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The Bhagavad Gita is a classic Hindu scripture that reveals a conversation between Lord Krishna and Arjuna in the middle of a battlefield before a battle. Krishna explains the duty of a warrior and prince along with spiritual teachings such as yoga, reincarnation, and Samkhya. The Bhagavad Gita was a favorite work of Mohandas Gandhi, Henry David Thoreau, Albert Einstein, and many other thinkers. 

Releasedatum: 2012-02-12 29,00 kr

In god is Not Great Hitchens turned his formidable eloquence and rhetorical energy to the most controversial issue in the world: God and religion. The result is a devastating critique of religious faith god Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the ways in which religion is man-made, dangerously sexually repressive and distorts the very origins of the cosmos. Above all, Hitchens argues tha...

Releasedatum: 2011-11-01 Genre:Religion och andlighet 85,00 kr

The Bhagavad Gita is the best known of all the Indian scriptures, and Eknath Easwaran’s best-selling translation is reliable, readable, and profound. Easwaran's 55-page introduction places the Bhagavad Gita in its historical setting and brings out the universality and timelessness of its teachings. Chapter introductions give clear explanations of key concepts, and notes and a glossary explain Sanskrit terms. Easwaran grew up in the Hindu tradition in India and learned Sanskrit from a young age...

Releasedatum: 2007-05-17 55,00 kr

Easwaran’s best-selling translation of the ancient wisdom texts called the Upanishads is reliable, readable, and profound. In the Upanishads, illumined sages share flashes of insight, the results of their investigation into consciousness itself. In extraordinary visions, they have direct experience of a transcendent Reality which is the essence, or Self, of each created being. They teach that each of us, each Self, is eternal, deathless, one with the power that created the universe. Easwaran...

Releasedatum: 2007-08-28 65,00 kr

'Our own Self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world' The simple but powerful teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, one of India's most revered spiritual masters, continue to enlighten and enrich over sixty years after his death. Be As You Are is the definitive compendium of his knowledge, edited by the former librarian from Sri Maharshi's ashram, which can be found flourishing at the foot of the holy mountain of Arunchala. The book collects conversations with the many seekers w...

Releasedatum: 1991-03-07 Genre:Religion och andlighet 99,00 kr

The Mahabharata Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. The Mahabharata complete series of all Parva in this book. They are :-  1: Adi Parva 2: Sabha Parva 3: Vana Parva 4: Virata Parva 5: Udyoga Parva 6: Bhishma Parva 7: Drona Parva 8: Karna Parva 9: Shalya Parva 10: Sauptika Parva 11: Stri Parva 12: Santi Parva 13: Anusasana Parva 14: Aswamedha Parva 15: Asramavasika Parva 16: Mausala Parva 17: Mahaprasthanika Parva 18: Svargarohanika Parva Om! Having bowed down to Narayana and Nara, the most exalted m...

Releasedatum: 2012-12-13 9,00 kr

After six years of solitude, Indian sage Ramana Maharshi reflects on the topics of peace, the self, and silence—featuring a foreword by Carl Jung The renowned Indian sage Ramana Maharshi is widely beloved—by Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, Taoists, and more—for the inspirational power of his teachings, which transcend all religious differences. Here is a collection of Sri Ramana’s instructions and discourses culled from three works: Who Am I? , Spiritual...

Releasedatum: 1988-12-17 119,00 kr

A readable, accessible version of the ancient classic primer on the practice of yoga--interpreted by a contemporary Tantric yoga master. The Yoga Sutras is Patanjali’s classic text on how to experience oneness ( samadhi ) within yoga practice. Serious yoga students want to bring the wisdom of the Sutras to their practice but often find the text impenetrable and difficult to relate to. Here, yogi and Tantric master Alan Finger offers an interpretation of the Sutras that is clear and immediately...

Releasedatum: 2018-12-11 129,00 kr

Are you curious about your Chakras? This book is a thorough look at each of the Chakras, what they represent and how they interact with your physical, psychological and spiritual self. In addition to learning about your chakras this ebook provides you with practical information to find balance and even heal with you're own energies including brief introductions to using basic reiki, performing cleansing ceremonies, using pendulums, reading aura, Healing with sound, Distant healing and more.

Releasedatum: 2014-06-12 19,00 kr

The Complet Chakra & Energy Healing Library includes the following 9 books. 1 - WHAT ARE CHAKRAS? A brief explanation about what chakras are, their purpose, how they function, and why it's important to keep them clear, balanced, and healthy.  Find out what Free Will has to do with your chakras.  Be guided through a chakra attunement. 2 - WHAT ARE CHAKRA ENERGY BLOCKS?  Find out how to tell if you have a blocked or excessively open chakra.  Discover what happens when a cha...

