopher Justice introduces us to a number of dying individuals and their families, providing rich and evocative descriptions of their remarkable experiences. The social contexts of these experiences are explored through descriptions of the families who provide care and the priests who chant the name of God twenty-four hours a day. The book also has clear implications for the potential ways in which we may choose to face the ends of our lives." copies from Indian Books xCentre.40/5.Shakti Nagar.Delhi-110007. |
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| Posted By nareshgupta | Comment (0) | Arts |
| Friday, September 7, 2007 | ||||||
| Beyond the Mind/
David Frawley | ||||||
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Beyond the Mind/David Frawley. Delhi, Satguru, 1999, 171 p., .
Rs.150 ISBN 81-7030-607-8.
Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. The way of discrimination: 1. The search for enlightenment. 2. The myth of mental knowledge. 3. The culture of illusion. 4. Demystifying the mind. 5. The process of inquiry. 6. Mind as matter. 7. Matter and the unconscious. 8. The origin of the mind. 9. Human nature and intelligence. 10. Evolution and transformation I. 11. Evolution and transformation II. 12. Spirit, matter and nature. 13. Matter, energy and mind. 14. The sacred and the profane. 15. Discovery of the divine. 16. The true basis of culture. II. The challenges of awareness: 1. Action and transformation. 2. Addiction and thought. 3. The alchemy of perception. 4. Being. 5. Beyond self illusion. 6. The burden of memory. 7. Can one live without thought? 8. Channeling and meditation. 9. Conscious will. 10. The consumer and the consumed. 11. The creative state. 12. Direct and indirect knowledge. 13. Discrimination between subject and object. 14. The eternal. 15. Fear and the unknown. 16. The flame of awareness. 17. The fundamental question. 18. The influx of matter into mind. 19. Karma. 20. Kundalini. 21. Limitation and the unlimited. 22. Mantra. 23. Meditation and the unconscious. 24. The message of anxiety. 25. Opposition and understanding. 26. The pain of consciousness. 27. Positive thinking or negation of thought? 28. Power and energy. 29. Pranayama. 30. Presence and the present moment. 31. Purity of mind and going beyond the mind. 32. Pursuit of security. 33. Reality and appearance. 34. The religion of truth. 35. Renunciation. 36. The role of the Guru. 37. Self-integration and the abandonment of the self. 38. Sensation, emotion and thought. 39. Service. 40. Suffering and awakening. 41. Thought and conflict. 42. The true self. 43. The universal religion. 44. The waters of life. 45. Wonder and awe. 46. Yoga and meditation.
copies from
Indian Books Centre,40/5.Shakti Nagar.Delhi-110007.
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| Posted By nareshgupta | Comment (0) | Arts |
| Tuesday, October 17, 2006 |
| Ganpati-The Songs
of The Self/ John Grimes |
Ganpati-The Songs of the Self
Ganpati'The
Songs of the Self/John A. Grimes. Sri Satguru. Delhi Reprint. 1996, xx, 231 p., figures, Rs.345. "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it Copies from
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40/5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi- 110007 Ph No. 91-11-2384 4930 2384 6497 Fax No.91-11-2384 7336 E-mail i...@indianbookscentre.com Website: http://www.indianbookscentre.com |
| 3:56:20 PM |
| Posted By nareshgupta | Comment (0) | News |
| Tuesday, November 7, 2006 |
| Dilemmas of Life
and Death |
Dilemmas of Life and Death : Hindu Ethics in North American Context/S. Cromwell Crawford. Reprint. 1997, ix, 233 p., Delhi .Sri Satguru Rs.345Contents: Introduction. 1. The ethics of abortion. 2. The ethics of suicide. 3. The ethics of euthanasia. 4. The ethics of the environment. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. "This is a breakthrough work expanding the debate of the dilemmas of life and death in contemporary American society by carrying it beyond the insights of western religious and philosophic thought to include ethical perspectives of the Hindu tradition. "The topics covered are the timely ethical issues that concern both Americans and all people of the world--abortion, suicide, euthanasia and the environment. A lively east-west dialogue probes the roots of each issue in its native setting, and the fruit of this historical approach is a clear-cut analysis of up-to-date cases, giving their current status in terms of ethics, religion, philosophy, medicine and law. Unlike traditional