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Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities
ISBN: 9780226618555 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty . . . weaves a brilliant analysis of the complex role of dreams and dreaming in Indian religion, philosophy, literature, and art. . . . In her creative hands, enchanting Indian myths and stories illuminate and are illuminated by authors as different as Aeschylus, Plato, Freud, Jung, Kurl Godel, Thomas Kuhn, Borges, Picasso, Sir Ernst Gombrich, and many others. This richly suggestive book challenges many of our fundamental assumptions about ourselves and our world."--Mark C. Taylor, New York Times Book Review "Dazzling analysis. . . . The book is firm and...
"Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty . . . weaves a brilliant analysis of the complex role of dreams and dreaming in Indian religion, philosophy, literature, and...
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218,40 zł |
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Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy
ISBN: 9780892810208 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today in the West, scientists and philosophers, mystics and seekers of higher consciousness are intensively searching for means of releasing the vital energy (kundalini) that lies latent in each of us. Tantra, which does not deny the body, but harnesses its energies and powers for spiritual growth, is the most detailed and authoritative teaching of this kind in existence. In Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy, Ajit Mookerjee writes of the core experience of Tantra, the process in which the energy is awakened and rises throughout the energy centers (chakras) to unite with Pure...
Today in the West, scientists and philosophers, mystics and seekers of higher consciousness are intensively searching for means of releasing the vital...
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86,93 zł |
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Tools for Tantra
ISBN: 9780892810550 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tantric yantras are precise geometric forms that have been used for centuries as tools for self-realization and the attainment of mystical powers. In Tools for Tantra, Tantric practitioner and scholar Harish Johari has re-created the exact colors and proportions of the primordial yantras along with step-by-step instructions for their accurate construction, coloring, and use.
Tantric yantras are precise geometric forms that have been used for centuries as tools for self-realization and the attainment of mystical powers. In ...
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108,72 zł |
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Vedantic Meditation: Lighting the Flame of Awareness
ISBN: 9781556433344 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As yoga gains popularity across the U.S., many people are becoming interested in its traditional Vedic roots. While Buddhist meditation is well represented on bookshelves, there has been little Vedantic philosophy written in lay terms until now. Author David Frawley guides readers through the challenges of cultivating awareness, calming the mind, and practicing meditation according to Vedanta and Hinduism. He examines how cultural knowledge systems in the West lead individuals to disillusionment, and speaks about how meditation can aid in understanding the true nature of one's thoughts,...
As yoga gains popularity across the U.S., many people are becoming interested in its traditional Vedic roots. While Buddhist meditation is well repres...
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86,51 zł |
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Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man
ISBN: 9781570622809 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Coiled like a snake at the base of the spine, kundalini is the spiritual force that lies dormant in every human being. Once awakened, often through meditation and yoga practices, it rises up the spine and finds expression in the form of spiritual knowledge, mystical vision, psychic powers, and ultimately, enlightenment. This is the classic first-person account of Gopi Krishna, an ordinary Indian householder who, at the age of thirty-four, after years of unsupervised meditation, suddenly experienced the awakening of kundalini during his morning practice. The story of this transformative...
Coiled like a snake at the base of the spine, kundalini is the spiritual force that lies dormant in every human being. Once awakened, often through me...
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91,60 zł |
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Siddha Quest for Immortality: Sexual, Alchemical & Medical Secrets of the Tamil Siddhas, the Poets of the Powers
ISBN: 9781869928438 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work describes the society in South India where priests and lay people claim supernatural powers and seek physical longevity and psychic immortality, and where arcane and sexual rituals take place. This study offers a vivid picture of their religious beliefs, magical rites and alchemical practices. It also describes their complex system of medicine and their tradition of poetry. Many examples of their poetry are included, poetry which is deeply religious but not without humour.
This work describes the society in South India where priests and lay people claim supernatural powers and seek physical longevity and psychic immortal...