Releasedatum: 2015-12-20 139,00 kr

A landmark new translation and edition Written almost two millennia ago, Patañjali's work focuses on how to attain the direct experience and realization of the purusa : the innermost individual self, or soul. As the classical treatise on the Hindu understanding of mind and consciousness and on the technique of meditation, it has exerted immense influence over the religious practices of Hinduism in India and, more recently, in the West. Edwin F. Bryant's translation is clear, direct, and exact. ...

Releasedatum: 2015-01-27 179,00 kr

We come across many Gita-s in our spiritual literature. The most popular one is Srimad Bhagavad Gita which is attributed to Bhagavan Sri Krishna and presented to us by Bhagavan Veda Vyasa. There, the teacher is God-head on one side while the student is utterly confused.     Ashtavakra Gita is unlike this. Here, both the teacher Ashtavakra and the student Janaka are already enlightened and they are living this knowledge. However, at some moment in the life of Janaka, there seems to be a...

Releasedatum: 2012-10-08 9,00 kr

For centuries, readers have turned to the Bhagavad Gita for inspiration and guidance as they chart their own spiritual paths. As profound and powerful as this classic text has been for generations of seekers, integrating its lessons into the ordinary patterns of our lives can ultimately seem beyond our reach. Now, in a fascinating series of reflections, anecdotes, stories, and exercises, Ram Dass gives us a unique and accessible road map for experiencing divinity in everyday life. In the engagin...

Releasedatum: 2004-10-05 69,00 kr

The core writings of Hinduism --------------------------------------------------

Releasedatum: 2009-11-21 95,00 kr

VEM ÄR JAG? VAR KOMMER JAG IFRÅN? VART ÄR JAG PÅ VÄG? Detta är tre frågor en sökande människa ofta vill ha svar på. I /Atma - kunskapen om självet/ kommer du att upptäcka den tidlösa vediska kunskapen som framstående läromästare presenterat i årtusenden. His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada besvarar här frågor om förverkligandet av självet, meditation, yoga-utövande i den moderna världen, hur man uppnår ett högre medvetande och mycket annat. Han talar me...

Releasedatum: 2020-02-02 39,00 kr

En ung amerikansk fredskårist reser till andra sidan jorden i sitt sökande efter mening. I en bambuhydda i den lilla västbengaliska byn Māyāpur träffar han en av Indiens största helgonlika mästare, en lärare som verkar kunna besvara alla hans frågor.

Releasedatum: 2015-12-14 25,00 kr

The Mandukya-Upanishad is the Shortest amongst  the principal Upanishads having just 12 mantras but presents the quintessence of our entire teaching of Upanishads. It analyses the entire range of human consciousness in the three states of waking (Jagrata), dream (svapna) and dreamless sleep (susupti) which are common to all men.It asserts unequivocally that the Absolute Reality is non-dual  (advaita) and attributeless (nirguna) It has a unique method of approach to Truth. It provied sy...

Releasedatum: 2017-07-09 85,00 kr

The present work in prose consists of forty questions with answers covering the entire range of spiritual disciplines required for the gaining of release (moksha). The questioner was Gambhiram Seshayya, one of the early devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. He was a Municipal Overseer at Tiruvannamalai about 1900. Besides being an ardent Ramabhakta (worshipper of Rama) he was interested in the study and practice of Yoga. He used to read Swami Vivekananda’s lectures on the different yoga’...

Releasedatum: 2016-12-09 Genre:Religion och andlighet 25,00 kr

A leading yoga researcher offers a clear and lively introduction to the history, philosophy, and practice of the Tantric spiritual tradition   Tantra—often associated with Kundalini Yoga—is a fundamental dimension of Hinduism, emphasizing the cultivation of “divine power” ( shakti ) as a path to infinite bliss. Tantra has been widely misunderstood in the West, however, where its practices are often confused with eroticism and licentious morality. Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy dispels ...

Releasedatum: 1998-07-28 189,00 kr

The Brihat (the great) Yoga Vasishta or Yoga Vasishta Maha Ramayana as it is also called, is a work of about 32,000 Sanskrit couplets, traditionally attributed to Valmiki, the author of Srimad Ramayana . It is a dialogue between Sage Vasishta and Sri Rama, during which Advaita (the doctrine of non-duality) in its pure form of ajatavada (theory of non-origination) is expounded, with illustrative stories in between. This vast work was abridged some centuries ago by Abhinanda Pandita, a Kashmiri sc...