textbooks that concentrate on a theoretical analysis to the exclusion of practical issues, this book does justice to both theoretical and practical ethics. "In the modern western world, heavily influenced by the achievements of science and technology, questions regarding the value of life and the individual's freedom to end it have come to occupy the center stage in recent years. Cromwell Crawford, a theologian by training and an Indian philosopher by choice, especially on Indian ethics, has devoted this volume to an examination of these issues as they appear in the American context from the standpoint of traditional Indian ethical theory. Such an approach to modern problems in ethics has not been attempted so far. The book is a valuable contribution to the ongoing east-west dialogue. It is a carefully thought out work and written in a clear and lucid style copies from Indian Books Centre
40/5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi- 110007 Ph No. 91-11-2384 4930 2384 6497 Fax No.91-11-2384 7336 E-mail i...@indianbookscentre.com Website: http://www.indianbookscentre.com
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| 12:15:39 PM |
| Posted By nareshgupta | Comment (1) | News |
| Wednesday, May 2, 2007 |
| Anti AIDS Drugs of
Ayurveda |
|
Anti AIDS Drugs of Ayurveda
Indian Books Centre
In the Service of the Scholarly World since 1976 In the Service of the Scholarly World since 1976 Anti AIDS (Ojaksaya) Drugs of
Ayurveda/ Gyanendra Pandey
 Delhi, Sri Satguru
Publications, 2003,
viii, 168 p.,
Rs.250. ISBN
81-7030-772-4.
Contents: 1. Ojaksaya and AIDS. 2. Sex behaviour and ideal conduct of life. 3. Adverse effects of excessive sex indulgence. 4. Woman as best source of sex stimulation. 5. Desire of life : pranaisana. 6. Significance of Sara in body immunity. 7. Concept of infection. 8. Semen and seminal morbidity. 9. Dhatuksaya. 10. Anti-AIDS ojaksaya drugs. 11. Classical drug formulations useful in ojaksaya-AIDS. 12. Role of Yasada Bhasma in AIDS. 13. Relevant classical dictum. 14. Physiopathological aspects of oja. 15. Medical treatment of seminal morbidites : sukradosa. 16. Karsya roga : emaciation. 17. Related diseases. 18. Sexually transmitted diseases. Supplement Contents: 1. Ojaksaya and AIDS. 2. Sex behaviour and ideal conduct of life. 3. Adverse effects of excessive sex indulgence. 4. Woman as best source of sex stimulation. 5. Desire of life : pranaisana. 6. Significance of Sara in body immunity. 7. Concept of infection. 8. Semen and seminal morbidity. 9. Dhatuksaya. 10. Anti-AIDS ojaksaya drugs. 11. Classical drug formulations useful in ojaksaya-AIDS. 12. Role of Yasada Bhasma in AIDS. 13. Relevant classical dictum. 14. Physiopathological aspects of oja. 15. Medical treatment of seminal morbidites : sukradosa. 16. Karsya roga : emaciation. 17. Related diseases. 18. Sexually transmitted diseases. Supplement |
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| Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
| The Legends and
Theories of the Buddhists, Compared with History and Science: With
Introductory Noti |
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The Legends and Theories of the Buddhists, Compared with History and Science: With Introductory Notices of the Life and System of Gotama Buddha/R. Spence Hardy. Reprint. , Delhi. Sri Satguru lvi, 244 p., $17. Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. The legends and literature of India: 1. Tests of the truth of history. 2. The legends of early Rome. 3. The Singhalese legend of Kalyani. 4. The caste of the Brahmans. 5. The Sanskrit and Pali languages. 6. The Vedas. 7. The Rishis of the Brahmans. 8. The Rahats and Rishis of the Buddhists. 9. The credibility of the historical records of the west. 10. The incredibility of the legends of India. 11. Wilson, Max Muller, and Turnour on Buddhism. 12. Differences in the chronology of the Buddhists. II. The cosmical system of the Buddhists: i. The Buddhist universe. ii. The errors of the system: 1. The Chakka-Wala, or Sakwalas. 2. Maha Meru. 3. The Sakwala rock. 4. The circles of rock and sea. 5. The sun and moon. 6. The three paths. 7. The rising of the sun. 8. The Asur Rahu. 9. The worlds of water and wind. 10. The sea. 11. The geography of the world. 12. The Anotatta lake. 13. The Jambu and Nuga trees. 14. The lions of the great forest. III. The ontology of Buddhism: 1. Former states of existence. 2. Former ages. 3. Present existence. 4. Man. 5. Nirwana. 6. The revolutions of the universe. 7. Mystic powers. IV. The development of Buddhism: 1. Gotama Buddha. 2. The legends of Buddha and Mahomet compared. 3. The Pitakas. 4. The source of Buddha’s revelations. 5. Buddhism in India. 6. Anomalies. 7. Defects. Conclusion. Appendix. Index Thanking You Naresh Gupta
