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This book brings together in one volume the spiritual magnificence of the sacred books such as the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad Gita, three ancient Indian scriptures which are the foundation of the Hindu spiritual heritage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn connection with each of the subjects taken up the author supplies sufficient quotation from the texts concerned, as incidental illustration and sometimes also as appended passages, to give body and force to the exposition. His approach is clear and practical, and at the same time profound and richly poetic. This book takes the reader on a journey through the wisdom enshrined in these celebrated classics. The author has ably entered into the these ancient Indian treasure-houses of spirituality and offer their ancient wisdom to the modern spiritual seeker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTransliteration of Sanskrit Alphabet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK I\u003cbr\u003eThe Vedas: General Aspects\u003cbr\u003eSamhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas\u003cbr\u003eUpanisads\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK II\u003cbr\u003eThe Auxiliary scriptures\u003cbr\u003eThe Bhagavad-Gita \u003cbr\u003eThe Smrtis, the Puranas, the Tantras\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK III\u003cbr\u003eJa\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Swami Prabhavananda \/ Cosmo Publications \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776266514601,"sku":"12415","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/12415_7d70b638-59c9-4785-a0f7-fa86614ea474.jpg?v=1625514329"},{"product_id":"13025-essays-in-jaina-philosophy-and-religion","title":"Essays in Jaina Philosophy and Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Eminent Contributors\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Piotr Balcerowicz \u0026amp; Marek Mejor\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Motilal Banarsidass\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 308\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8120819772\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present collection of Essays in Jaina Philosophy and Religion contains contributions of world-acclaimed scholars in Jaina studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach of the four main sections of the present volume pertains to an important aspect within Jaina studies: Philosophy, with the emphasis on epistemology and the theory of the multiplexity of reality (anekanta-vada); historical development of Jainism and its origins, with special consideration of its relation to Buddhism and Ajivikism; Jaina system of ethics and conduct, including rituals, social life, monastic rules and regulations; and Jaina mediaeval literature as an expression of mysticism and sectarian background giving rise to the four spokes, or The Wheel of Modes of considering Jainism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a thorough and critical research work in the field of Jaina studies as such and likewise adequate exploration of the history and background of the exchange of ideas between the Jainas and other systems of thought in India, the book will prove to be a rare document.\u003cbr\u003eSome of these papers included were directly presented by the authors (Nalini Balbir, Colette Caillat, Christoph Emmrich, Peter Flugel, Jayandra Soni, Luitgard Soni, Kenji Watanabe and Albrecht Wezler) at the International seminar aspects of Jainism, held at Warsaw University, Poland, 8-9 September, 2000. The Seminar was one of the most important Indological events in Poland and the first opportunity in the history of Polish Indology for scholars to meet and debate on issues pertaining to the field of Jaina and related studies. 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It emerges from the critical analysis of her teachings always expressed orally that her great works of charity are not to be considered, as is done so far, as being within the most traditional catholic teaching. