{"title":"Hinduism","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"encyclopaedia-of-indian-philosophies-vol-25-nyaya-vaisesika-by-karl-h-potter-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophies : Vol. 25 - Nyaya-Vaisesika - By Karl H. Potter (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophies : Vol. 25 - By Karl H. Potter (Author) - MLBD Publications\r\\n\r\\nNyaya-Vaisesika in recent Times - Attaining liberation through knowledge and understanding of reality, but they approach this goal with distinct epistemological methods and categories.\u003cspan class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"bd6d38d5-4acf-4797-8bd6-c5f3cf5d5983\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"UV3uM\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cstrong\u003eKarl H. Potter\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of Philosophy and South Asian Studies at the University of Washington is Seattle, and is General Editor of the Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophies. Series containing 28 volumes.\r\\n\r\\nMore encyclopaedias available on MLBD Booklist, MLBD Catalogue, MLBD Books.\r\\n\r\\nSend us direct orders on our email - mlbd@mlbd.com","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359214788971,"sku":"9788120842588","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Encyclopedia-of-Indian-Philosophies-vol-25.jpg?v=1780946818"},{"product_id":"encyclopedia-of-indian-philosophies-volume-19-by-karl-h-potter-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: Volume 19 - By Karl H. Potter (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eConfronted with a series of volumes called the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, one is likely to ask, what constitutes philosophy in the relevant sense? Introduction to understood as investigation of the nature of and path to liberation from rebirth (moksa;nirvana), a definition which seems to fit most Indian schools of thought as taught and practiced in the classical period (500 B.C. 1000 A.D.)\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\\nThe system that is the subject of the present volume is one such devotional system. As this volume demonstrates, the concern of this system is two-fold: liberation is accepted, but downplayed in the face of the requirements of true devotion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359214821739,"sku":"9788120839977","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Encylo.of-indian-philosophies-Volume-XIX.jpg?v=1780946820"},{"product_id":"encyclopedia-of-indian-philosophies-vol-15-by-karl-h-potter-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: Vol. 15 - By Karl H. Potter (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll too frequently the term Vedanta is used when what is meant, whether recognized or not, is Advaita Vedanta and more specifically, the philosophical system associated with Sankaracarya. Yet in fact Vedanta, literally meaning \"the concluding portions of the Veda\", i.e., the Upanishads, is properly used in Indian philosophy to designate those systems that take such texts as the Upanishads authoritatively along with a few others such as the Brahmasutras, alternatively known as the Vedantasutras. There are a goodly number of philosophical systems, other than Sankara's, that fall into the classification of Vedanta systems, many of them virtually unknown to most students.\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\\nThe names of many of the Vedanta systems derive from their respective theories concerning the relation between Brahman, celebrated in the Upanishads as the highest principle, and Atman, the individual self. Advaita argues these are identical, non-different (abheda); Dvaita says they are completely different (bheda). Other Vedantic systems resist these extremes and argue that the relation between Brahman and self is one of identity-in-difference (bhedabheda). The best-known such system is the Visistadvaita system of Ramanuja and the Srivaisnavas, but there are many others. Here in this Volume the literature of several others of this bhedabheda persuasion-those associated with the names of Bhartr-prapanca, Bhaskara and Srikantha- are explored.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359214854507,"sku":"9788120836372","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Encyclopedia-Indian-Philosophy-Vol.-XV.jpg?v=1780946821"},{"product_id":"ancient-indiapb-by-r-c-majumdar-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Ancient India(PB) - By R. C. Majumdar (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eAncient India (PB) - By R. C. Majumdar (Author) - MLBD Publications\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\\nThis is a comprehensive, intelligible and interesting portrait of Ancient Indian History and Civilization from a national historical point of view. The work is divided into three broad divisions of the natural course of cultural development in Ancient India: (1) From the prehistoric age to 600 B.C., (2) From 600 B.C. to 300 A.D., (3) From 300 A.D. to 1200 A.D.