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| Friday, November 24, 2006 | |
| Nature in Asian
Traditions of Thought : Essays in Environmental
Philosophy | |
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For our environmental problems what is needed is a new way of looking at nature. Here, the authors turn to the Asian tradition. Asking if they can provide us with conceptual resources for addressing environmental concerns. Western environmental philosophers and some of our most distinguished representatives of Asian and comparative philosophy critically consider what Asia has to offer. The first section provides an ecological world view as a basis for comparison. Subsequent section include chapters by leading contemporary scholars in Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Buddhist thought that explore the Western perception of Asian traditions-the perception that Asian philosophy is a rich conceptual resource for contemporary environmental thinkers. This book promises to provide an intellectual and an ethical incentive which will encourage its Western audience to reflect on the course of Western history that has led to the concerns addressed within. It would serve as valuable reading for anyone who is interested in the environment and in exploring new and traditionally Asian approaches to this crucial subject-Shigenori Nagatomo, Temple University
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| Monday, September 18, 2006 |
| Encyclopaedia of
Ayurveda/ Prof. P. H. Kulkarni |
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1. The Encyclopaedia
of Ayurveda Indian Medical Science Series No. 153-154 Price: Rs. 4000 Contents: I. Ayurveda Philosophy: Introduction: 1. Ayurveda an ancient science of life. 2. Introduction to principles of Ayurveda. 3. Principles of Ayurveda. 4. Triguna. 5. Tridosa. 6. The seven tissues (Dhatus). 7. Waste products (Three Malas). 8. Prakrti (human constitution). 9. Marma Vijnana. 10. Healthy life. 11. Rasayana. 12. Vajikarana. 13. Dietetics and Ayurveda. 14. Types of diet in Ayurveda. II. Ayurveda Diet: 1. Evolvement of life. 2. Pancamahabhutas. 3. Trigunas (Omnisubstances). 4. Tridosa (three energies/humors). 5. Saptadhatu (seven tissues). 6. Agni (fire) and Ama. 7. Vyadhi (disease) and Cikitsa (treatment). 8. Dietetics and Ayurveda. 9. Ahara Pacana Digestion. 10. Jala (water). 11. Dugdha (milk). 12. Yavagu (gruels). 13. Diet. 14. Samsarjana karma. 15. Some food articles. 16. Diet, mind and Yoga. 17. Food as medicine (treatment of diseases/disorders by food articles). 18. Ahara food concept in Ayurveda Samhita quotes. 19. Prakrti (human constitution). 20. Seasons. 21. Common dietic constituents as mentioned in Ayurvedic texts Dhanya Varga (SIMBI). III. Ayurvedic Beauty: 1. Svasthavrtta (healthy life style). 2. Skin and skin care in Ayurveda. 3. Ayurveda soundarya. 4. Hairs. 5. Beauty in Ayurveda. 6. Diet and discipline in skin care and cure. 7. Skin cure and care - a Pancabhautika approach. 8. Care of complexion. 9. Skin care. 10. Medicinal herbs for skin care and cure. 11. Ayurveda products indicated for skin care (skin diseases). 12. Traditional products useful in skin problems. 13. Some common skin disorders their treatment. 14. Herbal formulations. IV. Ayurvedic Herbs: 1. Introduction to Dravyaguna-sastra. 2. Properties (guna) of the..3. Six tastes (rasa). 4. Virya, vipaka and Prabhava. 5. Karma. 6. Anupana - media of intake - (Vehicle). 7. Times of administration of medicines and dosage. 8. Spices and condiments. 9. Some important herbs. 10. Useful Ayurvedic herbs. 11. Pancakasaya. 12. Some methods of herbal Ayurvedic preparations. V. Ayurvedic Minerals: 1. Introduction and history of Rasasastra. 2. Classification of substances according to rasasastra. 3. Some important minerals. 4. Some precious and semi-precious stones. 5. Important methods of preparations of Rasausadhi (mineral medicines). VI. Ayurvedic Diagnosis: 1. Tridosa vikrti. 2. Dosagati. 3. Vrddhi and Ksaya. 4. Prakupita Dosanam Karmani. 5. Dhatu-mala Vrddhi Laksanani. 6. Diseases. 7. Rogi Pariksavidhi. 8. Roganama Utpatti Vibhaga. 9. Roganam karanani. 10. Janmabala pravrtta vyadhi. 11. Vegavrodha. 12. Srotodusti. 13. Agni. 14. Agnimandya. 15. Aharaja karanani. 16. AMA. 17. Samprapti. 