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SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Speaking Tiger Publishing
• By : Ruskin Bond
  
• Cover : Hardcover
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2018
• Pages : ‎ 160 pages
• Weight : 159 g
  
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 9789388070065
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9388070065
  

DESCRIPTION: 

Ruskin Bond, India’s favourite writer, draws from his own experiences, and those of some of the world’s greatest thinkers and doers, to offer words of inspiration and wisdom. A Little Book of Courage is the perfect guide—to dip into and to gift—for the good times, and the tough.

SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Rupa & Co
• By : Ruskin Bond
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2013
  
• Pages : 118 pages
  
• Weight : 172 g
  
• Size : 11.43 x 0.94 x 16.51 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 8129124947
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-8129124944
  

DESCRIPTION: 

'There is no greater desert or wilderness than to be without true friends.' In this beautiful collection, Ruskin Bond puts together his favourite sayings on friends and friendship. From his own observations, recorded over the years in his diaries, to famous sayings by celebrated writers, poets and philosophers, this is a delightful compilation of thoughts on love, friendship and family. Told with the heartwarming simplicity that characterizes Ruskin Bond, this book, much like a good friend, is one you can turn to at any time, for comfort and company.."

SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Speaking Tiger
• By : Ruskin Bond
  
• Cover : Hardcover
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2016
  
• Pages : 160 pages
  
• Weight : ‎‎180 g
  
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 9385755943
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9385755941
  

DESCRIPTION: 

India?s beloved sage and writer brings together his own pithy observations and those by artists and thinkers he admires in this beautiful little anthology. A Little Book of Happiness is a miscellany for all seasons, one to cherish and to share.

SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• By : Ruskin Bond
  
• Cover : Hardcover
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2019
  
• Pages : 120 pages
  
• Weight : ‎ 295 g
  
• Size : 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 935333683X
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9353336837
  

DESCRIPTION: 

In this little book full of whimsical illustrations and thoughtful quotations, Ruskin Bond introduces us to his favourite plants. Meet the resilient rubber, the tantalizing tomato, the generous grass, the dainty dahlia, the nifty neem and many others. Bond’s simple and descriptive prose brings these apparently inanimate beings alive—each with a distinct identity, a singular quirk. A Little Book of Magical Plants is a handy guide to discover more about this often ignored world of ‘green growing things’.

Specification:

• Publisher : Indica Books
• By : IP-Meera Grimes
• Cover : Paperback
• Edition : October 31, 2011
• Pages : 268
• Weight : 270 gm.
• Size : 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Language : English
• ISBN-13 : 978-9381120019
• ISBN-10 : 9381120013
• Product Code : BK14245

Description:

Swami Vaidyanathan (1913-90) was an awakened and extraordinary individual of the modern age; a rare combination: master of music (both Indian and Western), science, and philosophy. True to the wisdom of the Upanishads, he was awakened by the sheer questioning of the meaning of the word “young”. He pondered, “What is young?” He looked at the photo of his childhood in his mind and then looked at his present body and questioned, “Who is me, this or that?” His deep deliberation took his mind backwards in time and at one point he went beyond where there was no sun, or moon. This happened when he was 23 years old, studying the atom under Lord Rutherford in Cambridge, England. Later, overpowered by compassion at seeing the world’s suffering, he dedicated his life to assuage the suffering of people and unite humanity. He found a solution and called his thesis, Masquism. He did not compromise on his principles even in trying circumstances. He lived as a walking messenger of God with the message that made him a world Guru. He loved humanity as a father would love his family, leaving his message as his offering and contribution to human welfare and unity. This book gives an overall biography of Remaji with his insight, struggles, and his last two years of letters to the author.

About Author:

Meera Grimes is a disciple of Swami Vaidyanathan and the custodian of all his writings. She was awarded the prestigious title Kalaimamani by the Tamil Nadu Government in 1983 for her outstanding performances on Harikatha. She is the author of two books: Harikatha and Offspring of God and the Play of God. Nowadays she spends all her time is preserving and editing Swami Vaidyanathan’s writings.

From the Jacket

Mrs Rhys Davids, A Manual of Buddhism delves deep into the Pali Pitakas and Sanskrit Sutras of Buddhism, removes the huge mass of arid theology accumulated during the passage of that religion through different periods, different tongues and different races of men, and presents, in its pristine purity, the original message of the Buddha, who so extended the concepts of "way" and "Dharma" in the Upanishads, as to suit all men who "eddy about here and there, striving blindly, achieving nothing." He showed a way, which steered clear of the two extremes of self-indulgence and severe austerities; which was not an adage of worldly wisdom and prudence, no better than Aristotle's "the middle character is in all cases to be praised", which gave equal emphasis to all the joys and opportunities of life; which involved "a long steep journey through sunk gorges, over mountain in snow"; which became clear as one progressed; which required Dhamma as its only guide, which was one of advance to a clear goal; which was one of advance to a clear goal; which was no less adventurous than the one pursued by the prince in Kusa Jataka to win back his lost soulmate. His original teaching is so simple and direct that it is irresistible, which is the reason why Buddhism has survived as a world-religion to this day.

