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The Vedantasutra of Badarayana is one of the great philosophical works of India. It deals with those fundamental questions concerning mans existence, that still remain an enigma despite all attempts of eminent philosophers and religious leaders both past and present, of this world at unravelling its mysteries. The teachings of the Vedas, the doctrines of contemporary philosophers and the purport of important passages from Upanisads are its subject-matter. It is at once a repository of all earlier knowledge, a genesis for further philosophical speculation and an evaluating scale for new metaphysical ideas. Its scope being universal and timeless, Badarayana resorted to a terse and aphoristic style for compressing a vast body of knowledge into such brief statements that could easily be memorized. The sutras are something more than an aphorism; for each, though brief to the point of being obscure, is so pregnant with meaning that interpretation has become difficult and resulted in the growth of an unending line of commentators, both Indian and foreign, spanning centuries from Sankara the earliest, passing through Bhaskara, Ramanuja, Madhva, Srikantha, Nimbarka, Sripati, Vallabha, Suka, Baladeva to Radhakrishnan the latest.

This book, known as the Govinda Bhasya, is the commentary of Baladeva, who was a disciple of Sri Caitanya (AD 1485-1533) the famous Vaisnavite saint of Bengal. Its approach is theistic and based on the teachings of Madhva and Caitanya. The English translation is faithful to the original.

Cover : Hard Cover
Edition : 2002
Publisher : Munshiram Manoharlal Publication Pvt.Ltd
ISBN : 9788121510585
Language : English
Pages : 900

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Over a career spanning seven decades, R.K. Narayan, easily one of the most influential and important writers of India, populated the fictional town of Malgudi with a host of unforgettable characters: Swami and his gang of friends, the Talkative Man, Raju the guide and Sampath the printer, among many others. These characters have carved out a place for themselves in popular imagination and live on, still fresh and endlessly entertaining, many decades after they first appeared.
Timeless Malgudi brings together a selection of the best and the most enduring of R.K. Narayan’s fiction and non-fiction. The Guide examines, with wit and irony, how a man becomes a godman. The story ‘A Horse and Two Goats’ describes an attempt at cross-cultural communication which goes haywire, with hilarious consequences. The excerpt from My Days, Narayan’s autobiography, paints a poignant picture of the author’s childhood while the ‘Misguided “Guide”’ is a cynical, sharply written chronicle of the making of the film Guide, based on his novel. Also included in this volume are excerpts from the travelogue My Dateless Diary and a brilliant retelling of the Tamil epic Silappadikaram.
Catering both to Narayan aficionados and to readers who have not yet been introduced to his work, Timeless Malgudi is as much a showcase of Narayan’s writing as it is a celebration of Malgudi, the town which time does not touch.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

R.K. Narayan was born in Madras in 1906. His first novel, Swami and Friends and its successor, The Bachelor of Arts, are both set in the fictional town of Malgudi. Apart from these, Narayan wrote twelve other novels. Narayan has also authored five collections of short stories, two travel books, two volumes of essays, a volume of memoirs, and re-told legends and epics. Narayan, who lived to be ninety-four, died in 2001.

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By : Pendred Noyce  (Author), Roberta Baxter  (Author)
  
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2014
• Pages :  156 pages
• Size : :20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-13:  978-8184955965
  

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Galactic Academy of Science Series

Will Mae and Clintion return in time to uncover a vicious plot involving the new vaccine?

Mai and Clintion are fighting about whether a new vaccine is safe. But when protests against the vaccine threaten to turn violent, Selectra Volt insists that the two middle schoolers go on a mission together to find the truth. Mae and Clinton travel through time from ancient India to Europe, Australia and North America. They witness the fight against smallpox, rabies, polio and other viral illnesses as they visit Louis Pasteur, Jonas Salk, Macfarlane Burnet, Maurice Hilleman and Andrew Wakefield.