\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\\nThe work describes the political, economic, religious and cultural conditions of the country, the expansionist activities, the colonisation schemes of her rulers in the Far East. Political theories and administrative organizations are also discussed but more stress has been laid on the religious, literary and cultural aspects of Ancient India.\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\\nAmong the more important additions may be mentioned the chapters on the prehistoric age, including the Indus Valley Civilization, more detailed account of the ancient republican clans and the various medieval local dynasties, specially those of the south and the development of art and colonisation.\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\\nImportant changes, though much less extensive, have been made in chapters dealing with political theory and administrative system, as well as social and economic condition and an entirely new section on coins has been added. Considerable other modifications and rearrangements, involving re-grouping of chapters, have been made and more copious footnotes and fuller bibliography have been added for the guidance of advanced students.\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\\nThe book is of a more advanced type. It would meet the needs not only of general readers but also of earnest students who require a thorough grasp of the essential facts and features before taking up specialized study in any branch of the subject. It would also fulfil requirements of the candidates for competitive examinations in which Ancient Indian History and culture is a prescribed subject. Ancient India - By R. C. Majumdar  (Author) - MLBD Publications.\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359216492907,"sku":"9788120804364","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Ancient-India-04.jpg?v=1780946853"},{"product_id":"the-positive-sciences-of-the-ancient-hindus-hb-by-brajendranath-seal-author-mlbd-publications","title":"The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus (HB) - By Brajendranath Seal (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author's direct aim in the present work is to furnish the historians of the special sciences with new material which will serve to widen the scope of their survey. The Hindus no less than the Greeks have shared in the work of constructing scientific concepts and methods in the investigation of physical phenomena, as well as of building up a body of positive knowledge which has been applied to industrial technique; and Hindu scientific ideas and methodology (e.g. the inductive method or method of algebraic analysis) have deeply influenced the course of natural philosophy in Asia-in the East as well as the West-in China and Japan, as well as in the Saracen Empire. The author has undertaken a comparative estimate of Greek and Hindu science. Hindu Philosophy om its empirical side was dominated by geometrical concepts and methods. The author has cared to see that the Sanskrit philosophico-scientific terminology, however difficult from its technical character, is rendered exceedingly precise, consistent and expressive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359217279339,"sku":"9788120809253","price":6.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/The-positive-sciences-of-the-Ancient-Hindus-64.jpg?v=1780946877"},{"product_id":"the-stories-of-krishna-a-sanskrit-coursebook-for-beginners-part-2-pt-ii-by-warwick-jessup-author-mlbd-publications","title":"The Stories of Krishna: A Sanskrit Coursebook for Beginners - Part - 2: Pt. II - By Warwick Jessup (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"The Stories of Krishna: A Sanskrit Coursebook for Beginners - Part - 2: Pt. II - By Warwick Jessup (Author) - MLBD Publications\r\\n\r\\nThe second group of books seek to teach Sanskrit with reference to the age-old stories of Krishna and Rama. The Stories of Krishna (Parts I-II) cover full declensions of the most common type of masculine, feminine and neuter nouns: conjugations of a simple verb in the present, future and past tenses and twelve stories based on the childhood of Krishna.\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eElena Jessup Sanskrit teacher with 16 years' experience educating children and adults of all ages. Have designed systematic and creative Sanskrit language courses, textbooks, and materials. Interested in fostering connections between the East and West, especially any new initiatives in this area.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n ","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359217770859,"sku":"9788120835498","price":2.