Mrs Rhys Davids' clarity of thought and diction, in combination with her deep erudition, have contributed in making this manual unique.

About the Author

Mrs Rhys Davids (27 September 1857 - 26 June 1942), a well-known authority on Buddhism, undertook the difficult task of translating from original Pali a number of Buddhist works which justifiably earned her a place among the foremost scholars of Buddhism. She was a pupil of Prof. T.W. Rhys Davids whom she later married. Besides her translation of the Dhamma-Sangani under the title of A Buddhist Manual of Psychological Ethics, she undertook the translation and interpretation of a number of works on Abhidhamma. As the editor of the Pali Text Society, a number of other works were published under her guidance. She was also the author of a number of books and articles: the more well-known are: Buddhist Psychology, translation of Thera-Therigatha in English verse entitled Psalms of the Early Buddhist Brothers and Sisters, and The Wayfarers' Words (in three Vols.) and What was the Original Gospel in Buddhism?

SPECIFICATION:

Publisher :    ‎ Sagar Publications
By :      Iranganti Rangacharya Mahamahopadhyaya
Language : English
Pages :  83 pages
Weight : 200 Gram 
Size : ‎ 22 x 14 x 2 cm
ISBN-10 :  8170820723
ISBN-13 : ‎   978-8170820727

DESCRIPTION:

PREFACE Some astrologers hardly understand my book, Jaimini Sutramritam, a commentary both in Sanskrit and English. Of course it is just hearsay, may or may not be true. However one finds intricacy in Jaimini school of thought, unless one goes thoroughly through the Sanskrit commentary and Vriddha karikas as well. I have prepared this book as such that the astrologer could grasp easily and correctly the aspects, argalas, arudhas, raja yogas, ayur dasas, phalitha dasas etc. also because of charts illustrated where ever necessary. Forsure this could be a guide to every aspirant to Jaimini predictivity. For more details and Dasas the reader would well refer my Jaimini Sutramritam published by Sagar Publications. IRANGANTI RANGACHARYA

3rd Century BCE, Pataliputra, India Madhura lives in the legendary city of Pataliputra during the reign of King Ashoka of the Maurayan dynasty. She works in the palace as the maid and companion of Princess Sanghamitra. Madhura does not like it at all! Life is so boring. She dreams of travelling across the land like her brother Kartik, who is a trader and growing up to become a soldier, fighting with swords and riding horses. Madhura's dream suddenly come true as she travels with Kartik from Pataliputra to Ujjaini in a caravan. On the way mysterious things begin to happen. Who is that fat man giving out packets full of gold and silver coins to Kartik? Why are they stopping at Vidisha to meet a Buddhist monk? Kartik is up to something and Madhura has to find out the truth. Read this fascinating account of Madhura's life, and discover what it was like to grow up in the past!

Specification:

• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By : Om Swami
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2016
• Pages : 360
• Weight : 323 gm.
• Size : 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches
• ASIN: 8184959451
• ISBN-13 : 978-8184959451

Description:

Each one of us is a master of infinite possibilities at a universal scale. Through meditation we experience our own magnificence, our true potential.Drawing on his experience of thousands of hours of earnest and strenuous meditation, renowned sage Om Swami pens a guide to help channelize unruly, futile thoughts and turn them into productive energy.A Million Thoughts shows how to meditate correctly, how to practice various styles of meditation and how to become proficient in the many yogic practices that will lead to the final stage of samadhi — the ultimate spiritual self-fulfilment. Brimming with firsthand experiences and references from ancient and classical texts, this brilliant book is most suited for the modern reader who wishes to master the art of meditation.

Specification:

• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By :Om Swami (Author)
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2016
• Pages : 360 pages
• Weight : 
• Size : 14 x 2.3 x 21.6 cm
• ISBN-13: 978-8184959451
  

Description

Learn all about meditation from the Himalayan mystic.

Each one of us is a master of infinite possibilities at a universal scale. Through meditation we experience our own magnificence; Our true potential.

Drawing on his experience of thousands of hours of earnest and strenuous meditation, renowned sage Om Swami pens a guide to help channelize unruly, futile thoughts and turn them into productive energy.

