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For over a millennium, Sankara's Vedanta Advaitism: nondualism, has been exposed to extensive discussion, debate, and even polemic. In modern times, it has often been viewed as a system of metaphysical thought, involving a set of several subtle, though interrelated, doctrines--which all have the Upanisads at their base. The book does not just present Vedanta as a system of metaphysical thought. It is essentially an off-beat effort seeking to philosophically ...
The Veda is not only a religious text, but also a literature of the most ancient period, a primordial source of human knowledge, "Knowledge par excellence". This sacred text portrays the microscopic observations of the Vedic seers on macroscopic subjects. Ostensibly, different scholars have been analysing the Vedic material from diverse angles. There is scarcity of book in the English language about the teaching of the Vedas, the oldest records of the ...
Contrary to the popular perception that Indian civilization has been largely concerned with the affairs of the spirit and "after-life", India's historical record suggests that some of the greatest Indian minds were much more concerned with developing philosophical paradigms that were grounded in reality. This book as an introduction to Vedic philosophy. It is introductory in two ways. First, it presupposes, on the part of its readers, no prior ...
Purana enjoins several rites of worship and acts of homage, comprising a series, of physical and spiritual practices in accompaniment to the Tantra, Yantra and Mantra appliances. The book contains an account of the dissolution of the world, in both its major and minor cataclysms; and in the particulars of the end of all things by fire and water, as well as in the principle of their perpetual renovation, presents a faithful exhibition of opinions that were general ...
Hinduism perhaps is the oldest religion among all the existing religions of the world. With its origins in the Vedic civilisation it has no known founder, being itself a conglomerate of diverse beliefs and traditions. The ethics of the Hindus is subtle, sublime and profound. All religions have taught ethical precepts such as: "Do not Kill, do not injure others, love your neighbour as your self," but they have not given the reason. The basis of Hindu ...