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/the-stories-of-krishna-79.jpg?v=1780946894"},{"product_id":"sudras-in-ancient-india-a-social-history-of-the-lower-order-down-to-circa-ad-600-by-r-s-sharma-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Sudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order Down to Circa A.D. 600 - By R. S. Sharma (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"The present work has been undertaken not only to provide an adequate treatment of the position of the sudras in ancient times, but also to evaluate their modern characterizations, either based on insufficient data or inspired by reformist or anti-reformist motives. Here an attempt has been made to present a connected and systematic account of the various developments in the position of the sudras down to circa A.D. 600. Since the sudras were regarded as the laboring class, in this study particular attention has been paid to the investigation of their material conditions has been paid to their economic and social relations with the members of the higher varnas. This has naturally involved the study of the position of slaves, with whom the sudras were considered identical. The untouchables are also theoretically placed in the category of sudras and hence their origin and position has also been discussed in some detail.\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eRAM SHARAN SHARMA (26 November 1919 20 August 2011) was an eminent historian and academic of Ancient and early Medieval India. He taught at Patna University and Delhi University (1973 ) and was visiting faculty at University of Toronto (1965-1966). He also was a senior fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He was a University Grants Commission National Fellow (1958 ) and the President of Indian History Congress in 1975. It was during his tenure as the Dean of Delhi University s History Department that major expansion of the department took place in the 1970s. The creation of most of the positions in the Department was the results of his efforts. He was the founding Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and a historian of international repute. During his lifetime, he authored 115 books which include Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India, and Sudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order Down to Circa A D 600.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n ","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359217836395,"sku":"9788120808737","price":5.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/sudras-in-ancient-india-84.jpg?v=1780946898"},{"product_id":"the-purana-index-vol-123-by-vr-ramachandra-dikshitar-author-mlbd-publications","title":"The Purana Index - Vol. 1,2\u00263 - By V.R. Ramachandra Dikshitar (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Puranas are infallible source of information of Indian history of religion, philosophy, culture and civilization, polity of society, arts and crafts, architecture and iconography besides royal dynasties and period of their rule. It was long felt that a comprehensive Index of the Puranas was a desideratum. We have an Index to Vedic literature by Macdonell and Keith, we have also one to the Mahabharata by Sorensen, then why not a similar Index to all the eighteen major and an equal number of the minor Puranas which constitute an important branch of Indian literature?\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359217869163,"sku":"9788120812734","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/the-purana-index-82.jpg?v=1780946899"},{"product_id":"the-serpent-power-shat-chakra-nirupana-and-paduka-panchaka-by-arthur-avalon-author-mlbd-publications","title":"The Serpent Power: Shat-Chakra-Nirupana and Paduka-Panchaka - By Arthur Avalon  (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"This work is a description and explanation in fuller detail of the serpent power (Kundali Shakti) and the yoga effected through it, a subject occupying a pre-eminent place in the tantra Shastra. It consists of a translation of two Sanskrit works published some years ago in the second volume of my series of tantrik texts but hitherto untranslated.\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\r\\nTwo works on Laya Yoga, Translated from the Sanskrit, with Introduction and Commentary.\r\\n\r\\nThis work is a description and explanation in fuller detail of the Serpent Power (Kundali Shakti), and the Yoga effected through it, a subject occupying a pre-eminent place in the Tantra Shastra. It consists of a translation of two Sanskrit works published some years ago in the second volume of my series of Tantrik Texts, but hitherto untranslated.\r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359218033003,"sku":"9788178223780","price":5.