A Million Thoughts shows how to meditate correctly, how to practice various styles of meditation and how to become proficient in the many yogic practices that will lead to the final stage of Samadhi — the ultimate spiritual self-fulfillment.

Brimming with firsthand experiences and references from ancient texts, this brilliant book is most suited for the modern reader who wishes to master the art of meditation!

Description

"‘On the morning of 19 September, while Miss Mountstephen was still away, Miss Garnett-Orme was found dead in her bed. The door was locked from the inside. On her bedside table was a glass. She was positioned on the bed as though laid out by a nurse or undertaker.’ From ‘A Mussoorie Mystery’ by Ruskin Bond.

There are very few readers who don’t get a feeling of satisfaction from reading a good short story. It is the ending to a story that can make the reader sit up and think about it—some can be good, some twisted and some absolutely anticlimactic! Read about a couple who set out to get the perfect gift for each other and the surprising twist in the end in ‘The Gift of the Magi’; a robotic dancing partner, which creates more menace than a human partner ever can in ‘The Dancing Partner’; and Bond’s own telling of a mystery set in Mussoorie, which caught the fancy of none other than Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes; and many more such stories. Selected and edited by Ruskin Bond, this collection is abound with several fantastic, scary, surprising and humorous stories.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Ruskin Bond has been writing for over sixty years, and now has over 120 titles in print—novels, collections of short stories, poetry, essays, anthologies and books for children. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, received the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957. He has also received the Padma Shri (1999), the Padma Bhushan (2014) and two awards from Sahitya Akademi—one for his short stories and another for his writings for children. In 2012, the Delhi government gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award. Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India, and now lives in Mussoorie with his adopted family."

Specification

• Product Code : BK8664
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : April 10, 2017
• Pages : 142
• Weight : 120 gm.
• Size : 5.9 x 0.3 x 8.3 inches
• Cover : Paperback
• Author : Ruskin Bond
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129135825
  ISBN-13: 978-8129135827

From the pen of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy this small but wonderful volume is an essay in translation and exegesis in relation to the Vedas in which passages from the Rgveda and the Brhadaranyaka and Maitri Upanisads, dealing with cosmogony, ontology and teleology, have been interpreted in a new perception of the quite extraordinary depth of those ideas and their amazing psychological accuracy. According to Coomaraswamy no great extension of our present measure of understanding of the Vedas can be expected from philological research alone. Further progress in the interpretation of the difficult cycle of liturgies cannot be made until they are more profoundly explained from the viewpoint of the history of religion and translated in accordance with the true spirit of the textual contents. The passages translated and interpreted in this volume reflect their technical significance and at the same time a comparative approach. This has made the work exceptional in regard to quality, understanding and depth.


About the Author:- Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, the greatest among the Indian Art-historians, was born in Colombo on August 22, 1887. after graduating from the University of London with honours in Geology in 1900, he became the director of the Mineralogical Survey of Ceylon. During his three-year's stay in Ceylon, he formed the Ceylon Social Reformation Society and led the University movement in which he initiated the national education, teaching of vernaculars in all school and revival of Indian culture. Between 1906 and 1917, when he joined as the Curator of Indian Art at the Boston Museum he was busy lecturing on Indian art. In 1938, he became the Chairman of National Committee for India's Freedom. His contributions on Indian Philosophy, religion, art and iconography, painting and literature are of the greatest importance as were his contributions on music, science and Islamic art. He died on September 9, 1947

Cover: Hard Cover
Edition : 2002
Publisher : Munshiram Manoharlal Publication Pvt.Ltd
ISBN : 8121506301
Language : English
Pages : 116

Specification:

• By : Sri Swami Chidananda
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 1991
• Pages : The Divine Life Society
• ASIN: B001P7FWDC

Description:

Selections from Swamiji's talks in the morning mediation sessions to mould one's life a new in the light of Gurudev's teachings.

Specification:

• Publisher : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
• By : Jhaverchand Meghani
• Cover : Unknown Binding
• Language : English
• Edition : 2003
• Pages : 113
• Weight : 226 gm.
• Size : 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• ASIN: B007HFBXWK

Description:

The book is one of the three published by the Bhavan. The stories are based on chivalry, bravery and other values and are illustrated with sketches, truly representative of the folk art and the environment of the contemporary Saurashtra. Each story carries a map of Saurashtra showing the sites of these stories.
Thirteen stories titled 'Jatashankar, the village courier,', 'A gharasiya woman,' 'A deed', 'Hospitality' and others are included in this book. Jatashankar is a village courier who begins talking to a couple walking from one village to another at night. Dacoits attack them and he dies while protecting the woman. Her husband goes away but she commits sati on the pyre of Jatashankar, an acquaintance of just an hour or so because he fought for her honour. Stories like these which show the courage, the principles and the thinking of people of Saurashtra are told in this book.

