The race for possessions and the subsequent attachments have blinded the modern man in overlooking an important fact of life; "do we really need to toil that much to maintain that which needs so little?" We cannot alleviate our stresses in life until and unless we have come to formulate, for ourselves, on our own, a meaning of our existence on earth. All other remedies for stress, from Prozac to Yogic meditation, from physical exercises to mindfulness, are nothing more than short-lived, temporary solutions. The principle subject that we are concerned with in this book is the importance of...

This book is a simplified account of the six systems of Indian Philosophy, also known as the six principal Darshanas. This book is primarily addressed to those who are interested in understanding Indian philosophy in a layman's language. Having said that, it does not mean that, at places, the reading will not become dry and tedious; after all, any philosophical endeavor carries with it such elements. This this book will also appeal to those people of East Indian origin who have adopted the "West" as their permanent home and living in the Western milieu of rationalistic enquiry find it...

A modern, psycho-philosphical perspective on one of the most revered scriptures of the world. This book looks at the Gita in three perspectives .The first one looks at Arjuna's dilemma in the context of what, these days, is known as Depth psychology, (in a layman's language, rather than in an academic approach); the second one looks at the Gita's perennial recommendations to resolve our moral issues and stressful situations in life; and the third one looks at the metaphysical assumptions behind these recommendations.

For many, the expressions Indian philosophy and Indian religion are identical. And then, there is a contention which comes from the modern ideas of pragmatism; the premise of this contention is that the study of orthodox Indian philosophy is irrelevant in this modern age of rationalism. The truth is otherwise; it is doubtful if one can find an equivalent of the ever-fresh utterances of the Vedas, the thought-provoking concepts of the Upanishads, the metaphysical doctrines of the 'darshanas', the deep psychological analysis of the Buddhism, and the ethical pragmatism of the Jainism, in any...

Krishnamurti is one of those thinkers who believes that no external source, may that be an authority like a prophet or a Guru, scriptures like Bible or the Bhagavad-Gita, or an organised religion like Christianity, can impart us the ultimate knowledge of our existence. The only source is our mind and our thoughts. Secondly, only our own awakening can bring about a transformation in our lives; none, other than (we), can do it for us. He went a step further and believed that dependence on the external sources is a hindrance rather than a help in our spiritual progress. For him, God was the...