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/the-serpent-power-90.jpg?v=1780946906"},{"product_id":"earth-as-lamp-the-formation-of-srivaisnavism-and-other-essays","title":"Earth As Lamp: The Formation of Srivaisnavism and Other Essays","description":"Friedhelm Hardy offered a strong evolutionary sequence for Tamil Srivaisnavism, seen in the light of meticulous philological analysis of the relevant sources in Sanskrit, Tamil, and Manipravalam. He provided an entirely new, firm foundation for studies of southern Srivaisnavism. This volume includes illuminating essays on Middle Indic, in various linguistic configurations (in particular, the marvelous study of Apabhramsa and Yogindu); on late-medieval or early-modern Tamil religion, including the world of living Tamil temples, in relation to the classical materials; on a particularly eloquent, autobiographical Marathi text; on central techniques and topics within the self-transforming world of Sanskrit poetry (always in relation to the Prakrits, which Hardy certainly loved and knew from the inside); on Jaina narrative; and so on. These essays have been separated into thematic clusters or sections, each one of them testimony to the truly astonishing richness of Hardy's interests and knowledge.\r\\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\\nFriedhelm Hardy (1943-2004) was the most original and penetrating scholar of the history of Tamil Sri Vaisnavism in his generation. Trained in Indology at Cologne and Oxford, he was the author of a monumental study, Viraha-Bhakti: The Early History of Krsna Devotion in South India (Oxford University Press, 1983; Reprint MLBD 2015) and The Religious Culture of India: Power Love and Wisdom (Cambridge University Press, 1994). He was the first to define clearly the specific character of South Indian bhakti as highly emotional and sensual, in profound contrast with earlier forms of Vaisnava devotionalism. Adept in Sanskrit, many forms of Prakrit, Tamil, and Marathi, he was a wide-ranging scholar who offered imaginative syntheses of South Asian religious literature and practice over many centuries.","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359218426219,"sku":"9788195055302","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Earth-as-lamp.jpg?v=1780946921"},{"product_id":"mythology-of-brahma-by-gregory-bailey-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Mythology of Brahma - By Gregory Bailey (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"In Hindu Mythology Brahma is renowned as the creator of the three worlds and of the system of rules (dharma) that holds them and their inhabitants together. This is a substantially revised edition of a book originally published in 1983 and it focuses on Brahma's role in mythology, his representation of worldly values (pravrtti) and his role as both disseminator of dharma and as its protector in conjunction with Visnu. It also examines evidence for his worship in ancient India and his significance in early Buddhist literature.\r\\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\\nGreg Bailey, formerly Reader in Sanskrit, is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Arts, Social Sciences and Communications, La Trobe University, Melbourne. He has published translations and studies of the Ganesa Purana, Bhartrhari's Satakatrayam and books on early Buddhism and many articles on Sanskrit literature. At present he is working on social, literary and economic aspects of the relationship between early Buddhism and the Mahabharata.\r\\n\r\\n ","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359218458987,"sku":"9788194815891","price":8.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Mythology-of-Brahma-31-3-2021-scaled.jpg?v=1780946922"},{"product_id":"how-i-found-god-roles-played-by-fakir-shirdi-sai-baba-as-god-and-the-spirit-masters-in-my-spiritual-training-resulting-in-god-realization-by-yogi-mk-spencerauthor-mlbd-publications","title":"How I Found God: Roles played by Fakir Shirdi Sai Baba as God and the spirit masters in my spiritual Training Resulting in God-Realization - By Yogi M.K. Spencer(Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"This is the rarest of the rare book on spirituality. It is a thrilling account of how an earnest seeker Yogi M. K. Spencer realised God with the help of unique spiritual training imparted initially by a great master of the Spirit World Rishi Ram Ram and then by God Himself in the form of Shirdi Sai Baba. These experiences with serve as a guide to every one who desires to find God.The reader of this book will be pleasantly surprised to know that Shirdi Sai Baba as Avatar (Incarnation of God) during His life time (1838-1918) at Shirdi and thereafter Rishi Ram Ram in the Spirit World were the two most important divine pioneers or harbingers of the New Era for the mankind. They had paved the ground for it in the 20th Century and so now the dawn of the New Era in the human civilisation seems to be fast coming.