Specification:

• Publisher : Zen Publications
  
• by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2006
  
• Pages : 83
  
• Weight : 150 gm.
  
• Size : 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
  
• ISBN-10: 8188071293
  
• ISBN-13: 978-8188071296

Description:

Remain relaxed in Consciousness. In any situation, do whatever you feel you should do without any regrets about the past, without any complaints in the present, without any expectations for the future, and, importantly, without blaming and condemning anyone for anything -- neither yourself nor the ‘other’.

This will enable you to live your life, constantly connected to the Source, and will give you happiness through peace of mind: SUKHA-SHANTI.

This will be your personal religion: Sukha-Shanti.

SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By:Paul Levy (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2018
• Pages :  362 pages 
• Size :20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10: 9387944875
  
• ISBN-13: 978-9387944879

DESCRIPTION:

Explore the World of Quantum Spirituality
Quantum theory demands a radical re-visioning of the role of consciousness as the underlying organizing principle of the universe. Quantum physics is the bridge that elegantly connects two heretofore separate parts of ourselves in one stunning stroke, unifying the physical with the spiritual dimension of experience.
Written for readers with no background in quantum physics, Levy contemplates the deeper philosophical underpinnings of quantum physics, exploring the fundamental conditions it provokes:
• What is implied by the concept of no “objective reality?”
• How are we participating via our consciousness in creating our experience of a reality that quantum theory itself describes as “dreamlike?”
• What are the implications for us in our everyday lives that as quantum theory reveals that what we call reality is more like a dream that we had previously imagined?

Specification:

• Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
  
• by : Francoise Boudignon
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2016
  
• Pages : 64
  
• Weight : 550gm.
  
• Size :
  
• ISBN-10: 8182882478
  
• ISBN-13: 978-8182882478

Description:

It describes the main components of the Tiruvannamalai Festival along with the beliefs that underlie them from a pilgrim’s perspective. Tiruvannamalai, a pilgrimage centre for centuries, found a new steam when it got associated with the name of Sri Ramana Maharshi.

The South Indian town of Tiruvannamalai, in recent times associated with the great sage Ramana Maharshi, has, for more than a thousand years, been a major pilgrimage centre for devotees of Lord Siva. Its major festival, occurring between mid-November and mid-December, attracts hundreds of thousands of devotees. In this charming and beautifully-illustrated account, Françoise Boudignon, the author, describes the main components of the festival along with the beliefs that underlie them. The story unfolds through the eyes of a family of peasants who journey from their village to attend the ten-day event. A wide spectrum of Hindu customs, practices and beliefs unfold as the family explores the wonders and the traditions of their ancient culture.

SPECIFICATION:

• Product Code : BOOK1077
• Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam Book Depot
• By:  FRANCOISE BOUDIGNON (Author)
• Binding : Paperback 
• Language : English
• Edition :2016
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10: 8182882478

 

Specification:

• Product Code: BK14177
• Publisher : Indica Books
• Edition : December 1, 1999
• Pages : 78
• Weight : 500 gm.
• Size : 11 x 9 x 0.5 inches
• Cover : Paperback
• Auther : G. Gol
• Language : English
• ISBN-13: 978-8186569146
  ASIN: 8186569146

Description:

“Marco Pallis was at once an incomparable authority on Buddhism, especially in its Tibetan form, a defender and protector of the Tibetan tradition in the West since the tragedies of 1951, a lover of nature and a mountain climber who first encountered Tibetan Buddhism while climbing Himalayan peaks in the 1920s, a profound student of other religions, especially Christianity, and a very accomplished musician. All of these concerns of Pallis are reflected in A Buddhist Spectrum, whose themes are woven together by the principles of tradition and, more particularly, by Buddhism. It is a Buddhist work on both religion as such and religions in their multiplicity, presented in a contemporary but traditional language. A major characteristic of the book is that it is concerned with the reality of Buddhism and not just a theoretical analysis of its ideas. A Buddhist Spectrum is a wise book while being thoroughly reliable from a scholarly point of view.
A Buddhist Spectrum is at once one of the most readable works on Buddhism and a major work on comparative religion and living spirituality. It is the fruit of the thoughts and meditations of a man whose authoritative exposition during several decades of religious questions in general and Buddhism in particular, especially in its Tibetan form, have had a profound influence upon many scholars and practitioners of religion in both East and West.”
—Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University
“For insight, and the beauty insight requires if it is to be effective, I find no writer on Buddhism surpassing him.”
– Huston Smith, Univesity of California Berkaley