Releasedatum: 2005-07-15 9,00 kr

WHAT distinguishes the Bhagavata Purana is not only its exhaustive account of the life of the Lord’s fullest manifestation on earth as Sri Krishna Avatara, but His fullest teaching to His beloved disciple Uddhava on the eve of His withdrawal from the world, which sometimes goes by the name of Uddhava Gita. This teaching, notwithstanding what the historians say of its age and authorship, is regarded by many as a development and an elucidation of the instructions He had given to Arjuna on the ba...

Releasedatum: 1965-12-30 29,00 kr

In this Very Short Introduction, Kim Knott combines a succinct and authoritative overview of a major religion with an analysis of the challenges facing it in the twentieth century. She discusses key preoccupations of Hinduism such as the centrality of the Veda as religious texts, the role of brahmins, gurus, and storytellers in the transmission of divine truths, and the importance of epics such as the Ramayana. Issues such as the place of women and dalits (untouchables) in contemporary society a...

Releasedatum: 2000-02-24 105,00 kr

NOW I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A RARE AND MOST WONDERFUL BOOK FROM OUR LIBRARY: the Human Aura, by Swami Panchadasi (a pen name of William Walker Atkinson, an American pioneer of the New Thought movement), first published in 1912 by the Yoga Publication Society. Swami Panchadasi saw the same colors in the human aura that I have seen but explained it so much better. --Satguru Sivaya Subramuniy 

Releasedatum: 1912-11-01 Genre:Religion och andlighet 5,00 kr

A contemporary interpretation of a classic of ancient wisdom. Have you ever asked the purpose of life or who you are? Do you seek peace of mind? Here is an invitation to discover the essential wisdom of yoga for today’s world.

Releasedatum: 2010-04-30 39,00 kr

The Bhagavad Gita, or 'Song of the Spirit', is the best known book of India's national epic The Mahabharata. Based on a dialogue between Bhagavan Krishna and Prince Arjuna on the eve of a great battle, it is held to be the essence of Hindu spirituality, sacred literature and yoga, as well as exploring the great universal themes of courage, honour, death, love, virtue and fulfilment. Of interest to the large number of contemporary spiritual seekers - of any faith and none - who want to read the w...

Releasedatum: 2010-10-31 159,00 kr

The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo-European language, the Rig Veda (c. 1200-900 BC) is a collection of over 1,000 individual Sanskrit hymns. A work of intricate beauty, it provides a unique insight into early Indian mythology, religion and culture. This selection of 108 of the hymns, chosen for their eloquence and wisdom, focuses on the enduring themes of creation, sacrifice, death, women, the sacred ...

Releasedatum: 2005-03-31 115,00 kr

The Bhagavad Gita is India’s most sacred text — the Hindu “Bible.” Yogananda’s translation and commentary brings a unique and deeply penetrating insight into this great scripture, which is widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive books available on the science and philosophy of Yoga. God Talks With Arjuna explains the Bhagavad Gita’s profoundest spiritual, psychological, and metaphysical truths, long obscured by metaphor and allegory. Yogananda takes Lord Krishna’s counsel ...

Releasedatum: 2018-12-12 169,00 kr

A kite needs a string in order to fly through the sky. In a similar way, the Shiva Sutras offers threads to uplift our mind and let it soar to new heights. The Shiva Sutras describes the goal of life as: life radiating the light of inner joy. The Magic of the Shiva sutras is that each sutra is complete, offering us a way to go deeper into our own nature, which is joy. Step by step, with inimitable humor and wisdom, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar takes examples from everyday life to guide readers on this j...

Releasedatum: 2018-05-26 Genre:Religion och andlighet 19,00 kr

Bhagavad-gita is the statement of Krishna, and since it is the science of Krishna, it should be understood from Krishna as Arjuna understood it. It should not be received from atheistic persons.  The Bhagavad Gita, meaning "Song of the Lord", refers to itself as an 'Upanishad' and is sometimes called Gītopanişad. During the message of the Gita, Krishna proclaims that he is an Avatar, or a Bhagavat, an appearance of the all-embracing God. To help Arjuna believe this, he reveals to him his ...

Releasedatum: 2018-02-08 9,00 kr

Isn’t it amazing that our most commonly-used word, ‘I’, has been used so adeptly as a pointer to the Ultimate Truth by the greatest Advaita teachers? The three teachers discussed in this book – RamanaMaharshi, Atmananda and NisargadattaMaharaj – steer clear from all religious dogma, therefore making their teachings especially suitable for both westerners and easterners. These three may be considered as ‘the Big Three’ of the twentieth-century Advaita Vedanta. They are the ones who ...