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146,41 zł |
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Hindu Goddesses: Beliefs and Practices
ISBN: 9781902210438 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the diversity of Hindu goddesses and the variety of ways in which they are worshiped. Although they undoubtedly have ancient origins, Hindu goddesses and their worship is still very much a part of the fabric of religious engagement in India today, and this work offers an introduction to a complex and often baffling field of study. Part I, Beliefs, Providing a series of encounters with a range of Hindu goddesses, starting with the idea of Goddess as a philosophical concept, this work moves on to topics that include textual evidence for belief structures, goddess mythology,...
This book explores the diversity of Hindu goddesses and the variety of ways in which they are worshiped. Although they undoubtedly have ancient origin...
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163,80 zł |
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Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita
ISBN: 9780548001462 / Angielski / Twarda / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia...
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258,42 zł |
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Pilgrims to Openness: Direct Realization Tantra in Everyday Life
ISBN: 9780984163403 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Pilgrims to Openness" introduces the heart of authentic Indian Tantra in a series of lyrical, readable essays that speaks with warmth, intelligence, and compassion to the curious beginner and more adept practitioner alike.
"Pilgrims to Openness" introduces the heart of authentic Indian Tantra in a series of lyrical, readable essays that speaks with warmth, intelligence, ...
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78,21 zł |
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Faces of the Divine: meditations on the ishta-devatas
ISBN: 9781450543675 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Faces of the Divine takes the reader on an intuitive voyage of discovery of the great Indian experience of bhakti - the absolute and unconditional love of the Divine. Each reading in this book is an insightful meditation and Raj Arumugam, known for his works of deep insight into our various world traditions, offers the reader a seeing into aspects of the Divine in the great flowering of Bhakti that is both ancient and ever-new. (The book was originally written in English - not a translation.) This book is destined to a be classic in its authentic and independent expression of Bhakti in...
Faces of the Divine takes the reader on an intuitive voyage of discovery of the great Indian experience of bhakti - the absolute and unconditional lov...
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184,16 zł |
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Religion and Commodification: 'Merchandizing' Diasporic Hinduism
ISBN: 9780415873635 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sinha offers insights into the everyday material religious lives of Hindus as they strive to sustain theistic, devotional Hinduism in diasporic locations, particularly Singapore, Malaysia, and Tamil Nadu, where religious objects have become commodified.
Sinha offers insights into the everyday material religious lives of Hindus as they strive to sustain theistic, devotional Hinduism in diasporic locati...
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778,05 zł |
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Blessings Of Mantras
ISBN: 9781452869391 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book deals with powerful sacred mantras of different Hindu deities and their blessings. These energy based sound, syllable, word or group of words mantras when chanted with faith, patience and devotion create energy vibrations that can replace negative energy with positive one eventually leading to a peaceful quiet mind; and positive and beneficial results. There is now growing evidence that repeating a mantra is good for mental health. The individuals who are in stressful situations are able to cope better with stress by using a mantra. Even those who see themselves as not having any...
This book deals with powerful sacred mantras of different Hindu deities and their blessings. These energy based sound, syllable, word or group of word...
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68,40 zł |
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Hindu Wedding: The Guide
ISBN: 9781935052388 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A complete Hindu wedding ceremony, this revised edition includes the words to speak, and what they mean; the steps to take, and how to take them; all the basic materials; Sanskrit alphabet, transliteration and complete English translations. A solution for contemporary Hindu couples in the West, the book includes a complete ceremony that incorporates all the prescribed Vedic wedding rituals.
A complete Hindu wedding ceremony, this revised edition includes the words to speak, and what they mean; the steps to take, and how to take them; all ...
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122,01 zł |
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Brahman
ISBN: 9781935760054 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book deals with Brahman, the highest and supreme God of Hinduism. The book contains 25 informative and well documented articles on Brahman, meaning and significance of the world, His various aspects, His importance in the development of Vedic thought and the philosophy of the Upanishads, the nature of Self, the nature of creation and the relationship between Brahman, the universal Self and Atman, the individual Self. There is also a glossary of Brahman and related words and bibliography.