\r\\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\\nYogi Minocher K. Spencer (1888-1985) was a Parsi Sadhaka of Indian origin who lived in Karachi, now in Pakistan. He is considered a great soul who attained the highest of spiritual realization. Between 1952 and 1953, Sadguru Sai Baba, the supreme spirit, dictated 77 rarest of the rare kind of discourses or divine messages to the author in his vision.\r\\n\r\\n ","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359218491755,"sku":"9788178223520","price":5.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/How-i-found-god.jpg?v=1780946923"},{"product_id":"on-the-meaning-of-the-mahabharata-by-v-s-sukthankar-author-mlbd-publications","title":"On the Meaning of the Mahabharata - By V. S. Sukthankar  (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was in 1942 that the late Dr. V.S. Sukthankar was engaged to deliver four lectures on the 'Meaning of the Mahabharata' under the auspices of the University of Bombay. However, the fourth and last lecture was not delivered on account of his sad sudden demise on the morning of the day fixed for it. The Manuscript (Ms.) of these lectures-a veritable treasure to cherish had remained lost to the world of scholars for the long period of fifteen years. It beared the title \"Four Lectures on the Meaning of the Mahabharata.\" This rather heavy-looking title has been abridged here in publication into the substantial title \"On the Meaning of the Mahabharata.\" In a great many places, sentences or paragraphs have been placed in rectangular brackets in pencil. This bracketed material has been retained in the body of this book. Secondly, an alternative word or phrase is occasionally found written with a pencil in the margin along with an underscoring of the relevant word or words in the text. It is thought advisable to retain the text of the script as it stands, leaving such marginal alternatives alone. However, there is one exception: Dr. Sukthankar had rewritten in pencil almost a whole para at the end of the third lecture. This pencil-script is incorporated in the body of the book. A facsimile of this page is reproduced as the frontispiece. An English rendering of the German quotation from OLDENBERG is given in an Appendix for the convenience of the general reader. In Index I Sanskrit quotations are printed in Devanagari for the benefit of those not quite conversant with the transiliteration.\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359218590059,"sku":"9788120815032","price":3.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/On-the-meaning-of-Mahabharata.jpg?v=1780946927"},{"product_id":"mahabharatas-bhishma-death-your-servant-examples-from-a-world-classic-by-swami-veda-bharati-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Mahabharata's Bhishma: Death, Your Servant: Examples from a World Classic - By Swami Veda Bharati (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"The Mahabharata with 110,000 verses, including an appendix, is the longest epic poem in the world literature. In the epic 2,000 verses only are the teachings of Krishna. 20,000 verses are the teachings of Bhishma, the most towering personality of the Mahabharata, a warrior sage who led an army of over 2 million soldiers for 10 days out of 18 days of war. At that time he was 146 years old. His final teachings were given when he lay pierced with arrows for 58 days, waiting for the right time that he had chosen for his death. Swami Veda gives his brief life story. This is a fascinating and inspiring account of a master of wisdom and conqueror of death.\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eSwami Veda was born in a Sanskrit speaking family in India where he was vigorously trained in the meditative traditions of the Vedic and Upanishadic philosophies. He was a leading authority on Yoga and Meditation. He was an ardent devoted disciple of Swami Rama, who has initiated him in the highest mysteries of the Himalayan traditions of Meditation.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359219638635,"sku":"9788178224831","price":4.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Mahabhartas-Bhisma-death-your-Servant.jpg?v=1780946946"},{"product_id":"art-of-war-in-the-vedas-pb-by-dr-pk-agrawal-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Art of War in the Vedas (PB) | By Dr. P.K. Agrawal (Author) | MLBD Publications","description":"The book “Art of War in the Vedas” is perhaps the first exposition of general principles of war contained in the Vedas. The Vedas proclaim the establishment of peaceful and prosperous world for the people in general and for the people of the country in particular.\r\\n\r\\nThe four Vedas of India have vast reserve of knowledge relating to all subjects touching concern of all. Therefore, it was an uphill task to extract mandates of the Veda regarding war or battle. Ten battles as case studies have been given to simplify the implications of verses of the Vedas regarding war. It is hoped that the book will be welcome by all specially the army personnel around the World. Dr. P.K. Agrawal is a renowned author of Hindi and English. He has more than Sixty Five Books to his credit including Twenty in English.