In a city where old is meeting new, daughters are surprising mothers, and love is breaking all the rules, this heartfelt and wickedly funny cross-cultural debut novel introduces a smart, irreverent young woman searching for independence and matrimony in a culture bound by tradition.
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Samkara (c.700 CE) has been regarded by many as the most authoritative Hindu thinker of all time. A great Indian Vedantin brahmin, Samkara was primarily a commentator on the sacred texts of the Vedas and a teacher in the Advaitin teaching line. This book serves as an introduction to Samkara's though[...]
In Indian philosophy and theology, the ideology of Vedanta occupies an important position. Hindu religious sects accept the Vedantic soteriology, which believes that there is only one conscious reality, Brahman from which the entire creation, both conscious and non-conscious, emanated. Madhusudana [...]
Indian philosophy bases itself on three states of consciousness: waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. Deep sleep, or susupti, plays an important role in Advaita Ved? nta, the major philosophical school that advocates a doctrine of pure consciousness. Explaining and savoring this paradox, this book show[...]
An introduction to the several systems of classical Indian thought such as Professor Deutsch provides.[...]
Spontaneous poetry reflecting the nondual nature of existence as it is revealed to the human experience. An expression of the devotion to this nondual wisdom that naturally arises as the sense of separation falls away. Poetry conveying the paradox that is at the Heart of Advaita-- how the One can be[...]
This book presents the essence of teachings that have influenced dozens of the most revered transformational leaders of the current day. The stream of wisdom called "Advaita, "flowing originally from antiquity in India, has surfaced and resurfaced throughout the spiritual life of the human race. Ram[...]
This fascinating and innovative book explores the relationship between the philosophical underpinnings of Advaita Vedanta, Zen Buddhism and the experiential journey of spiritual practitioners. Taking the perspective of the questioning student, the author highlights the experiential deconstructive pr[...]
Why Lazarus Laughed explicates the essential doctrine shared by the traditions of Zen Buddhism, Advaita, and Tantra. Wei Wu Wei has become an underground spiritual favorite whose fans anxiously await each reissued book.[...]
Who are you? What happens when you die? Is there a God? Is the universe created? Advaita is a teaching with a tradition of thousands of years which provides totally reasonable answers to all such questions. This essential introduction from the acclaimed author of numerous books on the subject will d[...]
Who are you? What happens when you die? Is there a God? Is the universe created? Advaita is a teaching with a tradition of thousands of years which provides totally reasonable answers to all such questions. This essential introduction from the acclaimed author of numerous books on the subject will d[...]
Now in his eighties and regarded as the world's greatest living sage, Balsekar is the primary exponent of the teaching of "Advaita," which holds that everything is one, that all humanity is an intrinsic part of the universe rather than split from it. This anthology comprises thematic extracts from a[...]
Chapter One - The discrimination of the real Chapter Two - The discrimination of the five elements Chapter Three -The discrimination of the five sheaths Chapter Four - The discrimination of duality Chapter Five - Examining the meaning of the great sayings Chapter Six - The lamp of the picture 300 Ch[...]