This book deals with Brahman, the highest and supreme God of Hinduism. The book contains 25 informative and well documented articles on Brahman, meani...
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144,89 zł |
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Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal: The Fortunes of Hindu Festivals
ISBN: 9780231129183 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Annually during the months of autumn, Bengal hosts three interlinked festivals to honor its most important goddesses: Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri. While each of these deities possesses a distinct iconography, myth, and character, they are all martial. Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri often demand blood sacrifice as part of their worship and offer material and spiritual benefits to their votaries. Richly represented in straw, clay, paint, and decoration, they are similarly displayed in elaborately festooned temples, thronged by thousands of admirers. The first book to recount the history of...
Annually during the months of autumn, Bengal hosts three interlinked festivals to honor its most important goddesses: Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri. Wh...
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480,48 zł |
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Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal: The Fortunes of Hindu Festivals
ISBN: 9780231129190 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Annually during the months of autumn, Bengal hosts three interlinked festivals to honor its most important goddesses: Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri. While each of these deities possesses a distinct iconography, myth, and character, they are all martial. Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri often demand blood sacrifice as part of their worship and offer material and spiritual benefits to their votaries. Richly represented in straw, clay, paint, and decoration, they are similarly displayed in elaborately festooned temples, thronged by thousands of admirers. The first book to recount the history of...
Annually during the months of autumn, Bengal hosts three interlinked festivals to honor its most important goddesses: Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri. Wh...
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152,88 zł |
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Hindu Pilgrimage: Shifting Patterns of Worldview of Shri Shailam in South India
ISBN: 9780415659970 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, changes in religious studies in general and the study of Hinduism in particular have drawn more scholarly attention to other forms of the Hindu faith that are concretely embodied in temples, icons, artworks, rituals, and pilgrimage practices. This book analyses the phenomenon of pilgrimage as a religious practice and experience and examines Shri Shailam, a renowned south Indian pilgrimage site of Shiva and Goddess Durga. In doing so, it investigates two dimensions: the worldview of a place that is of utmost sanctity for Hindu pilgrims and its historical evolution from... In recent years, changes in religious studies in general and the study of Hinduism in particular have drawn more scholarly attention to other forms... |
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752,12 zł |
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Bereavement and Final Samskara (Antyeshti) in Hindu Tradition: Psychology of Bereavement, Last rites in Hinduism, Religious ceremonies during mourning
ISBN: 9780977700813 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bereavement and Final Rites in Hindu Tradition. Religious ceremonies during mourning period. Vedic insights into Life, death and God in Hinduism.
Bereavement and Final Rites in Hindu Tradition. Religious ceremonies during mourning period. Vedic insights into Life, death and God in Hinduism.
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45,53 zł |
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Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability
ISBN: 9781409405917 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Does nature worship inspire Hindus to act in an environmentally conscious way? This book explores the above question with three communities, the Swadhyaya movement, the Bishnoi, and the Bhil communities.
Does nature worship inspire Hindus to act in an environmentally conscious way? This book explores the above question with three communities, the Swadh...
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803,99 zł |
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The Rise of Mahāsena: The Transformation of Skanda-Kārttikeya in North India from the Kuṣāṇa to Gupta Empires
ISBN: 9789004217546 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book studies the early development of Skanda-Kārttikeya's Hindu cult from its earliest textual and material sources to the end of the Gupta Empire in the north of India. The text argues that Skanda's early 'popular' cult is found in Graha and Mātṛ traditions oriented towards appeasing potentially dangerous spirits. Once propitiated, however, Skanda and his Grahas/ Mātṛs could become fierce protectors of their followers. During the Kuṣāṇa and Gupta empires, this tradition gains the attention of rulers, who transform the deity's protective cult...
This book studies the early development of Skanda-Kārttikeya's Hindu cult from its earliest textual and material sources to the end of the Gupta ...
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584,69 zł |
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