Twenty years ago, in a physics department common room in Pune, I noticed something that has not let go of me since: a cosmologist's whiteboard, covered in the mathematics of an expanding universe, sitting beside a printed verse from the Rig Veda that denied, three thousand years earlier, that being or non-being could even be said to have existed before creation.
The Fractured HourglassWhen a series of impossible murders begins to terrorize Mumbai, Detective Kavya Rajpurohit is drawn into an investigation unlike anything she has faced before.
Bhogar's Journeys: Volume 1A Cosmic Journey Beyond TimeThis is the ultimate quest of a magnificent, timeless consciousness—a power that has outlasted countless eons.
Amid global dialogue on the nature of human enhancement, this book traces humanity's pursuit of self- transcendence and enhancement from ancient times to the present, as reflected in diverse traditions across the globe.
Amid global dialogue on the nature of human enhancement, this book traces humanity's pursuit of self- transcendence and enhancement from ancient times to the present, as reflected in diverse traditions across the globe.
A short yet powerful Kavacha stotra - a protective hymn of goddess Renuka, Goddess Renuka is considered as a form of durga / parvati in the mantra shastras.
Garuda dvadashanama Stotra is a short yet powerful hymn on lord garuda, describing his greatness comprised of twelve names, each of these names also remind us the suparnopakhyana of adi parva of Mahabharata.
Why do millions of modern professionals suffer from chronic neck pain, persistent anxiety, and relentless afternoon fatigue, regardless of how much they stretch or sleep?
Paramahansa Yogananda (18931952), a Hindu missionary to the United States, wrote one of the worlds most highly acclaimed spiritual classics, Autobiography of a Yogi, which was first published in 1946 and continues to be one of the best-selling spiritual philosophy titles of all time.
The heart of this book is a dramatic love poem, the Rasa Lila, which is the ultimate focal point of one of the most treasured Sanskrit texts of India, the Bhagavata Purana.
The heart of this book is a dramatic love poem, the Rasa Lila, which is the ultimate focal point of one of the most treasured Sanskrit texts of India, the Bhagavata Purana.
The heart of this book is a dramatic love poem, the Rasa Lila, which is the ultimate focal point of one of the most treasured Sanskrit texts of India, the Bhagavata Purana.
Here is the first translation into English of the Basava Purana, a fascinating collection of tales that sums up and characterizes one of the most important and most radical religious groups of South India.
The concluding volume of a critical English edition of the monumental Indian epicThe seventh and final book of the monumental Ramayana of Valmiki, the Uttarakanda, brings the epic saga to a close with an account of the dramatic events of King Rama's millennia-long reign.
Ambedkar's Political Philosophy is a critical exploration of the political theory of B R Ambedkar, the Indian thinker and leader who championed the cause of the socially oppressed.
Ambedkar's Political Philosophy is a critical exploration of the political theory of B R Ambedkar, the Indian thinker and leader who championed the cause of the socially oppressed.
The Hare Krishnas have long been associated with Western hippie culture and New Age religious movements, but they have also developed deeply rooted communities in India and throughout the world over the past 50 years.
Taking into account sociological, anthropological, and historical considerations, this novel volume offers a history and ethnography of Hare Krishnas in the People's Republic of China (PRC), challenging assumptions about both devotees themselves and the institution to which they belong: the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).
Essay aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Theologie - Praktische Theologie, Note: bestanden, Universität Luzern, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Papst Franziskus hat die Neuevangelisierung mit Antritt seines Pontifikats zu einem seiner wichtigsten Ziele erklärt.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Religion, Note: 2,7, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Ethnologie), Veranstaltung: Politisierte Religion, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Ergründen des Phänomens der "Hinduisierung" Indiens, auch "Hindtuva" genannt, ist Hauptanliegen dieser Hausarbeit.
The Hare Krishnas have long been associated with Western hippie culture and New Age religious movements, but they have also developed deeply rooted communities in India and throughout the world over the past 50 years.
Taking into account sociological, anthropological, and historical considerations, this novel volume offers a history and ethnography of Hare Krishnas in the People's Republic of China (PRC), challenging assumptions about both devotees themselves and the institution to which they belong: the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).
This comprehensive new presentation of the religion of the Rigveda is the result of a thorough-going endeavour to extrapolate historical circumstances from that literary text and present them chiefly from the perspective of the adherents to this religion.
This comprehensive new presentation of the religion of the Rigveda is the result of a thorough-going endeavour to extrapolate historical circumstances from that literary text and present them chiefly from the perspective of the adherents to this religion.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europas - Mittelalter, Frühe Neuzeit, Note: 1,3, Freie Universität Berlin (Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut), Veranstaltung: Im Auftrag des Herrn unterwegs.
The isolated valleys of Rawain in the Western Himalaya are ruled by local gods who control the weather, provide justice, and regularly travel through their territories to mark their borders and to ward off incursions by rival gods.
The isolated valleys of Rawain in the Western Himalaya are ruled by local gods who control the weather, provide justice, and regularly travel through their territories to mark their borders and to ward off incursions by rival gods.