18. Roga pratikarksamata. Immune system. VII. Ayurvedic Treatment: 1. Agnimandya. 2. Amavata. 3. Amlapitta. 4. Arsa (Piles / Hemorrhoids). 5. Daha. 6. Grahani. 7. Hrdroga. 8. Kamala. 9. Kasa. 10. Malavshtambha. 11. Medoroga. 12. Mutrakrchra. 13. Panduroga. 14. Prameha. 15. Pratisyaya. 16. Sirahsula. 17. Sotha. 18. Svasa. 19. Vatavyadhi. 20. Unmada. VIII. Ayurveda Pancakarma: 21. Introduction. 2. Snehana and svedana. 3. Pancakarma and you. 4. Vamana. 5. Virecana. 6. Basti. 7. Nasya. 8. Raktamoksana. 9. Allied karma. 10. Diseases and Pancakarma. 11. Preparation of oils and medicines. 12. Ancient methods and modifications. 13. Questions and answers. IX. Child Health Care in Ayurveda: 1. Embryology. 2. Care of the new born baby (Navajata Paricarya). 3. Health care of child (prenatal, postnatal and food). 4. Health tips. 5. kalpani (Pediatric preparations). 6. Food as medicine. 7. Treatment of diseases. X. Ayurveda Virilization: 1. The first quarter of the chapter on virilification. 2. The second quarter of the chapter on virilification. 3. The third quarter of the chapter on virilification. 4. The fourth quarter of the chapter on virilification. XI. Ayurvedic Rejuvenation: 1. The first quarter of the chapter on vitalization. 2. Brahmarasayana - first quarter. 3. Brahmarasayana second quarter. 4. Glossary of diseases with their modern equivalents. 5. Glossary of botanical terms. 6. Glossary of terms used in Pancakarma. Bibliography. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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| Monday, November 27, 2006 | |
| Medicinal Plants
of Uttar Predesh and Uttranchal | |
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About the Book Under an approved in house research project of National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, ethnobotanical studies of the tribals and aboriginal populations were conducted in 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal inhabited by 18 tribes mainly among the Tharus, Kols, Gonds, Bhoxas, Kharwars, Jaunsaris, Bhotias, Garhwalis, Mushars, Baigas etc. in different seasons with a view to gather ethnobotanical informations on the traditional uses of plants and to uncover new plants of potential economic and medicinal value or new uses of known plants during the last 18 years by the scientists of ethnobotany group. The resource inventory of plant genetic resources used by the tribes, local inhabitants foresters, vaidyas and other knowledgeable informants of the region for food, fibre, medicine, oil, gums, dyes tannin, tribal crafts, narcotic, drinks and for antifertility and aphrodisic medicines, were prepared and documented. The studies have brought to light new indigenous knowledge on many species of useful plants. The present book highlights 450 plant species used in the life and economy of the tribals for meeting the day-to-day needs and healthcare. Plants species of the forest flora utilized for food, firbre, medicines, oils, gums, resin, dyes, basketry, timber, wood work, fish poison, religious ceremonies, narcotics, drinks, etc. have been enumerated here along with their processing methods and uses. The valuable ethnobotanical plant resources are divided into 15 groups on the basis of their uses and the products obtained from them. The species are arranged under each group alphabetically, giving information on their botanical name, family name in parenthesis followed by local name and the tribes. The book also provides information on some potential threatened ethnomedicinal plants and suggests their conservation measures in their own agro climatic ecosystems. The plant species enumerated in ethno medicinal plants group needs further phytochemical, pharmacological, clininical investigations for isolation of potential drugs for standardization and validation of useful green medicines and herbal preparations for human welfare and healthcare. The book will serve as a database and serve as a potential source of information and useful tools to the students, teachers, researchers, botanists, foresters, environmentalists, conservationists practitioners of herbal medicines, planners and administrators for preparing Developmental Action Plans (DAP) for the tribal tracts through Integrated Tribal Developmental Programme (ITDP), extension programmes for the welfare and upliftment of rural tribals, aboriginal populations as well as modern society. For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre Request a Complete Catalogue A Leading Bookshop for books from India :Indian Books Centre ...
