Hinduism category: 1323 books
Sisters & Brothers of America
Swami Vivekananda’s Speech at World’s Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 1893
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
The Parliament of the World's Religions opened on 11 September 1893 at the Art Institute of Chicago as part of the World's Columbian Exposition. On this day, Vivekananda gave a brief speech representing India and Hinduism. He was initially nervous, bowed to Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of learning)...
Hinduism
From a Catholic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
Over a billion people in the world describe themselves as Hindus, yet to many in the West it remains one of the most alien and mysterious of the major world religions. This eBook explains the basic tenets and practices of this hugely diverse faith and explores the points of similarity and of difference between it and Catholic Christianity.
Religions of India
A User Friendly and Brief Introduction to Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and the Jains
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2002
A concise and plain spoken introduction to Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and the religion of the Jains. This book is for students and anyone else desiring to learn the basics of religion in India in a quick yet comprehensive way.
by Klaus K. Klostermaier
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
With entries on everything from Manu to Gandhi and the Ramesvaram to the Himalayas, this is an invaluable reference book.
by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
A highly original discussion of problems of philosophy of religion from the lndian point of view. The exposition shows that the Christian theologian who will take the trouble to study Indian religion seriously, and not merely “historically,” will find in its teachings abundant extrinsic and probable...
Tantra
Path of Ecstasy
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 1998
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...
Reciting the Goddess
Narratives of Place and the Making of Hinduism in Nepal
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Reciting the Goddess presents the first critical study of the Svasthanivratakatha (SVK), a sixteenth-century Hindu narrative textual tradition. The extensive SVK manuscript tradition offers a rare opportunity to observe the making of a specific, distinct Hindu religious tradition. Jessica Vantine...
Introduction to Hindu Dharma
Illustrated
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Understand authentic Hinduism directly from one of the most revered Hindu spiritual leaders of the twentieth century. This book consists of selections from the more than 2,000 discourses of Kanchi Sankaracharya (1894-1994). This book has the distinction of introducing both the sage and his spiritual legacy to the Western world in the form of an irreplaceable introduction to Hinduism.
Tritiya-Prakriti: People of the Third Sex
Understanding Homosexuality, Transgender Identity and Intersex Conditions Through Hinduism (Abridged Version)
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Tritiya-Prakriti: People of the Third Sex is a collection of years of research into a topic seldom discussed or easily found within the Hindu/Vedic scriptural canon. Based entirely upon authentic Sanskrit references and modern concurring facts, the book guides us through the original Hindu concept...
Keshab
Bengal's Forgotten Prophet
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84) was one of the most powerful and controversial figures in nineteenth-century Bengal. A religious leader and social reformer, his universalist interpretation of Hinduism found mass appeal in India, and generated considerable interest in Britain. His ideas on British imperial...
by Charles Eliot
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
This classic text by Charles Eliot traces the origins and principles of these two great world religions.
by Mahesh Dutt Sharma
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
A God-fearing person on his own desists himself from doing wrong, as he is aware of the omnipresence of the Lord. Hindu religious texts make one aware of one’s duties and of the principles of Dharma or righteous behaviour. The term ‘God-fearing’ does not mean that one is a coward. In fact, it...
Bhakti Yoga
Tales and Teachings from the Bhagavata Purana
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
From the author of what has become the standard edition of The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, an exploration of probably the most significant tradition in Hinduism, along with a rendering of key texts and parables from that tradition
Bhakti Yoga explores one of the eight “limbs” of yoga. In...
by Udaylal Pai
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2017
Hinduism for GenNext !On the 23rd of April 2004, I was flying from JFK Airport, New York City to SFO to attend a press meeting at Monterey, California. An American girl was sitting right beside me, near the window.After some time, she smiled and we introduced ourselves to each other. I told her that...