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This book of Professor Banerjee is an attempt to present Manusmriti as an outstanding sociological work of ancient India with an unusually comprehensive outlook and to evaluate its impact on the organization of the Hindu society. Although Manu has been succeeded by a number of sociologists such as Narada, Brihaspati and others, who have made valuable contributions to the development of sociological thinking in India, his influence upon the organization of the ...
The Dhammapada is the Quintessence of the Buddha's teachings, i.e. man's misery is caused by his ignorance and craving; there is no panacea for his misery either here or elsewhere; he has to strive and overcome ignorance and craving, then he shall be liberated. It forms part of Khudda Nikaya, one of the five divisions of Tipitaka (three flowers), the Buddhist canon. It is an anthology of 423 verses of different authors, whose names are not mentioned. The verses, ...
This is a new translation of Srimad Bhagavad Gita. The author, while translating the text has tried to bring out the meaning of its constituent verses instead of rendering them merely literally. He has also tried to evaluate the teaching of the Bhagavad Gita as objectively, as possible through a commentary on this scriptural work.
This Posthumously published study provides the maturest thought of the most creative Indian philosopher in recent decades. Professor Banerjee brings to bear on the problem of peace a battery of metaphysical concepts forged over a lifetime, stressing that peace is ill-conceived as the mere absence of war. In order to lay bare the metaphysical conditions of perpetual peace he subjects to a searching critique contemporary panaceas such as science and technology, ...