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Tribal Wisdom on
Medicinal and Economic Plants: Uttar Pradesh and
Uttaranchal| Wednesday, February 21, 2007 |
| Religious
Pluralism and Truth - Essays on Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Religion/
Edited by Thomas |
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Religious Pluralism and
Truth Price: Rs. 400 About the Book This book is an introduction to cross-cultural philosophy of religion. It presents an alternative to Western-oriented philosophy of religion by focusing on questions of truth in the context of religious pluralism, including the criteria, models, and hermeneutics of cross-cultural truth in religion. The essays included are by some of the leading philosophers of religion and scholars in comparative religious thought such as Ninian Smart, Raimundo Panikkar, Harold Coward, William Wainwright, William Christian Sr., and Frederick Streng. Thomas Dean is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Temple University. He is co-founder of the newly-established International Association of Asian Philosophy and Religion.
Michael Stoeber, The Catholic University of America
Preface Part I. Religious Pluralism and Cross-Cultural Truth 1. The Philosophy of Worldviews, or the Philosophy of Religion
Transformed 2. Philosophical Pluralism and the Plurality of Religions 3. Religious Pluralism and the Future of Religions Part II. Criteria of Cross-Cultural Truth in Religion 4. Truth, Criteria and Dialogue Between Religions 5. Doctrinal Schemes, Metaphysics and Propositional Truth 6. Religious Pluralism and Cross-Cultural Criteria of Religious
Truth Part III. Models of Cross-Cultural Truth in Religion 7. The Logic of Oppositions of Religious Doctrines 8. The Doctrines of a Religious Community about Other
Religions 9. The Logic of Interreligious Dialogue 10. Gadamer's Hermeneutics as a Model for Cross-Cultural Understanding
and Truth in Religion Part IV. Hermeneutics of Cross-Cultural Truth in Religion 11. Rethinking the Doctrine of Double-Truth: Ambiguity, Relativity and
Universality 12. Mystical Experience as a Bridge for Cross-Cultural Philosophy of
Religion: A Critique 13. Structures of Ultimate Transformation and the Hermeneutics of
Cross-cultural Philosophy of Religion 14. The Hermeneutics of Comparative Ontology and Comparative
Theology Notes For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre Request a Complete Catalogue |
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| Friday, September 7, 2007 |
| Classical Hindu
Mythology;A Reader in the Samskrit Puranas, |
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Classical Hindu Mythology : A Reader in the Sanskrit Puranas/edited and translated by Cornelia Dimmitt and J.A.B. van Buitenen. Reprint. 1998, Delhi. Sri Satguru. xiii, 373 p., Rs.500. Contents:
Preface. 1. Origins. 2. Visnu. 3. Krsna. 4. Siva. 5. The Goddess. 6.
Seers, kings and supernaturals. Glossary. Notes on sources. Bibliography
of Sanskrit Puranas. Index.
"The Mahapuranas embody the received
tradition of Hindu mythology. This anthology contains fresh translations
of these myths, only a few of which have ever been available in English
before, thus providing a rich new portion of Hindu mythology. "The book is organized into six
chapters. "Origins" contains myths relating to creation, time, and space.
"Seers, kings and supernaturals" relates tales of rivers, trees, animals,
demons, and men, particularly heroes and sages. Myths about the chief Gods
are dealt with in three separate chapters: "Krsna," "Visnu," and "Siva."