Releasedatum: 2017-09-08 89,00 kr

In this Very Short Introduction, Kim Knott offers a succinct and authoritative overview of Hinduism and its key beliefs. In this second edition she considers new issues facing Hindus such as the politicization of Hinduism in India, the increasing impact of Hindu nationalism, and the rise and fall of sectarian Hindu movements.

Releasedatum: 2016-02-25 119,00 kr

The great 20th century Indian sage, Ramana Maharshi, has often been described as the very incarnation of non-dualism, or advaita, even though the Hindu philosophical school of Advaita Vedanta claims that no one has ever been born, lived or died. It is this paradox that the Advaitin philosopher John Allen Grimes explores in this profound new work, skillfully combining biography with philosophical and spiritual inquiry. For, as he tells us in his introduction, as one passes Ramana’s life and tea...

Releasedatum: 2015-11-17 85,00 kr

Popularly known as "Rajaji," C. Rajagopalachari, the first Indian Governor General of India, was an ardent patriot, a pioneering social reformer, incisive thinker, profound scholar and author. He was also an eminent statesman and able administrator. Rajaji was an accomplished writer both in his mother tongue Tamil and English. He personified the ideal of simple living and high thinking. He wrote books on the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, Socrates, and Marcus Aurelius in English. Rajaji often re...

Releasedatum: 2015-10-22 65,00 kr

It is very beneficial for students of Indian thought, of the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and other Indian scriptures and philosophical works to expand their vocabularies to include the sanskrit terms included in them. English books about these works often contain many untranslated sanskrit words because there are no concise English equivalents. This glossary contains full translations and explanations of many of the most commonly used sanskrit terms, and will hel...

Releasedatum: 2014-12-19 35,00 kr

In this magisterial volume of essays, Wendy Doniger enhances our understanding of the ancient and complex religion to which she has devoted herself for half a century. This series of interconnected essays and lectures surveys the most critically important and hotly contested issues in Hinduism over 3,500 years, from the ancient time of the Vedas to the present day. The essays contemplate the nature of Hinduism; Hindu concepts of divinity; attitudes concerning gender, control, and desire; the que...

Releasedatum: 2014-02-03 489,00 kr

Part of the ancient Hindu epic The Mahabharata , The Bhagavad Gita is one of the enduring religious texts of the world The Bhagavad Gita is an early poem that recounts the conversation between Arjuna the warrior and his charioteer Krishna, a manifestation of God. In the moments before a great battle, Krishna sets out the important lessons Arjuna must learn to understand his own role in the war he is about to fight. Krishna reveals to Arjuna his true cosmic form and counsels the warrior to act ac...

Releasedatum: 2014-05-01 115,00 kr

“The following pages were written by Sri Bhagavan’s devotees in His sacred presence based on an old Tamil publication which has been commended by Him. This was first published by Colombo (Sri Lanka) devotees on the occasion of Bhagavan Sri Ramana’s Seventy-first Birthday in January 1950. The present edition is thoroughly revised by Sri J. Jayaraman to conform to the Tamil version. We have pleasure in placing this booklet again in the hands of all earnest seekers of Truth.”

Releasedatum: 1999-08-06 9,00 kr

Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi preached silence by observing it himself and Asramites aspiring for spiritual advancement sat at the holy feet of Bhagavan, imbibing the lessons of that silence.  Occasionally Bhagavan spoke on spiritual matters. On such occasions, a few devotees recorded whatever he said; and amongst them, Nagamma was one. When Nagamma became an Asramite, she renounced everything and whilst sitting at the feet of the Master she felt an irresistible urge to record the discussion...

Releasedatum: 1962-06-01 29,00 kr

Raja-Yoga describes the methods of spiritual concentration, meditation, and psychic development.

Releasedatum: 1956-01-05 45,00 kr

The Bhagavad Gita, the Song of God, composed over 2000 years ago, is the story of a man's dilemma during a family feud. In the middle of impending violence, he is desperately confused about whether he should participate in the bloodshed. God, in the form of his charioteer, explains the nature of life to this distraught archer, eventually extinguishing his fears. And as a witness to this conversation, we the audience receive insight into our own existence, and develop an understanding of the worl...

Releasedatum: 2013-09-11 15,00 kr

The Puranas are ancient Hindu Vedic texts eulogizing various deities, primarily the divine Trimurti God in Hinduism through divine stories. Puranas may also be described as a genre of important Hindu religious texts alongside some Jain and Buddhist religious texts, notably consisting of narratives of the history of the universe from creation to destruction, genealogies of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy, and geography. Hindu Puranas have been c...

