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What is God, and how does Hindu philosophy seek to define the notion of the Supreme Being? Are we considering God, or are we looking for the God in a person?
This is a book about yoga and, in particular, the yoga aphorisms expounded by Patanjali. There are many forms of yoga. What are the basic ideas behind the practice of yoga, and how can we learn more about our minds and bodies through knowledge of the subject?
The yoga aphorisms of Patanjali form the basis of ...
The Spiritual Heritage of India is a brief history of the philosophy of a country that has never distinguished philosophy from religion. The account extends from centuries of which there is no historical record to the recent Sri Ramakrsna revival of the ancient Vedanta. This book brings together in one volume the spiritual magnificence of the sacred books such as the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad Gita, three ancient Indian scriptures which are the ...
A condensed work containing the more generally interesting portions of Srimad Bhagavatam, which by means of stories from the lives of Avataras, sages, devotees, and kings popularizes the truth contained in the Vedas. After the Upanishads and the Bhagavadgita, the Srimad Bhagavatam is the most authoritative of the Indian scriptures. Its peculiar excellence lies in that it reconciles the heart with the head, devotion with learning. To study it is the best of all ...