The chapter "The Goddess" presents stories of the wives and lovers of the
Gods, as well as of Kali, the savage battle Goddess. "In their introductions, the editors
provide a historical setting in which to discuss Hindu mythology as well
as a full analysis of its basic sources. The many names given the Gods and
Goddesses in the Sanskrit texts have been retained since their
multiplicity is an essential part of the richness of the original. The
editors have provided a thorough glossary to make these names
accessible. "The Mahapuranas embody the received tradition of Hindu mythology. This anthology contains fresh translations of these myths, only a few of which have ever been available in English before, thus providing a rich new portion of Hindu mythology. "The book is organized into six chapters. "Origins" contains myths relating to creation, time, and space. "Seers, kings and supernaturals" relates tales of rivers, trees, animals, demons, and men, particularly heroes and sages. Myths about the chief Gods are dealt with in three separate chapters: "Krsna," "Visnu," and "Siva." The chapter "The Goddess" presents stories of the wives and lovers of the Gods, as well as of Kali, the savage battle Goddess. "In their introductions, the editors provide a historical setting in which to discuss Hindu mythology as well as a full analysis of its basic sources. The many names given the Gods and Goddesses in the Sanskrit texts have been retained since their multiplicity is an essential part of the richness of the original. The editors have provided a thorough glossary to make these names accessible. |
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| Friday, February 2, 2007 |
| Sri Subodhini:
Commentary on Srimad Bhagavata Purana/ Vallabhacharya |
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Sri Subodhini Price:Rs. 1100
This volume presents, for the first time in English language, the translation, based on devotion to our Lord Shri Krishna (bhakti), bringing out, from the original Sanskrit text, the "Bhavartha" (meaning of the innerspirit and underlying loving sentiments, with which, this treatise has been written), of the monumental commentary Sri Subodhini, on the Maha Bhagavata Purana, by Mahaprabhu Sri Vallabhacharya (c 1479 - c 1531). Shri Vallabhacharya's Sri Subodhini is available only for the 1, 2, 3; 10 and for 4 chapters and 2 verses of chapter 5 of 11 canto. Sri Subodhini is considered as the most detailed commentary, among all the available commentaries of Sri Bhagavatam. In this volume, 10 chapters of the 1 canto, (chapters 10 to 19) are dealt with the original verse of Sri Bhagavatam, it's English meaning, The text of Sri Subodhini in Sanskrit and it's English meaning. Wherever necessary, the commentaries / explanations given of Shri Gosainji (Shri Vittalnatha) Shri Vallabhji, Shri Laloo Bhatji and Shri Purushotamji have also have been added. The 10 chapters respectively deal with (1) The return of our Lord Sri Krishna to Dwaaraka (2) The "Welcome", accorded to our Lord, at Dwaaraka (3) The birth of King Parikshit (4) The renunciation of King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gaandhaari, after getting "Instructions" (Upadesa) from Sri Vidurji (5) The "Doubts" of King Yudhishtira on seeing "III-Omens", and the return of Arjuna from Dwaaraka (6) The "Journey" to the "Himalayas" by the Pandava brothers, on getting information about our Lord's going back to Sri Vaikuntam (7) the "Victory" march of King Parikshit and the "Dialogue" between mother earth and "Dharma" (8) The conquest of King Parikshit over "Kaliyuga" (9) The "Curse" of Rishi Shringi on King Parikshit and (10) The vow of King Parikshit of "Fasting Unto Death" and the "coming" (Visit) of Sri Sukadeva. For copies contact at your nearest bookseller or Indian Books Centre Phone no: 91-11-2384 6497, 2384 4930 |
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| Herbs of
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| The Rg-Veda :
Hymns of the Rg-Veda/Translated by H.H. Wilson. Reprint. Delhi, Satguru,
2002, 6 Vols. |
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"In 1805 H.T. Colebrooke, wrote an elaborate essay on the Vedas in the Asiatic Researches. This essay created a lot of interest in Europe to take up Vedic studies seriously. The efforts to study were directed towards three points: 1. Critical editions of the Vedic text. 2. Translations of those texts and. 3. Study of those texts in order to get acquainted with ancient Indian Culture and Philosophy. "It was H.H. Wilson, who for the first time translated entirely the Rgveda into English. H.H. Wilson based his English translation on the commentary of Sayanacharya and has given his own interpretations in the notes wherever there are differences with the commentary. This is prose English translation of the Rgveda with exhaustive notes." Thanking You Naresh Gupta
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