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey spring forth instead from an extraordinary power of spiritual intuition and thought. In fact, the fundamental characteristic of the spiritual journey of Mother Teresa is explained by her contact with the Hindu thought which she had personally experienced, living in India right from the age of 18, during the entire period of the Indian freedom movement guided by the Gandhian principle of non-violence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe extraordinary vitality and fruitfulness of the Mother's Christian faith is born exactly from this contact with the advaitic spirituality. This book was the first one that placed Mother Teresa among the great personalities of both Western and Eastern mysticism, and the spiritual mystical aspect of Mother Teresa was recently confirmed by the reserved documents that came to light in the process of beatification. 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The listeners were never turned away from the humble abode of Maharaj then and are not turned away now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOREWORD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWHO IS NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRANSLATOR’S NOTE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITOR’S NOTE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Sense of I am\u003cbr\u003eObsession with the Body\u003cbr\u003eThe Living Present\u003cbr\u003eReal World is Beyond the Mind\u003cbr\u003eWhat is Born Must die\u003cbr\u003eMeditation\u003cbr\u003eThe Mind\u003cbr\u003eDesirelessness, the Highest Bliss\u003cbr\u003eWho am I?\u003cbr\u003eHold on to I am\u003cbr\u003ePersonality, an Obstacle\u003cbr\u003eAll Suffering is born of Desire\u003cbr\u003eLiving is Life’s only Purpose\u003cbr\u003eYour are Fee Now\u003cbr\u003eDo not Undervalue Attention\u003cbr\u003eMind is Restlessness Itself\u003cbr\u003eWatch Your Mind\u003cbr\u003eGive up all and You Gain All\u003cbr\u003ePerfection, Destiny of All\u003cbr\u003eA Quiet Mind is All You Need\u003cbr\u003eSeek the Source of Consciousness\u003cbr\u003eTransiency if Proof of Unreality\u003cbr\u003eTruth Is Here and Now\u003cbr\u003eThe True Guru\u003cbr\u003eProgress in Spiritual Life\u003cbr\u003eAccept Life as it Comes\u003cbr\u003eThe Perceived Cannot Be the Perceiver Understanding Leads to Freedom\u003cbr\u003eThe Gnani does not Grasp, nor Hold \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDICES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNISARGA YOGA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAVANATH SAMPRADAYA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGLOSSARY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Maurice Frydman \/ Chetana Publications \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776421605545,"sku":"18307","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/18307_6d20217c-833a-4b5a-8db1-c069fc546600.jpg?v=1625569765"},{"product_id":"18473-symbolism-in-hinduism","title":"Symbolism in Hinduism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Swami Nityanaand\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Chinmaya Mission Trust\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2006\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 343\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8175971495\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConceptual thinking is hard to the many. 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Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FIVE : TWILIGHT OF THE GODS\u003cbr\u003eThe Muslim Period\u003cbr\u003eSynaesthesia in the Modern World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART TWO\u003cbr\u003eTHE FAMILY SYSTEM\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE : The Child\u003cbr\u003eThe joint Family\u003cbr\u003eInfancy\u003cbr\u003eThe Pre-school Child\u003cbr\u003eFather and Son\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWO : FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS\u003cbr\u003eThe status of Women\u003cbr\u003eMother and Son\u003cbr\u003eFamily and Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THREE : SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS\u003cbr\u003eAsceticism, and Orgiasticism\u003cbr\u003eThe Kama Sutra\u003cbr\u003eMarital Relations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FOUR : CHANGE IN THE FAMILY SYSTEM\u003cbr\u003eThe Impact of Urbanism\u003cbr\u003eThe Nuclear Family\u003cbr\u003eThe Younger Generation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART THREE \u003cbr\u003eTHE SOCIAL STRUCTURE\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 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Advaita Vedanta, the school or system founded by him, stresses the Advaita or non-dualist approach to the problem of existence and ultimate reality, and has been the main current of thought in India for hundreds of years.