Ethics and the History of Indian Philosophy, by Shyam Ranganathan, presents a compelling, systematic explication of the moral philosophical content of history of Indian philosophy in contrast to the received wisdom in Indology and comparative philosophy that Indian philosophers were...

The present publication, 'Essentials of Ayurveda', is significant in the sense that it contains the essence of all the sixteen specialities of Ayurveda by which one could get working knowledge of Ayurveda as a whole. The book, in a sense,...

The present work addresses itself to one of the most hotly debated issues in contemporary ethics-relativism. Relativism has become a formidable argument in Western socio-moral thought under the impact of postmodern writings. The author presents a detailed critique of various...

We have all had glimpses from the far shore, where with openness we experience and are fully in touch with ourselves. From the far shore we see with honesty, clarity and true acceptance. The far shore offers reflections on this...

This book offers a fresh interpretation of Patanjali's Yoga-Sutra, challenging the common view that Classical Yoga advocates world-renunciation and extreme dualism. Through five scholarly essays, it argues that Yoga promotes an integrated life where spiritual awareness, ethical action, and material...

Transportation such as cars, motorcycles, buses, etc. have made people lethargic and less active. If energy is not used up, energy saturated with toxic products is accumulated in the body causing different ailments which lead to chronic diseases such as...

Sometimes one just needs a bit of inspiration or motivation to get the day going. Such inspiration can come from anywhere, colleagues, parents, friends or even strangers! That is why those who can inspire or motivate people are always looked...

In this Third Series of Zen Essays have tried to trace the relationship which exists between Zen and the two chief Mahayana sutras, the Gandavyuha and the prajnaparamita, and then the transformation through which Indian Buddhism had to go while...

The present collection of Essays in Jain Philosophy and Religion contains contributions of world acclaimed scholars in jain studies. As a through and critical research work in the field of Jaina exploration of the history and background of the exchange...

The Essence of Scholasticism is a meditation manual leading to arhatship. It is the central text of the western most part of the Gandharan cultural. Probably composed in the first century BCE, it was commented on and elaborated in several...

In the Moksopaya (also known as the Yogavasistha), an eleventh-century Sanskrit poetic text, the great Vedic philosopher Vasistha counsels his young protégé Lord Rama about the ways of the world through sixty-four stories designed to bring Rama from ignorance to...

Zen Buddhism is a unique school of spiritual development which uses many systems of philosophy, psychology, and ethics in the course of its own technique of Sudden Enlightenment. This volume contains the Second Series of the author’s famous Essays in...