\r\\n\r\\n\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Agrawal\u003c\/strong\u003e is widely acclaimed and honoured for his creative writing in Hindi. He has five epoch making works on Indology i.e. Bhagwadgita : Natyaroop, Ramcharitmanas : Natyaroop, etc. After retirement from the highest post in the Indian Administrative Science, Dr. Agrawal worked as an Advocate for more than Ten Years. At present Dr. Agrawal is the Managing Partner of VAS Global, a New Delhi based law firm and is practicing in Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court.","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359219900779,"sku":"9788194815853","price":3.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Art-of-war-in-the-vedas.jpg?v=1780946956"},{"product_id":"essays-on-christian-hindu-dialogue-vol-1-textual-and-historical-explorations","title":"Essays on Christian-Hindu Dialogue Vol. 1 : Textual and Historical Explorations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume on Christian-Hindu Dialogue outlines the basic parameters of a dialogue that arise out of the study of Indian texts and the enormous possibilities of prayer and study together in order to face the challenges of diversity through pilgrimage, meditation and a common journey of non-duality. To dialogue is to become the other, and therefore to be in dialogue with Hinduism is for the author to be a Hindu and a Christian, to learn everyday from each other’s tradition and to follow the example of sadhus and monks finding meaning in each other’s journeys. Chapters studies of the Mānava-Dharmásāstra and the Yajñavalkya Dharmaśastra, non-dual consciousness, the possibilities of tri-belonging, the challenges of matter, the experience of the kālighāt, and the example of Raimon Panikkar as a Hindu and a Christian. About the Author Mario I. Aguilar is Professor of Religion and Politics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics (CSRP) at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland where he has been teaching and researching for the past 26 years after completing his Ph.D. at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, London). He is a hermit in the Benedictine Camaldolese tradition and lives at Arunachala Hermitage in Scotland following a Vedic Indian life of silence and study. He is the president of the International Committee for Interreligious Dialogue, the founder of the Milarepa Foundation for Dialogue with Asia and a biographer of Pope Francis. His latest books include an Indian trilogy related to contemplation and dialogue in Christianity and Hinduism: Christian Ashrams, Hindu Caves and Sacred Rivers (2016), The Way of the Hermit (2017), and Interreligious Dialogue and the Partition of India (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359219933547,"sku":"9788194815822","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Essays-on-christian-hindu-dialogue.jpg?v=1780946957"},{"product_id":"tarunyasatakam-of-kshirod-chandra-dash","title":"Tarunyasatakam of Kshirod Chandra Dash","description":"Tāruṇyaśatakam is a book of mellifluous self- standing Sanskrit stanzas on the description of youth and love by Kshirod Chandra Dash (b. 1954), the Akademi award winning (State \u0026amp; National) Sanskrit poet of India. Each of the stanzas with a story in miniature airs passion and voices love that holds the reader spellbound till the end. With a publication of numerous Sanskrit lyrical gems to his credit, the poet is an author, translator, research visionary and literary critic who retired from Odisha Education Service as Head of the Department of Sanskrit, B.J.B (Autonomous) College (Utkal University), Bhubaneswar after reaching the age of superannuation on April, 2012. The translation of Kavivara Radhanatha Ray’s Cilikā (tr. Sanskrit lyric) and Gandhijī’s autobiography Mama Satya-prayoga- kathā (tr.) etc. are also some of his note worthy contributions to the domain of Sanskrit literary art. About the Editor Dr.Subhasree Dash , M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D with uniformly brilliant academic career has specialised in Sanskrit grammar, poetics and classical literature. With numerous publications to her credit both in national and international journals of repute, she has been teaching as an Assistant Professor in Sanskrit, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack since 2013.