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Myths of the Asanas
The Stories at the Heart of the Yoga Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Practitioners around the world reap the physical benefits of yoga, assuming poses and frequently calling them by their Sanskrit names. While many know that hanumanasana is named for the deity Hanuman, few understand why this is the case. Behind each asana and its corresponding movements is an ancient...
Sri Guru Gita
Commentary on the great mysteries of the Guru-disciple relationship
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
The Sri Guru Gita is a discussion between Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, in which Parvati asks Shiva, "Who do you consider the greatest one on Earth?"
While the complete Sri Guru Gita is 400 verses long, this book contains the in-depth commentary of Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda...
In the Lost City of Sri Krishna
The Story of Ancient Dwaraka
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
A vivid journey back to the time of Krishna, his holy city, and the Mahabharata War
• Recounts ecstatic celebrations, Krishna’s love for his wives and sons, and events surrounding the Mahabharata War
• Offers potent spiritual lessons from Krishna’s teachings and stresses Krishna’s...
Teachings En Route to Freedom: A seeker's quest for Enlightenment
Enlightenment Series, #5
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Throughout history, India has produced an extraordinary range of religious traditions and, even today, innumerable spiritual teachers can be found there.
This book documents Madhukar Thompson's encounters with a wide range of gurus whom he sought out in his quest for enlightenment.
It presents a compilation...
by Ashok Bedi
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2000
Path to the Soul provides an important evolutionary leap in the rapidly evolving understanding of our psychological and spiritual essence. Drawing from Hindu and Christian spiritual wisdom, biological medicine, psychiatric technique, and over twenty-five years of clinical experience, Dr. Bedi has...
God of Justice
Ritual Healing and Social Justice in the Central Himalayas
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2009
In God of Justice, anthropologist William S. Sax offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of cursing, black magic, and ritual healing in the Central Himalayas of North India. Based on ten years' ethnographic fieldwork, God of Justice shows how these practices are part of a moral system based on the principle of family unity.
The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture
The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2001
Western scholars have argued that Indian civilization was the joint product of an invading Indo-European people--the "Indo-Aryans"--and indigenous non-Indo European peoples. Although Indian scholars reject this European reconstruction of their country's history, Western scholarship gives little heed...
by vyanst1
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
India is known as the land of Festivals. The "Festivals of India" series makes an effort to present the history and information about these festivals.
Man of every religion resides in India, therefore, every festival from Christmas to Id to GuruPurab to Diwali is celebrated here. There are...
The Law of Possession
Ritual, Healing, and the Secular State
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. For example, a person suffers from an illness that cannot be cured, and in order to be healed he performs a ritual involving prosecution and defense, a judge and witnesses....
Given to the Goddess
South Indian Devadasis and the Sexuality of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Who and what are marriage and sex for? Whose practices and which ways of talking to god can count as religion? Lucinda Ramberg considers these questions based upon two years of ethnographic research on an ongoing South Indian practice of dedication in which girls, and sometimes boys, are married to...
Walking Home with Baba
The Heart of Spiritual Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Rohini Ralby spent eight years as head of security, appointments secretary, and personal assistant to Swami Muktananda, and in their many hours alone together, this world-renowned guru taught her, one on one, the essence of spiritual practice. In Walking Home with Baba, an expert guide to spiritual practice,...
Women in the Ramkathas
Silent Voices and Untold Stories
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Women in the Ramakathas attempts to focus on the unfavourable conditions of women in the various renderings of the Rama legends, originating from Valmiki Ramayana. Through 2000 years of Indian literary tradition and folklore, these have been moulded and reshaped, according to the beliefs and understanding...
Infinite Grace
The Story of My Spiritual Lineage
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
“Infinite Grace gives a fascinating insiders view of the Guru disciple relationship in the author’s spiritual lineage. The stories of Swami Pranavananda, allow a rare glimpse of the miraculous powers and secret spiritual practices of the spontaneous yoga born of shaktipat.
by Muktha Manu, Peter Berking
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
The Holy Hill of Arunachala is one of the oldest and most sacred holy places in India. Lord Shiva, the very embodiment of wisdom, out of His supreme compassion and to bless the world, manifested in the form of the Holy Hill. This led devotees to start the practice of Giripradakshina, walking around...