"The Vikramorvasiyam of Kalidasa
A New Skt.Comm. and Arthaprakashika, Various Reading Introd., a Literal Tr., Exhaustive Notes in Eng.& Appendices"

About the Book :-

This book is primarily intended to be an investigation into the meaning and religious significance of the important Vedic term dhi, which has been variously and often inadequately translated. The author has tried to determine its central meaning or semantic nucleus from which the various contextual connotations were derived. This central meaning is vision, not only in the literal sense (faculty of seeing), but in the Vedic texts mainly in the sense of mental vision, supranormal vision establishing the contact with the transcendent sphere or world of the divine powers from which the poets obtained their inspiration and their insight into the higher supersensuous truth and reality which they endeavoured to express and formulate in their poems. The author elaborately describes the relevant processes and the activity of the poets and adds chapters on related subjects, e.g., the heart as the organ of these mental processes, poetical inspiration in post-Vedic literature, contemplation and meditation, the Buddhist ideas on vision as well as the term pratibha "flash of intuition.

About the Author :- Jan Gonda, born 1905, was professor of Sanskrit and Indology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 1932-1976. He is the author of many books and articles on Sanskrit, Indian religion and literature, among them Aspects of early Visnuism, Sanskrit in Indonesia, Die Religionen Indiens, The Dual Deities in the Religion of the Veda, Triads in the Veda, Vedic Literature, The Ritual Sutras, Medieval Religious Literature in Sanskrit. He is honorary member of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute and other Indian Academies and Institutes of the Royal Asiatic Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences etc.

Cover : Hard Cover
Edition : 1985
Publisher : Munshiram Manoharlal Publication Pvt.Ltd
ISBN : 81-215-0076-1
Language : English
Pages : 372

Back of the Book

Ceremonial rites and rituals occupy a place of utmost importance in the life of a devout Hindu. In fact, there are no vital actions-birth, initiation, marriage, death etc.-which can be allowed to be performed without its appropriate rite or samskara. The number of samskaras has been fluctuating but was finally fixed at sixteen.

Marriage is the most important and elaborate out of these sixteen samskaras. Manu enjoins that rituals should be performed in the case of a virgin for legalizing the marriage, legitimatizing children and avoiding public scandal.

The mantras used in the nuptial rites being in Sanskrit are beyond the comprehension of not only the average Hindu but even the common priest entrusted with the duty of conducting the rituals. To overcome this difficulty the present book was originally prepared in Hindi and is now translated into English with the mantras etc. Romanized for the benefit of those who do not have adequate knowledge of Hindi, for example especially those whose forefathers had migrated to remote countries during the last one hundred years or so.

Dr. R.C. Prasad, taught English Literature at Patna University for over forty years, during which he wrote scores of books, including biographies and translations, the most outstanding of which was his prose rendering of the Ramacharitamanasa.

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By:ARK Sarma (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2018
• Pages: 244 pages
• Size :  14 x 1.41 x 21.6 cm
  
• ISBN-10 :  9386867710
• ISBN-13 :  978-9386867711
  

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Master Power Attitudes and Become an Icon Everyone can become an icon in any aspect of their lives – an iconic athlete, an iconic chef, an iconic entrepreneur, an iconic parent. you name it! A person can transform into an icon if he develops a collection of admirable attitudes over a period of time. Taking the great Swami Vivekananda as the role model, The Vivekananda Way presents attitudes in seven opposing pairs that can be adopted to radically change our lives and make us all icons in our chosen fields. These attitudes are paired specifically to help expand our inner and outer worlds and achieve a true balance between them.
The author, ARK Sarma, emphasizes the difference between ‘vision’ and ‘seeing the big picture’ and shows the way forward to developing the traits that shape a great personality.
Replete with over 108 life incidences and teachings of the great spiritual leader, this book will propel anyone to become an outstanding human being and achieve overall success.
ARK Sarma is an engineer and ex-UPSC Class-I officer. He has also worked in the private sector as Additional Vice President with Tata Teleservices Ltd. After a long stint of 15 years with the Tata's, he bade farewell to a regular job to pursue his other passions – becoming an entrepreneur and author. He has written over 20 books on Swami Vivekananda and sold over eight lakh copies in several languages.

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By :Osho  (Author)
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2010
• Pages : 584 pages
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10: 8184950187
  
• ISBN-13: 978-8184950182

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Talks on Mabel Collins’ Light on the Path

In this book, Osho says of Light on the Path, “It is born out of those few essential words that man discovers again and again, and loses again and again. Mabel Collins says that she is not the author of the words that are collected in this booklet, that she has only seen them in the depths of meditation. She says, and rightly so, that these words are from a lost Sanskrit booklet.”