\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359219966315,"sku":"9788194815808","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Tarunyasatakam.jpg?v=1780946959"},{"product_id":"badarayana-samkara-by-ns-junankar-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Badarayana \u0026 Samkara - By N.S. Junankar (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis conceptual framework is largely based on Vedanta and its prototype is undoubtedly the Vedanta of Samkara. In order to see this prototype in its native hue, it is necessary to abandon the disciplinary approach whereby certain aspects are dealt with – religion philosophy, sociology, etc. For instance, we do not know any thing about Badarayana, except the period during which he may have lived; he is supposed to have lived during the second century B.C. The Brahma Sutra of Badarayana is the ‘locus classicus’ of the Upanisadic system known as Vedanta and it acquired the prestige and authority amongst the intelligentsia from the time of Samkara. Dr. N.S. Junankar was a distinguished scholar and educationalist. He graduated with a First Class degree in Philosophy from Nagpur University (1931), India, and was awarded Sir Arthur Blennerhasset and Korea Durbar Gold Medals. He was then awarded the King Edward Memorial Scholarship for Post Graduate Studies in Philosophy. With the Scholarship he went to Oxford University to study Philosophy and was supervised by Professor S. Radhakrishnan (who subsequently became India’s President). He was awarded a B.Litt. (Oxon) degree in 1935 for this thesis “The Historical Criticisms of the Saṃkhya in Indian Philosophy”. In 1936 he was awarded a D.Phil. (Oxon) for his thesis “The Conceptions of Time, Space and Motion in early Indian Philosophy”. Over the years he played an important role in India’s contribution to UNESCO, including representing India in many international conferences as a delegate, and Secretary General for the Eighth General Conference in 1954. He was posted an Education Adviser in the Ministry of Education, Government of India he was posted as Education Adviser to the to the High Commissioner of India in London (1960-64). On retiring from the Ministry of Education, he was awarded a Leverhulme Senior Fellowship at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (1965-70).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359220031851,"sku":"9788194815884","price":8.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Badarayana-Samkara.jpg?v=1780946960"},{"product_id":"bhagavadgita-natyaroop-by-pramod-kumar-agrawal-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Bhagavadgita: Natyaroop - By Pramod Kumar Agrawal (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"The Mahabharata with 110,000 verses, including an appendix, is the longest epic poem in the world literature. In the epic 2,000 verses only are the teachings of Krishna. 20,000 verses are the teachings of Bhishma, the most towering personality of the Mahabharata, a warrior sage who led an army of over 2 million soldiers for 10 days out of 18 days of war. At that time he was 146 years old. His final teachings were given when he lay pierced with arrows for 58 days, waiting for the right time that he had chosen for his death. Swami Veda gives his brief life story. This is a fascinating and inspiring account of a master of wisdom and conqueror of death. Bhagavadgita: Natyaroop - By Pramod Kumar Agrawal (Author) - MLBD Publications.\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eSwami Veda was born in a Sanskrit speaking family in India where he was vigorously trained in the meditative traditions of the Vedic and Upanishadic philosophies. He was a leading authority on Yoga and Meditation. He was an ardent devoted disciple of Swami Rama, who has initiated him in the highest mysteries of the Himalayan traditions of Meditation.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359220064619,"sku":"9788194011187","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Bhagvadgita.jpg?v=1780946961"},{"product_id":"exclusion-of-dras-from-brahmajijsa-re-reading-apudrdhikaraam-of-brahmastra-kara-bhya","title":"Exclusion of Śūdras from Brahmajijñāsa: Re-reading Apāśudrādhikaraṇam of Brahmasūtra Śāṅkara Bhāṣya","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is an in-depth study on the Philosophy of Sankara, i.e. Sankaravedanta. This study focuses on a particular text from Brahmasutra Bhasya of Sankara, namely Apasudradhikaranam which discusses on the exclusion of sudras from the study of Vedas. Exclusion from Vedas implies excluding them from the quest for Brahman (Brahmajijnasa), because for the Brahmanic tradition Vedas are the only means for the realization of Brahman. A cursory reading of this periscope might give an impression that Sankara is on the side of exclusion. But a re-reading of Apasudradhikaranam in the spirit of a true critique and in the light of his advaitic Philosophy, reveals that his darsana is non-exclusive. This book explores this inclusive potentials and possibilities of Sankaravedanta. This inclusive insights of Sankara could be enriched and carried forward by the present-day advaitins so that it could become a contribution to the healing process of the world today, which is wounded by the exclusive strategies and practices. Jaison Vadakkan is a person who is interested in Bharatiya darsanas. He has a special enthusiasm in the philosophy of Sankara. He conducts classes and seminars on Indian Philosophy in various institutes. This present work is his doctrol dissertation submitted for the Degree of Doctor in Philosophy (Ph. D). He hails from Thrissur, Kerala. At present he is one of the teaching staff of Calvary Philosophical College, Thrissur, Kerala.