Releasedatum: 2013-04-12 5,00 kr

The Vedic scriptures are a vast treasure-house of the most resplendent divine knowledge, which contains the key for bringing about a divine transformation in our lives.  Intuitively, seekers worldwide perceive that the heritage of India, the land of spirituality, holds in its bosom the rarest of rare secrets that they all yearn to know.  That is why an inherent curiosity exists for understanding the concepts of Hinduism, reading its scriptures, and visiting the country that is the spir...

Releasedatum: 2013-03-14 29,00 kr

Kali, The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar by Elizabeth U. Harding provides a wealth of information about the worship of the Goddess Kali. This book gives an intimate and detailed description of Kolkata's famous Dakshineswar temple and Ma Bhavatarini, the form of Kali worshipped there. Learn about the temple's festivals & daily rituals, and discover inspiring accounts of some of this traditions ecstatic saints. A great introduction to Kali worship.

Releasedatum: 1993-09-01 139,00 kr

About the book The Atharvaveda The Atharvaveda is a sacred text of Hinduism and one of the four Vedas, often called the "fourth Veda". According to tradition, the Atharvaveda was mainly composed by two groups of rishis known as the Atharvanas and the Angirasa. In the Late Vedic Gopatha Brahmana, it is attributed to the Bhrigu and Angirasa. The Atharvaveda, while undoubtedly belonging to the core Vedic corpus, in some ways represents an independent parallel tradition to that of the Rig-Veda and Y...

Releasedatum: 2013-01-18 5,00 kr

About the Book The Yajurveda The Yajurveda is one of the four canonical texts of Hinduism, the Vedas. By some, it is estimated to have been composed between 1000 - 600 BCE, the Yajurveda 'Samhita', or 'compilation', contains the liturgy (mantras) needed to perform the sacrifices of the Veda, and the added Brahmana and Shrautasutra add information on the interpretation and on the details of their performance. This is the last of the Griffith Veda translations to be digitized. About the Translator...

Releasedatum: 2013-01-12 5,00 kr

The Bhagavad Gita by Edwin Arnold A classic work of Hindu scripture, the "Bhagavad-Gita" is the story of Prince Arjuna who is faced with a decision with serious moral consequence, the decision to go to war. With the armies arrayed on the battlefield, Arjuna in a moment of hesitation is counseled by Vishnu, the Supreme God, who takes the form of Krishna wearing the disguise of a charioteer. A classic tale of Hindu spirituality, the "Bhagavad-Gita" provides great insight into dealing with the mora...

Releasedatum: 2012-12-15 5,00 kr

Although there are many types of yoga practice, the Vedic literature explains that no matter which practice you choose, success is only achieved when bhakti is part of your meditation. What is bhakti-yoga, and how can you add it to your life or your current yoga practice? As bhakti is a pivotal element in any yogic or religious practice, it is known as the topmost yoga. In the Bhagavad-gita, Krishna explains bhakti-yoga to his dear friend Arjuna, and here Srila Prabhupada expands on these concep...

Releasedatum: 2011-05-01 19,00 kr

Interested in learning more about Hinduism? Whether you're a curious newcomer or a long-time practitioner, this collection of Upanishads -- the sacred philosophical texts upon which many of the precepts of the Hindu religion are based -- offers an engaging, spiritually enlightening read.

Releasedatum: 2011-09-01 Genre:Religion och andlighet 19,00 kr

Manusmṛti (written also as Manusmriti or Manusmruti ) is the most important and earliest metrical work of the Dharmaśāstra textual tradition of Hinduism. Generally known in English as the Laws of Manu , it was first translated into English in 1794 by Sir William Jones, an English Orientalist and judge of the British Supreme Court of Judicature in Calcutta. The text presents itself as a discourse given by Manu, the progenitor of mankind to a group of seers, or rishis, who beseech him to tell ...

Releasedatum: 2011-10-11 9,00 kr

Regarded in India as one of the most important books of the 20th century, Gandhi’s commentary on this classic Hindu text addresses the issues he felt most directly affected the spiritual lives of common people.   The Bhagavad Gita, also called The Song of the Lord, is a 700-line section of a much longer Sanskrit war epic, the Mahabharata, about the legendary conflict between two branches of an Indian ruling family. Framed as a conversation between Krishna, an incarnation of the god Vishnu...

Releasedatum: 2009-05-19 109,00 kr