“Once you have heard the inner voice there is no more going astray in life…. The one who travels and the one who guides are one and the same.”

—OSHO

Osho is an Indian mystic and philosopher. He has spoken on major spiritual traditions including Jainism, Hinduism, Hassidism, Tantrism, Christianity, Buddhism, on a variety of Eastern and Western mystics and on sacred scriptures such as the Upanishads.

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By : Suhayl Abidi & Manoj Joshi (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English  
  
• Edition : 2015
• Pages :  308 pages
• Size : 14 x 1.7 x 21.6 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 8184956622
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-8184956627

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How Indian companies have faced Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity & Ambiguity Failure in itself is not a catastrophe, but failure to learn from failure, definitely is. It is not enough to merely train leaders in core competencies, without identifying the key factors that inhibit their use. Rather, it is resilience and adaptability that are vital in order to distinguish potential leaders from mediocre managers. Authors Suhayl Abidi and Dr Manoj Joshi bring to readers The VUCA Company (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity), the first of its kind in India, on original case studies of 12 Indian corporate failures, since the time of economic liberalization. Each study has been the result of meticulous research over the years and provides insights into behavioural and systemic aspects of failures and under-performance. Through these engaging corporate stories, VUCA discusses how individuals and organizations can avoid, minimize and recover from failures. SUHAYL ABIDI is a practitioner of Organizational Learning & Knowledge Management. He has spent the last 25 years with organizations such as Penguin Publishing, The British Council, Reliance Industries, Essar and Piramal Healthcare. DR MANOJ JOSHI, PhD (Strategy), Fellow Institution of Engineers India, is a Professor – Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Amity Business School. He is the Asia Editor for the International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Regional Editor, India for the Journal of Family Business Management.

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• Publisher : Rajpal and Sons
• By: Kahlil Gibran (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition :2018
• Pages: 112 pages
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10: 8170287618
• ISBN-13 :9788170287612
  

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The Wanderer is Kahlil Gibran's last book written shortly before his death in 1931 and is considered to be one of his finest books along with The prophet. Containing poems and parables which are actually teachings on life, this book is a treasury of timeless wisdom and universal appeal. The inclusion of Kahlil Gibran's mystical drawings adds appeal to this modern classic. Kahlil Gibran is one of the most widely read authors of the twentieth century. Born in Lebanon on January 6, 1883 Kahlil spent a major part of his life in America and wrote twenty-five books in his lifetime. He was an essayist, novelist, poet and artist, whose works have inspired generations to find new meanings and perspectives on life, love and companionship.

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• Publisher : Westland
• By : Anusha Nandakumar & Sandeep Saket
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2021
  
• Pages : ‎ 256 pages
  
• Weight : 190 g
  
• Size : 12.9 x 1.63 x 19.8 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 9390679346
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9390679348
  

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‘Knowledge is power, and the proverb holds true for Intelligence agencies more than any other entity.’Two events in the 1960s underlined the urgent need to restructure and revitalise India’s Intelligence system: the 1962 war against China, and the one against Pakistan in 1965, both shocking instances of failures in information gathering. The officer who would be given charge of this task was R.N. Kao—someone as unlike romanticised ideals of spies in films and novels as possible.The founder-chief of India’s Research and Analysis Wing lived and operated from the shadows. Understated and gentlemanly, he may not have looked the part, but Kao undoubtedly put Indian Intelligence on the world map. In this riveting book, authors Anusha Nandakumar and Sandeep Saket trace the roots of modern Indian espionage, and describe the newly formed R&AW’s integral role in the liberation of Bangladesh.Kao had one goal, to build an Intelligence-gathering agency that would ensure the security and integrity of India. And eventually, the legend of the ‘Kaoboys’—the nickname given to the team he built—would spread far and wide. This is the compelling tale of how it started; of covert operations, courage and quick thinking; and of how wars are won as much off the battlefield as on it.

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By: Preetha Rajah Kannan (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2019
• Pages :  128 pages
• Size :  12.9 x 0.8 x 19.8 cm
  
• ISBN-10:  9388423534
  
• ISBN-13: 978-9388423533

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Suddenly, the silence of the jungle was shattered by the crash of branches. The prince froze. Some large animal threshed through the thick undergrowth. Manikanthan silently followed the trail of destruction. He emerged from the jungle onto the banks of the Azhutha.