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost of Sankara's works are commentaries on other classics of Indian thought, like Upanisads, the Bhagavadgita, and the Brahmasutra.  The Upadesasahasri, or \"A Thousand Teachings,\" here critically edited and translated into English, is, however, the only independent and non-commentary work that can safely be attributed to him; the other independent writings traditionally ascribed to him are all probably spurious.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere Sengaku Mayeda, the author, has provided scholars and general readers with a critical edition based on the study of 27 metrical and 11 prose manuscripts and with an exact and readable English translation based on his definitive edition of the work along with his extensive introduction to the work.  With his clear and reliable translation and elaborate introduction to Sankara's life and thought, he has made this classic of Indian philosophy accessible to a wider readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume I:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by\u003cbr\u003e   W. NORMAN BROWN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by \u003cbr\u003e   HAJIME NAKAMURA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eGeneral account of the Manuscripts\u003cbr\u003eClassification and List of the Manuscripts\u003cbr\u003eInterrelations of the Manuscripts\u003cbr\u003ePrinted Editions\u003cbr\u003eAuthorship\u003cbr\u003eFormation of the Text\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE UPADESASAHASRI\u003cbr\u003eI. Padyabandha (Metrical part)\u003cbr\u003eCaianyaprakarana\u003cbr\u003ePratisedhaprakarana\u003cbr\u003eIsvaraprakarana\u003cbr\u003eAhampratyayaprakarana\u003cbr\u003eMutrasankaprakarana\u003cbr\u003eChittvaprakarana\u003cbr\u003eBuddhyarudhaprakarana\u003cbr\u003eCitisvarupaprakarana\u003cbr\u003eSuksmataprakarana\u003cbr\u003eDrsiprakarana\u003cbr\u003eIksitrtvaprakarana\u003cbr\u003ePrakasasthaprakarana\u003cbr\u003eAcaksustvaprakarana\u003cbr\u003eSvapnasmrtiprakarana\u003cbr\u003eNanyadanyatprakarana\u003cbr\u003eParthivaprakarana\u003cbr\u003eSamyanmatiprakarana\u003cbr\u003eTattvamasiprakarana\u003cbr\u003eJvaranasaprakarana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. Gadyabandha (Prose part)\u003cbr\u003eSisyapratibodhana (vidhi) prakarana\u003cbr\u003eAvagatiprakarana\u003cbr\u003eParisamkhyanaprakarana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritical Apparatus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex of quotations in the Upadesasahasri\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Words in the Upadesasahasri \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume II:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by\u003cbr\u003e  JOHN M. KOLLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN INTRODUCTION TO THE \u003cbr\u003eLIFE AND THOUGHT OF SANKARA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Life and Works of Sankara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. Sankara’s Central Doctrine and His Position in \u003cbr\u003e      The History of the Vedanta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII. Atman’s Identity with Brahman\u003cbr\u003eA. Theological and Cosmological Approach\u003cbr\u003eB. 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In the pursuit of culture, the need and purpose of every man’s efforts were found to be fourfold, which were called Purusarthas. They have been named as dharma-artha-kama and moksa. These are the caturvargas, but for men in general trivarga was set forth as the goal, leaving out the last one, moksa, liberation or freedom, for the chosen few, who had achieved or attained in full all the previous three.