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This is a discerning and lucid articulation of Hindu belief and practice. Professor Rambachan combines insight born out of his own devotion with mastery of relevant texts and traditions to create a gem of a book. he describes worship in its familial and temple contexts, holding before the reader the aim of worship as unbroken awareness of God in all of life.
Hailed as one of modern India’s cultural heroes, Swamin Vivekananda (1863-1902) has been credited not only with interpreting Hinduism to the west but with interpreting it to India itself. Despite his pervasive influence, critical assessments and attempts to “demythologize†Vivekananda have been rare, and rare still are historical and hermeneutical clarification of his work. The Limits of Scripture offers a close examination of Vivekananda’s understanding ...
Gitamrtam is a concise and insightful discussion of the central themes of the Bhagavadgita. Beginning with the Gita's teaching about the nature and role of the incarnation, Dr. Rambachan identifies Kama, a state of desiring and wanting, as life's fundamental problem. The proper resolution of this human dessatisfaction is to be found in the understanding of oneself to be the full and complete self (atman). Such knowledge, Dr. Rambachan vigorously argues, enables ...