There before him stood a huge she-buffalo, muscles rippling as she lapped the water. It was none other than the wicked Mahishi.

Sensing the intruder in her domain, Mahishi raised her head. A young boy stood by the forest edge. He held a bow in his hand; a sword hung in the scabbard by his side.

The asura and the boy stood motionless, locking eyes.

The Warrior God: Ayyappa of Sabarimalai depicts the epic confrontation between good and evil. Mahishi, the buffalo-headed asura princess, wreaks vengeance on the devas for killing her brother, the mighty Mahishasura. She subjugates the gods and unleashes a reign of terror on the three worlds.

A series of divine events culminate in the birth of Mahishi’s nemesis, Hariharaputra – the son of Shiva and Vishnu, later known as Ayyappa. The baby, raised on earth as a prince of the Pandalam dynasty, awaits his tryst with destiny.

Here is the story of Sabarimalai, where legend and history meld into one tidal wave of devotion. Discover why five crore pilgrims annually ford rivers and trek through forests and hills to pay homage to Ayyappa.

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By :Osho  (Author)
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2018
• Pages : 392 pages
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-13: 978-9386867902
  

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Talks on the Sarvasar Upanishad.

“Brahman, the ultimate reality, is truth. It is infinite and the abode of knowing. Truth is indestructible.”

The meaning of Sarvasar, of the Sarvasar Upanishad is: The quintessential essence, the most foundational of all esoteric knowledge that has ever been discovered.

In The Way beyond Any Way, Osho explains that understanding this one Upanishad will open doors to the ultimate truth. However, he also cautions that it is dangerous, like playing with fire, because an Upanishad cannot be completely understood without the reader becoming transformed.

Look at it like this: some topics can be learned even if we remain as we are. No inner revolution is required to become a historian or a mathematician or a scientist. But religion is an entirely different matter. In religion, a transformation is needed before the knowing can be acquired.

To encounter truth, even a little bit, is not a game; it is dangerous, because truth will not allow you to remain as you are. It will change, demolish, destroy and renew you. And this is what the Sarvasar Upanishad aims to do, to give you a new birth. Certainly there is pain in the birth, but without pain how can there be a new birth?

Osho is an Indian mystic, guru and philosopher. He has spoken on major spiritual traditions including Jainism, Hinduism, Hassidism, Tantrism, Christianity, Buddhism, on a variety of Eastern and Western mystics and on sacred scriptures such as the Upanishads.

In this study, the author discusses the sadhana presented by the Bhagavatapurana and this is essentially the bhaktimarga, the way of love. After some preliminary remarks about the Puranas in general and the Bhagavata-purana in particular, the author attempts to describe the sadhaka (man as a pilgrim), the sadhya (God as the Supreme Lover), and the sadhana (bhakti as the universal and the most effective way to attain God). The book then draws the attention of the reader to the possible obstacles he may encounter in his spiritual journey, while at the same time assuring him that the guidance of a good guide, the fellowship of other devotees and some other aids will assist him in his pilgrimage. Love is not only the way, but also the goal (prayojana), and hence the study concludes by presenting moksa as sa-prema-bhakti-yoga, that is a union of loving devotion, between God and man, Bhagavan and his bhakta. Printed Pages:248.

About the Author:

Subhash Anand (b. 1943) is professor of Hindu Philosophy and Religion at Jnanadeep Vidyapeeth, Pune. Besides two books: The Local Church and Inculturation (1985), and Major Hindu Festivals: A Christian Appreciation (1991, rep. 1993), he has published numerous articles in journals.

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By :Osho  (Author)
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2001
• Pages : 310 pages
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10:  8172249519
  
• ISBN-13:  978-8172249519

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Discourses on fragmentary notes of Bodhi dharma's four disciples. The White Lotus is a beautiful symbol. White represents multidimensionality, because white contains all the colors of the spectrum. That is the most strange, unbelievable quality about white, it contains all the colors yet it seems to be colorless. But it contains all those colors in such synthesis, in such harmony, that they all disappear. They dissolve into oneness and that oneness is white. White represents the ultimate synthesis and harmony and the lotus also is a great symbol, particularly in the East. The lotus represents the essential meaning of sannyas. The lotus lives in the lake and yet the water cannot touch it. it lives in the water and yet remains untouched by the water. The lotus represents the witnessing quality of your being: you live in the world, but you remain a witness. You remain in the world and yet you are not part of it. You participate and yet you are not part of it. You are in the world, but the world is not in you. When you become a calm and cool observer of life you are going to laugh not ordinarily laughter but a belly laughter like a lion's roar and white lotuses will start showering on you.