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis present volume, The Perennial Values of Indian Culture, is a collection of seventeen annual Surrendra Paul Lectures delivered by eminent personalities at our Institute during the period 1991-2007, covering diverse aspects of Indian life and culture. These lectures commemorate Surrendra Paul, a noted industrialist and a staunch follower and admirer of Indian culture. Originally the lectures were published as separate monographs. 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\u003cbr\u003e106.What should be the aim day and night? \u003cbr\u003e107.Who are blind with eyes? \u003cbr\u003e108.Whom should all remember? \u003cbr\u003e109.What should the wise men not say? \u003cbr\u003e110.How does one get salvation? \u003cbr\u003e111.Who is God? \u003cbr\u003e112.What is ignorance? \u003cbr\u003e113.Who is illusory? \u003cbr\u003e114.What is magical? \u003cbr\u003e115.What is dream-like? \u003cbr\u003e116.What is truth? \u003cbr\u003e117.Who is the God present before us? \u003cbr\u003e118.Who is respectable and like a teacher? \u003cbr\u003e119.What is like all the gods? \u003cbr\u003e120.What is the gain from devotion to God? \u003cbr\u003e121.What is salvation? \u003cbr\u003e122.What is most important in the Vedas? \u003cbr\u003eIII.Sharira Aur Atma: Body and Soul \u003cbr\u003e123.Are body and soul two entities? \u003cbr\u003e124.Who are we: the body or the soul? \u003cbr\u003e125.What is the difference between body and soul? \u003cbr\u003e126.What is the Self? \u003cbr\u003e127.How does the Soul survive? \u003cbr\u003e128.Is the relation between body and soul very limited? \u003cbr\u003e129.What about them that claim to have achieved divinity? \u003cbr\u003e130.What is the difference between the dual-existence in body as simple ‘jivatma’ and ‘param atma? \u003cbr\u003e131.What is the difference between the physical body and the astral body? \u003cbr\u003e132.How can that self be realised? \u003cbr\u003e133.What is God realisation? \u003cbr\u003e134.How can the body help in the realisation of the goal? \u003cbr\u003e135.How is the Soul eternal? \u003cbr\u003e136.Can the Self be comprehended? \u003cbr\u003e137.Does the atma ever change? \u003cbr\u003e138.What should be taken care of: the body or the Soul? \u003cbr\u003e139.How can the body be conditioned and kept in condition? \u003cbr\u003e140.How can we purify ourselves? \u003cbr\u003e141.What should we do and what should we set aside? \u003cbr\u003e142.What should we wish for purity? \u003cbr\u003e143.What are the qualities for refinement? \u003cbr\u003e144.What is the relation between body and soul? \u003cbr\u003e145.Which performs better: body or soul? \u003cbr\u003e146.What should one do in respect of body and soul? \u003cbr\u003e147.What is the purpose of life? \u003cbr\u003e148.Why are we unable to feel all these things? \u003cbr\u003e149.How can we grow better and be human? \u003cbr\u003e150.Will these things free us from tension and stress?\u003cbr\u003e151.What should we do to be free from tensions and stress? \u003cbr\u003eSection 2 : Upasana, Worship \u003cbr\u003eIV. Upasana Purva: Pre-Requisites \u003cbr\u003e152.What is worship? \u003cbr\u003e153.What is preferred in worshipping? \u003cbr\u003e154.Is fasting necessary in worshipping? \u003cbr\u003e155.How many kinds of worshipping are there? \u003cbr\u003e156.What is the difference between worshipping and Spiritual practice?\u003cbr\u003e157.What purpose do worshipping and spirituality serve? \u003cbr\u003e158.Who is God? How is He?\u003cbr\u003e159.If there is God then why don’t we see Him? \u003cbr\u003e160.Why is God said to be illusion?\u003cbr\u003e161.How can we analyse God? \u003cbr\u003e162.Why should we worship God? \u003cbr\u003e163.How have we learnt worshipping and penance?