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Ask any man what he most desires; he will tel you "health". The necessity man should have the knowledge to mainatain the essentials of physical life-perfect health. To avoid to visit hospitals which are usually full, the sales of harmful drugs is on the peak and worst of al the effect on the peak and today nearly all have there tonsils, weak eyes sites or are treated for acidos; and yet health, and not disease is our natural heritage of modern habits. ...
The Sixth Dalai Lama, Rigdzin Tsangyang Gyatso, born in 1683, was a rebel in his own times. His death has remained a mystery and we are unsure of whether it took place in 1706 or 1746. A much loved poet and tantric master he lived beyond his contemporaries' concept of identity. Shrouded in legend, he turned out to be a unique sort of holy man. He seems to have officially given back the ascetic pledge he took and lived in the Potala dressed as a layman. He ...
These immortal tales of chivalry and skullduggery, wisdom and foolishness, honesty and deceit, are about Baital, a mythical wraith-like figure, credited with supernatural powers, and King Vikramaditya whose wisdom is matched only by King Solomon of the Biblical fame. This wise yet evil spirit which hangs upside down in a tree, challenges Vikramaditya to hold his silence while he narrates his tales and then asks for the king's opinion as to the morality of the ...
Indian Fairy Tales is an exciting and entertaining collection of stories, full of the colour and enchantment of India, written for the amusement of children everywhere. Its universal appeal lies in the striking similarities between Indian tales and those of European myth and legend, characters often having counterparts in Western tradition. Especially selected and retold to offer the best of India, these stories in Indian Fairy Tales speak of snow-capped ...
The Buddha is the central figure in a religion that advocates liberation from the transient material world. The Buddha was not only the Teacher of the Way and the producer of the unproduced path, he was the actuality of the teachings that he preached, the one who had lived them and had reached the goal. Buddha, His Life, His Doctrine, His Order offers a unique insight into the richness and abundance of human idealism and aspiration. It also provides a ...
Tara is one of the chief Vajrayana deities worshipped as the female aspect of the Buddha. The practice of Red Tara is a supreme vehicle for arousing both intellectual understanding and meditative realization of non-dual awareness. These practices include an extensive cycle of preliminary observances, dream yoga, healing practices, and yoga of the subtle energies. This book leads the practitioner through the Red Tara practice step-by-step, explaining its meaning ...
The bulk of this work is a compilation of talks given by Swami Kripalu throughout North America. Bapuji, or "dear father," as we lovingly called him, taught at the Kripalu Ashrams in Pennsylvania while visiting the United States between 1977 and 1981. Along with speeches in North America, this work also includes excerpts from speeches he gave in India for visiting residents and disciples, plus portions of his letters to Yogi Amrit Desai, Dinesh ...
First published in 1800, this volume gives us a well- documented insight into all aspects of both Bhutan and Tibet at that time. From our modern perspective, we are in a position to reflect on the nature of current life in both Bhutan and Tibet. It is the changes over the last two hundred years that make this book so interesting today. In some respects, life in modern Bhutan is not so different from that described in this early transcript. In fact it is ...
It is fortunate that mainstream culture is beginning, at last, to accept some of the wonderful ideas found in traditional methods of healing. This change of heart is hopeful for many reasons. Paramount is the fact that traditional healing offers us something we lack-specifically, a sane perspective on caring for our health. This situation is filled with irony since health care is what we in the West do best. We do it so well that it has become more than just a ...
Here for the first time is a compilation in one volume of Blavatsky's perspective, both controversial and of stimulating value, for all interested in the Buddhist and theosophic world view. D.T. Suzuki spoke of Helena Blavatsky as "one who had truly attained," and praised her voice of the silence as being "true Mahayana Buddhism." The Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup, who translated the Tibetan Book of the Dead with Dr. W.Y. Evans-Wentz, said Blavatsky's ...
Neem, The Ultimate Herb is the most comprehensive book about neem available. This book presents current information about neem, one of the most ancient and widely used herbs on earth. A major herbal ingredient in Ayurvedic preparations, neem has been revered in India for over 4,000 years, yet is almost unknown to the west. Neem has historically been used to help the body fight both temporary and chronic conditions. It is this long history of successful use ...
The Gospel of Buddha is the story of an individual, who, almost five hundred years before Christ, conquered the civilized world with simplicity, love and compassion. It provides details of Buddha's birth, life and belief, and contains parables and stories associated with Buddhist thought. First published in 1894 and reprinted several times since, The Gospel of Buddha by Paul Carus enjoys the rank of a classic today. Who was the Buddha? What did he teach? How do ...
"Here is a comprehensive account of the life of the Buddha and a history of the early Buddhist order as they are depicted in Tibetan sources--something rarely seen in modern translations and courses. The book is divided into six chapters: The history of the world from the time of its renovation up until the reign of Suddhodana, the Buddha's father. The reign of Suddhodana until the start of Buddha's ministry. The life of the Buddha from the start of his ...