Based on three years of anthropological fieldwork in the Indian state of Rajasthan, Casting Kings explores the manner in which semi-nomadic performers known as Bhats understand, and also subvert, caste hierarchies.
On the second Saturday of each month, on the outskirts of the ancient city of Varanasi, Shiva's own city, thousands of shudra and Dalit devotees worship Yesu (Jesus) at a Catholic ashram.
On the second Saturday of each month, on the outskirts of the ancient city of Varanasi, Shiva's own city, thousands of shudra and Dalit devotees worship Yesu (Jesus) at a Catholic ashram.
This book explores Tamil Buddhism in modern India, focusing on its emergence as a response to caste-based oppression during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This book explores Tamil Buddhism in modern India, focusing on its emergence as a response to caste-based oppression during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The book Uttara Kanda Prasanga Evam Samnyasadhikar Vimarsha is written by His Holiness Shri Bhagavatananda Guru against the people who support the anti-shastra notions of Shri Rambhadracharya, who is the chief pontiff of Tulsi Peetha in Chitrakoot.
Long before philosophers argued over the nature of ultimate reality, a Sanskrit scripture had already answered the question in the boldest way imaginable: the ground of all existence is a Mother.
This book examines English translations and transcreations of The Bhagavad Gita, one of the most sacred and influential texts in Hinduism, exploring how textual transfers, affected by languages, cultures, and time, reconfigure the Gita's content and meaning, thus transforming it.
This book examines English translations and transcreations of The Bhagavad Gita, one of the most sacred and influential texts in Hinduism, exploring how textual transfers, affected by languages, cultures, and time, reconfigure the Gita's content and meaning, thus transforming it.
Building on the previous Italian edition, this volume presents a historical narrative and examination of the concept of ahimsa (nonviolence) throughout Indian religious and philosophical traditions, tracing its evolution from ancient Vedic texts to Mahatma Gandhi's modern interpretation and application.
Building on the previous Italian edition, this volume presents a historical narrative and examination of the concept of ahimsa (nonviolence) throughout Indian religious and philosophical traditions, tracing its evolution from ancient Vedic texts to Mahatma Gandhi's modern interpretation and application.
The Bhagavad Gita, also called The Song of the Lord, is a 700-line section of a much longer Sanskrit war epic, the Mahabharata, about the legendary conflict between two branches of an Indian ruling family.
Der funfte Band der Reihe Lernweg zum Schia-Islam beschaftigt sich mit einem wichtigen gegenwartigen und zukunftigen Problem der Menschheit, dem Jenseits im Allgemeinen und der Beziehung zwischen Jenseits und Diesseits im Spezifischen.
Der funfte Band der Reihe Lernweg zum Schia-Islam beschaftigt sich mit einem wichtigen gegenwartigen und zukunftigen Problem der Menschheit, dem Jenseits im Allgemeinen und der Beziehung zwischen Jenseits und Diesseits im Spezifischen.
Tantra for the Human Soul is an accessible introduction to the spiritual tradition of Tantra and its practices for cultivating greater awareness, connection, and personal transformation.
India's storytelling tradition has long used the parable — a short narrative carrying a lesson beneath its surface — to pass wisdom from teacher to student and generation to generation.
Liberation vs Heaven: Hindu Philosophy ExplainedUnderstanding the Difference Between Svarga and Moksha Across cultures and religions, heaven is imagined as the ultimate reward a realm of fulfillment beyond suffering, where moral effort finds its completion.
Draws on source texts of the Tao Te Ching and the Chuang-tzu for ways to achieve skills effortlessly through unity with the Tao Explains how Taoism is a spiritual technology for deprogramming ourselves from socialization and dissolving the ego Explores concepts of wu-wei (nonaction) and xiaoyao you (free and easy wandering in oneness) in order to realize our unfiltered true natureGiving readers a fresh take on the ancient philosophy of oneness, while at the same time restoring Taoisms original teachings, Jason Gregory shows how to effortlessly align with the Tao.
Cognitive Bias and the Spiritual Mind bridges modern cognitive science and the psychology of the Bhagavad Gītā to explain why sincere, intelligent people so often deceive themselves — and how they can see more clearly.
One of the best ENG translations of this ancient Indian treatise on politics, social mores, love, and intimacy are the Kama Sutra, which Mallanaga Vatsyayana wrote in the second century CE.
Markandeya Purana Books VII and VIII is a translation of classic Hindu scripture that explores the principles of duty, righteousness, and moral integrity through the trials and experiences of virtuous figures.
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