\u003cbr\u003e164.How can we get greater energy, better concentration and control? \u003cbr\u003e165.What will we get by worshipping? \u003cbr\u003e166.Is bathing essential before worshipping? \u003cbr\u003e167.If it is true then what should we do? \u003cbr\u003e168.When should we take bath? \u003cbr\u003e169.What is truly essential before worshipping? \u003cbr\u003e170.What are the dos (essential) and don’ts (forbidden) in worshipping? \u003cbr\u003e171.How can one get bahya suddhi, outer purification? \u003cbr\u003e172.Is silken cloth necessary for worshipping? \u003cbr\u003e173.Who gets closer to God and God-realisation? \u003cbr\u003e174.What are the ways of worshipping God? \u003cbr\u003e175.What is Shravan? \u003cbr\u003e176.What is Kirtan? \u003cbr\u003e177.What is Smaran? \u003cbr\u003e178.What is Pada Sevan? \u003cbr\u003e179.What is Archan? \u003cbr\u003e180.What is Vandan? \u003cbr\u003e181.What is Dasya Bhava Bhakti? \u003cbr\u003e182.What is Sakhya Bhava Bhakti? \u003cbr\u003e183.What is Atma Nivedan? \u003cbr\u003e184.Keeping Navadha Bhakti, all the nine, in mind: Which one is the best? \u003cbr\u003e185.What is the right time of worshipping? \u003cbr\u003e186.What is the difference between pooja and prayer? \u003cbr\u003e187.Why do we light an earthen lamp before pooja? \u003cbr\u003e188.Why do we perform arti while standing up? \u003cbr\u003e188.Why do we perform pooja? \u003cbr\u003e190.What is Shatkarma and how is it performed? \u003cbr\u003e191.What are the different ways of pooja? \u003cbr\u003e192.What is Panchopachar and how is it performed? \u003cbr\u003e193.What is Dashopachar and how is it performed? \u003cbr\u003e194.What is Shodashopachar and how is it performed? \u003cbr\u003e195.What should be done after pooja? \u003cbr\u003e196.What is Shwasti Vachan and how is it performed? \u003cbr\u003eV. Ahar Aur Upavasa: Food and Fasting\u003cbr\u003e197.What type of food one should take? \u003cbr\u003e198.What are the advantages of Suddha Satvika Bhojan? \u003cbr\u003e199.What are the Doshas, impurities in food? \u003cbr\u003e200.What should be done after taking food? \u003cbr\u003e201.What is fasting? Is fasting essential? What is the method of fasting?\u003cbr\u003e202.What are the different fasts and what are the benefits?\u003cbr\u003e203.What is the most advantageous way of taking food? \u003cbr\u003eSection 3 : Brahman, The Absolute God \u003cbr\u003eVI. Brahman \u003cbr\u003e204.Who is Brahman? \u003cbr\u003e205.How is Brahman ‘Pure Consciousness’? \u003cbr\u003e206.What is this Spandan? \u003cbr\u003e207.What is the Cosmic Law? \u003cbr\u003e208.Why is Brahman invisible? \u003cbr\u003e209.Is it possible to know Brahman? \u003cbr\u003e210.Despite his omnipresence why are we not able to know Brahman?\u003cbr\u003e211.How dis Brahma create the Universe? \u003cbr\u003e212.How was Shiva created? \u003cbr\u003e213.How was Vishnu created? \u003cbr\u003e214.How was Brahma created? \u003cbr\u003e215.What are four Mahavakyas? \u003cbr\u003e216.How do we grow? \u003cbr\u003e217.Who is bound by rebirth? \u003cbr\u003e218.What is important about the eternal cycle of birth and rebirth? \u003cbr\u003e219.Where can we get divine experience?\u003cbr\u003e220.Who can get divine experience? \u003cbr\u003e221.How difficult is it to get Divine Experience? \u003cbr\u003e222.Why should we not have affection and attachments in the face of the things and persons and relations we like? \u003cbr\u003e223.How can we worship Brahman and how can we be His devotee? \u003cbr\u003e224.When can one get ‘United to Brahman’? \u003cbr\u003eVII.Jyotir Linga : Origin of Life and Light \u003cbr\u003e225.From where one can get the details of ‘Linga’? \u003cbr\u003e226.When did the Linga first appear? \u003cbr\u003e227.What happened then? Were they pacified? \u003cbr\u003e228.What does it prove? \u003cbr\u003e229.How many types of Lingas are created or formed for worshipping? \u003cbr\u003e230.Which are the twelve Jyotir Lingas? \u003cbr\u003e231.Why Shiva is treated as the greatest? \u003cbr\u003e232.What is Tejo linga? \u003cbr\u003e233.In which countries Shiva Linga was worshipped? \u003cbr\u003eSection 4 : Punya, Virtue \u003cbr\u003eVIII. Dharma : Religion \u003cbr\u003e234.From where has Dharma come? \u003cbr\u003e235.Are the rites and rituals Dharma? \u003cbr\u003e236.What is Dharma? \u003cbr\u003e237.Is Dharma a Sagun God? \u003cbr\u003e238.Has Dharma a wife and sons? \u003cbr\u003e239.What do we get from Dharma? \u003cbr\u003e240.What is dharmika moral, religious and what is adharmika, immoral, irreligious? \u003cbr\u003e241.How and why immoral persons grow so well? \u003cbr\u003e242.What does Dharma give? \u003cbr\u003e243.What a physically challenged person do? How can he acquire Dharma?