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‘He was described as being the size of a bull-buffalo, with a belly that reached the ground, and a white moon between his ears, true tokens of the man-eater, as every native of India knows. He was said to have the power of assuming different shapes, and to lure his prey by the imitation of a human voice…’ From ‘The White Tiger’ by Alice Perrin

Selected and edited by Ruskin Bond, this collection of eerie stories is sure to set your nerves racing. Read about an unconquerable, seemingly supernatural man-eater in ‘The White Tiger’; the narrator’s perilous journey in a dilapidated coach in ‘The Phantom Coach’; Sherlock Holmes’ investigation of how a speckled band and a whistle is connected to a mysterious death in ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’; and Bond’s own encounter with a Jinn in ‘The Trouble with Jinns’.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Selected and Compiled by Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond has been writing for over sixty years, and has now over 120 titles in print—novels, collections of stories, poetry, essays, anthologies and books for children. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, received the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys award in 1957. He has also received the Padma Shri (1999), the Padma Bhushan (2014) and two awards from the 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.

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• Publisher : Leadstart Publishing
• By : Satyam Srivastava
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2021
  
• Pages : ‎ 308 pages
  
• Weight : 290 g
  
• Size : 13.97 x 1.96 x 21.59 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 9390463416
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9390463411
  

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"Satyam creates a fascinating fantasy world inspired by our Puranas. An age-old legend has been skilfully retold. "" - ANAND NEELAKANTAN.THE LEGEND OF INDRA AND VRITRAA tale of Devas and Asuras, where in the mythical planet of Dhruva-Lok, rests Lord Shiva's Trishul which no one has been able to wield in centuries. With prophecy, oath, boon and curse, the stage is set for a heroic clash between justice, duty and love.Book One takes you to the origin of this epic journey.The forces of Devas and Asuras, laid out in flesh and blood are rising to discover their powers. A fierce battle lies ahead as the destinies of everyone are about to collide.

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By : Kevin Abdulrahman (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2011
• Pages : 248 pages
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10 8184951906
• ISBN-13 :978-8184951905
  

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The Book on Whatever You're Into is not for you if: Your future is not of importance to you, you are not serious about achieving your goals, you don't want to have more leadership across the board, you don't want to have a winning mind. But, if you do fall into any one of these categories, then certainly consider investing in yourself and your organization, because the benefits you will attain instantly from this book will be infinite. You will learn to: Live when so many merely exist, commit when so many won't, smile when so few do. There are 52 timeless winning truths jam packed in this easy to read yet powerful book. Learn and apply and sooner than you know it, your inner winner will emerge out of the horizon.

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• Publisher : Indica Books
• By : S. Durai Raja Sigam
• Cover : Paperback
• Edition :  2001
• Pages : 170
• Weight : 250 gm.
• Size : 7.1 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches
• Language : English
• ISBN-13 : 978-8186569214
• ISBN-10 : 8186569219
• Product Code : BK14269

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Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (1947-76) was one of the best minds that India has produced in the twentieth century. Son of a Tamil father and an English mother, his life was a living example on how to build bridges between Eastern and Western cultures.
By profession an art critic and a museum curator, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was also a masterful exponent of metaphysics. As much at home with Plato, Aristotle and Aquinas as with Shankara and the other Vedic commentators, familiar with the Scriptures of all the main religions and proficient in many languages, he used to teach metaphysical principles by explaining the symbolism of traditional works. In his writings Coomaraswamy never displays his vast knowledge for the sake of mere erudition, but rather uses his amazing scholarship for a well-crafted plan: to show that below the endless variety of art forms and traditional beliefs a common thread runs deep — the acceptance of the sacred as the ultimate means to validate the multiplicity of everyday experience.
This book is a compilation of quotations from his works and letters, and it constitutes a good introduction to his thought. His theories are here applied to concrete situations, related to the problems of modern India, and could still suggest a third way to avoid both the traps of modern technocracy and the temptation of fundamentalism. It should not surprise us that his views are still relevant to the present situation: his opinions are rooted in truths that are neither political nor historical, neither ideological, or simply religious, nor even merely intellectual. They are rather related to that inner wisdom that embraces, without crushing it, all the distinctiveness of human experience.

