You may seek comfort, inspiration and illumination on the spiritual path, but eventually all roads lead to paradox where directions seem to conflict and answers seem elusive. Philip Goldberg confronts these divine dilemmas with profound insight and engaging humor. Based...

Throughout history, humankind has often turned to spirituality in times of distress. Now, on the brink of totally destroying this beautiful playground, many people are turning to higher agencies for guidance, and some are turning inwards. There are many ways...

This book is a study of India’s great epic, the Mahabharrata, against the background of Indo-European myth, epic, and ritual. It builds upon the pioneering studies in these areas by Georges Dumezil and Stig Wikander to work toward the goal...

Religious Urge, Reverential Life: Volume 12: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton (Religious Urge, Reverential Life: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton)

The Samaranganasutradhara, composed in the 11th century and commonly attributed to King Bhoja of Dhara, is one of the most remarkable silpasastras of northern India. Consisting of more than seven thousand slokas, it contains not only detailed descriptions of temples,...

The International Association for Ladakh Studies (IALS) was formed to provide contacts between all who are interested in the study of Ladakh to organise colloquia and to publish the proceedings and to issue a newsletter Ladakh Studies.

Tibet exerts a powerful fascination far beyond its borders; remoteness and the deeply pervasive character ot Tibetan Buddhism have provided the setting for countless works of romace adventure and fantasy. Resistance and Reform in Tibet reveals the emergence of a...

This is the third volume of a planned seven volume translation of India's most beloved and influential epic tale-the Ramayana of Valmiki. This third volume carries forward the narrative by following the exiled hero Rama his wife and his brother...

Reflections, volume eight in The Notebooks of Paul Brunton, contains primarily PB's reflections about himself-50 years of research, practice, and writing-and the people, influences and events he considered significant in his life. This is a mosaic of autobiographical excerpts from...

Reprint of a fundamental work on Indo-Aryan religious ideas and the Vedas. Three sections: origin of Indo-European and Indo-Iranian religion; discussion of Vedic Gods; evolution and implications of Vedic religion for Hindu thought.

The fifth and most popular book of the Ramayana of Valmiki, the Sundarakanda, recounts the adventures of the monkey hero Hanuman in leaping across the ocean to the island citadel of Lanka. Once there, he scours the city for the...

The present volume is a continuation of the bibliography and study presented in Panini, A Survey of Research, first published in the Netherlands (The Hague: Mouton and Co. 1976), subsequently published in India (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1980) and reprinted in...