\u003cbr\u003e244.What are the three forms of Religion? \u003cbr\u003e245.What is the intention behind being religious? \u003cbr\u003eIX. Vidhi-Vidhan : Rites and Rituals \u003cbr\u003e246.Why do we apply Tilaka, anoint our forehead? \u003cbr\u003e247.Who should apply Tilaka? \u003cbr\u003e248.Why do we blow conch? \u003cbr\u003e249.Why do we take panchamrit? \u003cbr\u003e250.Why do we distribute prasad? \u003cbr\u003e251.Why do we visit temples? \u003cbr\u003e252.What are the Parvas and why are they celebrated? \u003cbr\u003eX. Stri Aur Purush : Man and Woman \u003cbr\u003e253.What is the difference between a woman and a man? \u003cbr\u003e254.But woman is treated as weak. Why? \u003cbr\u003e255.What should be our approach towards women? \u003cbr\u003e256.What a man or woman should do? \u003cbr\u003e257.How can these four pursuits be achieved? \u003cbr\u003e258.What are the Dharmas that one has to follow and foster? \u003cbr\u003e259.What are men and women? \u003cbr\u003e260.What a woman should do?\u003cbr\u003e261.Has a woman any right to get another husband? \u003cbr\u003e262.What is the place of a woman? \u003cbr\u003e263.Then why are the women suffering most? \u003cbr\u003e264.How can they realise that? \u003cbr\u003e265.Should morality be discussed in the case of men and women? \u003cbr\u003e266.Are men and women the same? \u003cbr\u003e267.Why should one give something in charity? \u003cbr\u003e268.What is the reciprocal gain? \u003cbr\u003e269.Why should we listen to our conscience? \u003cbr\u003e270.What is done in Vanprastha and Sanyasa? \u003cbr\u003e271.Why were males and females created? \u003cbr\u003e272.What should one be? \u003cbr\u003e273.Why women are not allowed to awaken Kundalini? \u003cbr\u003e274.Why women are not allowed to worship in menstruation period? \u003cbr\u003e275.Why woman are not allowed to do hard or heavy works? \u003cbr\u003e276.Is there any provison for separation or divorce in Hindu religion? \u003cbr\u003e277.Should a husband be revered as god? \u003cbr\u003eSection 5 : Adhyatma, Spirituality \u003cbr\u003eXI. Antarika Vikas: Inner Growth\u003cbr\u003e278.What is meant by spirituality? \u003cbr\u003e279.Where does spirituality lead to? \u003cbr\u003e280.What is fear and how can one shake off? \u003cbr\u003e281.How can Brahman be described? \u003cbr\u003e282.What cosmic power, Shakti, can we acquire through Brahman? \u003cbr\u003e283.How can we experience Brahman? \u003cbr\u003e284.What are the elements that the Universe is made up of? \u003cbr\u003e285.Where is the fallacy? \u003cbr\u003e286.What are the things that can take us out of the woods? \u003cbr\u003e287.What are the enemies of Spirituality? \u003cbr\u003e288.What is the worst enemy of Spirituality? \u003cbr\u003e289.What is the best way for a man? \u003cbr\u003e290.What do we get from spirituality? \u003cbr\u003eXII. Sadhana: Meditation\u003cbr\u003e291.Is purity essential for Sadhana? \u003cbr\u003e292.What steps should be taken for purity? \u003cbr\u003e293.Is bath essential before Sadhana? \u003cbr\u003e294.What are the essentials for Sadhana? \u003cbr\u003e295.Is there anything else really essential for Sadhana? \u003cbr\u003eSection 6 : Karma, Deeds\u003cbr\u003eXIII. Mantra \u003cbr\u003e296.What are Mantras? \u003cbr\u003e297.Is there any difference in Mantra and Shloka? \u003cbr\u003e298.What are the classifications of Mantras? \u003cbr\u003e299.How do Mantras work? \u003cbr\u003e300.How are the Mantras uttered? \u003cbr\u003e301.What is the total and immediate effect of Mantra? \u003cbr\u003e302.How and where the Mantra sadhana be best completed? \u003cbr\u003e303.What are the twelve Mantras with which Pranayam to Surya is completed? \u003cbr\u003e304.What are Beeja Mantras? \u003cbr\u003e305.What are the Ekakshar Beeja Mantras? \u003cbr\u003e306.How is Mantra Japa done? \u003cbr\u003e307.How is Japa counted on the rosary? \u003cbr\u003e308.How do we use the Varna Japa Mala? \u003cbr\u003e309.Do we always need rosary for counting the Mantras? \u003cbr\u003e310.What are the secret qualities of sacred Mantras? \u003cbr\u003e311.What does the chanting give? \u003cbr\u003e312.What are the difference between reading and speaking other things and chanting Mantras? 