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By :Swami Adiswarananda (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2016
• Pages : 228 pages
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10:  8184959257
  
• ISBN-13:   978-8184959253

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The Wisdom of the Vedas Adiswarananda, Swami

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Once upon a time, there was a Raja who owned a parrot, and its name was Hiramantota.

Delving into stories from folklore, epics and legends, Ruskin Bond brings to life a cast of fantastic and extraordinary characters. From the wise parrot Hiramantota who brings the fruit of immortality to the king but suffers grievously for it, to the Green Man of Sinai, who now haunts the desert of Sinai; from the boy wonder Jivaka who can solve all sorts of problems, to Sindbad the sailor, who has magical adventures on his voyages, these stories are as exciting as they are unforgettable.

Retold here by Ruskin Bond with his characteristic wit, The Wise Parrot is a treasure trove of tales that is sure to delight and entertain a new generation of readers.

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.

From the Jacket

The Brhadaranyaka, the Great Forest, Upanisad is the revelation of the forest in the forest. For that is the truth about our life, the forest, where we find ourselves lost, with no hope of escape from the labyrinth that it is. We live in death and for death, that condition of our being. Can we ever imagine our life except as linked to death, linked in terms of struggle against it, struggle that we wage in vain? We are because death is, our life is a mere celebration of it. To it are we eternally wedded, to this sleep the eternal. As long as we do not perceive this truth about our life, as long as we do not join this celebration our life remains barren and a choking. And a chaos and confusion. In being this confusion and chaos lies our enlightenment, in being dead in life lies our immortality. This is all this Upanisad teaches us; in its denial of all that we are and know lies the true affirmation of our truth and being.

Volume 5 (in its two parts) brings to conclusion the author's contemplation of the revelatory part of the Prasthanatrayi. It has been a long and absorbing contemplation for him, elevating and ecstatic. It is hoped that the same spirit of elevation and ecstasy will accompany his contemplation of the Bhagavadgita and the Brahmasutras and that thoughtful minds will value that contemplation as they have valued his contemplation of the Upanisads.

Before his retirement in the year 2000, Som Gupta taught English at Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi.

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The Word Speaks to the Faustian Man has been acclaimed the world over not only as a masterly exposition and interpretation of the Upanisadic vision but also a work that contains in itself the seeds of a future philosophy. At once a work of thought, insight and experience this work has put a disturbing question mark against many an assumption of modern thought and civilization calling upon modern man to be still and silent instead of being thoughtful and communicative. An incisive critique of modern civilization and culture, the reader will find in the volumes of this work, a critique that has evoked deep appreciation from prominent thinkers and scholars such as Paul Ricoeur, Jean F. Lyotard, Raimundo Panikkar, J.N. Mohanty, Fred Dallmyr, Alex Wayman and other eminent scholars in the field of philosophy and Indology. The work has also received detailed reviews in eminent journals of philosophy like Philosophy East and West, Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research and Revue Philosophique. Interested readers will find excerpts from some of these reviews quoted in the covers of the preceding volumes of this much discussed, provocative and meditative work.

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• Publisher : Theosophical Publishing House Adyar, Chennai
• By : Radha Burnier
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2009
• Pages : 620
• Weight : 738 gm.
• Size : 21.8 x 14.1 x 4.3
• ISBN-10: 8170592526
• ISBN-13: 978-8170592525

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The Wold Around Us is a compilation of 'On the Watch-Tower' notes written by Mrs Radha Burnier, the President of the Theosophical Society. These notes appeared as her editorial articles in the President's official monthly journal The Theosophist between the years 1980 and 2007.

Mrs Burnier's careful observation and deep perception of the modern world and of human nature in general, sensitively guides the reader to a better understanding of the Theosophic life. The compilation provides a rich source of handy reference material and comments of wisdom on a wide range of subjects-social, geographical, environmental, and spiritual, among others-- that rouse the reader to a better awareness and involvement in the world around us.