189\u003cbr\u003e313.Are there Mantras in other religions? \u003cbr\u003e314.Do we need Mantras for Meditation? \u003cbr\u003e315.What is Mantra Anushthan? \u003cbr\u003e316.What are the types of Mantra Anusthan? \u003cbr\u003e317.What are the benefits of Mantra Anusthan? \u003cbr\u003e318.What are the requirements of Mantra Anushthan? \u003cbr\u003e319.What do we need to do? \u003cbr\u003e320.What do we actually need? \u003cbr\u003e321.Can we grow with Mantras? \u003cbr\u003e322.How can one spare time for chanting Mantras from his busy schedule? \u003cbr\u003e323.What can such experiences be called? \u003cbr\u003e324.What are the experiences? \u003cbr\u003e325.What do we eventually get from the Mantras? \u003cbr\u003e326.How do Mantras help? \u003cbr\u003eXIV. Karya-Karana : Cause and Effect \u003cbr\u003e327.What is karya karan siddhanta? \u003cbr\u003e328.What are the general effects of our actions? \u003cbr\u003e329.What is the apparent and net result of the cause and effect theory? \u003cbr\u003e330.What are the results of cause and effect theory in other births? \u003cbr\u003e331.How can we get most out of Karya and Karana Siddhanta? \u003cbr\u003e332.Can it be proved in a religious way? \u003cbr\u003e333.What are the meritorious deeds? \u003cbr\u003e334.How can we control the selfish feelings? \u003cbr\u003e335.Can the meritorious deeds be dedicated? Can such dedications bear fruit? \u003cbr\u003eSection 7 : Yoga\u003cbr\u003eXV. Yoga \u003cbr\u003e336.What is yoga? \u003cbr\u003e337.How can such concentration be achieved? \u003cbr\u003e338.What are the qualities of an ideal seeker? \u003cbr\u003e339.Are those qualities needed to start practising Yoga? \u003cbr\u003e340.Is Yoga for women too? \u003cbr\u003e341.What are Triyoga, three Yogas? \u003cbr\u003e342.What are Yoga Chatushtaya? \u003cbr\u003e343.What is Dvividha Nishta, dual devotion? \u003cbr\u003e344.What are Trividha Gyan Dwar, three doors of knowledge? \u003cbr\u003e345.What are Trividha Narak Dwar, three doors to hell? \u003cbr\u003e346.Which are the Mudras and Bandha?\u003cbr\u003e347.What is Ashtavidha Pranayama, eight types of Pranayama? \u003cbr\u003e348.What are Shatakarma?\u003cbr\u003e349.What are the three Nadis in Yoga? \u003cbr\u003e350.What are the ten Vayus in Yoga? \u003cbr\u003e351.According to Yoga what are the different Chakras in our body? \u003cbr\u003e352.What are the three ways in Yoga to reach up to the Self or Brahman?\u003cbr\u003e353.What are Tri-granthis? \u003cbr\u003e354.What is Tri-shakti? \u003cbr\u003e355.What are Pancha Akash? \u003cbr\u003e356.What are Chaturvidha Vanee, four types of sound? \u003cbr\u003e357.What are the eight divisions or limbs of Yoga? \u003cbr\u003e358.What are five Yamas? \u003cbr\u003e359.What are the Niyams? \u003cbr\u003e360.What are asans? \u003cbr\u003e361.What is Pranayam?\u003cbr\u003e362.What are the types of Pranayam? \u003cbr\u003e363.What do we get from Pranayam? \u003cbr\u003e364.What is Pratyahar? \u003cbr\u003e365.What are the inner limbs (Antrang Sadhan) of Yoga? \u003cbr\u003e366.What is Dharana? \u003cbr\u003e367.What is Dhyan? \u003cbr\u003e368.What is Samadhi? \u003cbr\u003e369.What are Kriya Yoga? \u003cbr\u003e370.What are other yogas, if any? \u003cbr\u003e371.What are Pancha Kleshas? \u003cbr\u003e372.What are Sapta Sadhana? \u003cbr\u003e373.What are obstacles in Yoga? \u003cbr\u003e374.What are Shatkarma? How are they performed? \u003cbr\u003e375.What are eight Maha-Siddhis? \u003cbr\u003e376.How can one get salvation and be free? \u003cbr\u003eSection 8 : Moksha, Salvation\u003cbr\u003eXVI. Prakriti : Nature \u003cbr\u003e377.Is it a fact that apes are our forefathers? \u003cbr\u003e378.Is it Creation or Evolution? \u003cbr\u003e379.What is the relation between Nature and God? \u003cbr\u003e380.Why are we in bondage then? \u003cbr\u003e381.How can we get salvation? \u003cbr\u003e382.Why does Nature intervene? \u003cbr\u003e383.How does Nature teach? \u003cbr\u003e384.What should man do? \u003cbr\u003eXVII. Aham : Ego \u003cbr\u003e385.What is ego? \u003cbr\u003e386.Where does ego reside? \u003cbr\u003e387.What is the difference in ego and ego-less? \u003cbr\u003e388.What are the disadvantages of ego? \u003cbr\u003e389.How is ego related to misdeeds, crimes and sins? \u003cbr\u003e390.Is the advisor or seducer a shareholder in the sins? \u003cbr\u003e391.How can we be free from ego? \u003cbr\u003e392.What happens when the ego vanishes? \u003cbr\u003eXVIII. Vedanta\u003cbr\u003e393.What is Vedanta? \u003cbr\u003e394.What does Vedanta give? \u003cbr\u003e395.How is Vedanta Darshana presented? \u003cbr\u003e396.How is the Indian concept of Creation different from Western Concept? \u003cbr\u003eXIX. Moksha : Salvation\u003cbr\u003e397.How are we helped in getting Moksha? \u003cbr\u003e398.How can we attain Moksha, liberation? \u003cbr\u003e399.How can we feel and think in that way positively? \u003cbr\u003e400.What is the need of Moksha, for the liberation of soul? \u003cbr\u003e401.What should be done for salvation? \u003cbr\u003e402.What are needed for salvation? \u003cbr\u003eSection 9 : Abiramata, Continuity \u003cbr\u003eXX. Amaratva : Immortality\u003cbr\u003e403.What is amaratva or immortality? \u003cbr\u003e404.Why should one try for Amaratva? \u003cbr\u003e405.What is the best way of living and for Amaratva? \u003cbr\u003eXXI. Jeevan Aur Astitva : Life and Existence \u003cbr\u003e406.What do we mean by a good life? \u003cbr\u003e407.What are the ways to acquire positive qualities?\u003cbr\u003e408.Why are we not getting that view? \u003cbr\u003e409.In comparison to the infinite, what are we and have our deeds any value? \u003cbr\u003e410.How can we save life, keep our astitva surakshita? \u003cbr\u003e411.What is needed then? \u003cbr\u003e412.Why do we call grandchildren Suda, interest? \u003cbr\u003e413.What is Moksha in practical life? \u003cbr\u003e414.Is there anything more to say? \u003cbr\u003e415.Then what can be the end? \u003cbr\u003e416.Can we pray now?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Shrikant Prasoon \/ Pustak Mahal \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776602583209,"sku":"28408","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/28408_9967529f-2838-4063-bccd-f125938bb4f0.jpg?v=1625519547"},{"product_id":"28550-blossoms-of-friendship","title":"Blossoms of Friendship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Vimala Thakar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Motilal Banarsidass\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2004\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 112\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788120800885\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVimala Thakar’s Blossoms of Friendship is an extraordinary roadmap of the mind that will be of interest to anyone who is serious about the practice of meditation. With the precision of a physicist, Thakar revels the distinct layers of the mind in a refreshingly original yet accessible manner. Though these talks, she firmly places herself in the league of iconoclastic spiritual teachers, such as the late Krishnamurti.’’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eVimala Thakar began her spiritual search at the tender age of five. As a young woman, she traveled and lectured for the Land Gift Movement of Vinoba Bhave, an associate of Mahatma Gandhi. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer meetings with Krishnamurti, from 1956 to 1961, had a profound effect on her life. From the 1960s to the 1980s, she taught meditation retreats in thirty-five countries. She stopped travelling outside India in 1991, and now resides in Mount Abu, in Rajasthan, where she meets with people from all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Concentration, Attention, and Awareness\u003cbr\u003e2. The Movement of the Mind\u003cbr\u003e3. Consciousness is Matter\u003cbr\u003e4. Friendship and Freedom\u003cbr\u003e5. The Silence of Meditation\u003cbr\u003e6. In the Spirit of Inquiry\u003cbr\u003e7. The Realm of Nonduality\u003cbr\u003e8. Patterns of Self-Deception\u003cbr\u003e9. Peace Beyond Compare\u003cbr\u003e10. The Observer and the Observed\u003cbr\u003e11. Guide, Teacher, Master, or Guru\u003cbr\u003e12. 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