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359220195691,"sku":"9788194011149","price":5.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Exclusion.jpg?v=1780946965"},{"product_id":"mystical-poems-of-jnaneshwar-by-anand-mundra-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Mystical Poems of Jnaneshwar | By Anand Mundra (Author) | MLBD Publications","description":"Like Rumi from Persia or Kabir from North India, Jnaneshwar, considered the greatest of the Marathi poet-saints, captures the power and knowledge of his spiritual attainment in a few spare words. His poetry offers an exquisite combination of knowledge of the truth and love for the divine. These poems have been read, recited, and revered by the Marathi-speaking population of central India for nearly 800 years. His poems have not been readily available in English. This book presents original English translations of a selection of Jnaneshwar’s poems, as an introduction for Western readers.\r\\n\r\\n\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE TRANSLATOR\u003c\/strong\u003e Anand Mundra was born and raised in Mahatma Gandhi’s ashrams in India. His father, who was secretary to Gandhi’s spiritual heir, Vinoba Bhave, sang Jnaneshwar’s songs to Anand throughout his early childhood. A resident of the United States and former aerospace engineer, Anand now brings the mytical, philosophical treasures of the Marathi language to the West.","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359220228459,"sku":"9788194011125","price":4.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/mystical-poems.jpg?v=1780946967"},{"product_id":"upanisads-and-edith-stein-a-dialogue-on-the-models-of-the-person-city-plans","title":"Upanisads and Edith Stein:: A Dialogue on the Models of the Person (City Plans)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe aim of this book, is to explore anew a dialogue to nurture east-west nuances such as inter-cultural, inter-philosophical and interreligious perspectives which constitute towards an integral understanding of the human person which is being questioned even at the early decades of third millenium. For this study the author has selected three upanisads, based on their doctrinal content with respect to the questions they deal with about the world, as well as about God and man. The book is in three parts, the first two of which are composed of three chapters while the third part has two chapters. The first part seeks to enquire into the profound wisdom of an ancient philosophical heritage, which may have been to some extent forgotten or misunderstood due to its almost inevitable intermingling with cult and rituals. The Brahad-aranyaka and the Chandogya Upanisads are more extensive, their combined perspectives on the individual self [atman], the cosmos and the Universal Self [Brahman] are alternately discussed throughout the first chapter, while their understanding, are treated in the second chapter. The investigation of the Isa Upanisad in the third chapter attempts to answer the question whether the nature of the Upanisadic person is fundamental or rather merely transitory, substantiating such views by means of cross references to the principal Upanisads. Subsequently, the fourth chapter (of Part Two) retrace the major lines pertaining to the development of an authentic philosophy of the person in the works of Edith Stein. The core of the fifth chapter is concerned with the phenomenology of the person as postulated by Edith Stein in her preliminary studies on Empathy. Chapter six outlines the essential features of the finite person as determined by Edith Stein, including its sense of individuality and the analogical nature of its meaning. Third Part offers a dynamic understanding of the way human persons are valued and respected both in the East as well as in the West. The main goal is to highlight the need for an improvement in the philosophical image and reality of the person in contemporary societies. The creative interactions between Eastern and Western philosophical approaches to discuss the identity, convergence and the divergence will find between Eastern and Western understandings of the person.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359220261227,"sku":"9788178224039","price":6.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Upnisads-and-edith-stein.jpg?v=1780946968"},{"product_id":"a-critical-study-in-the-schism-in-early-buddhist-monastic-tradition-by-lokananda-c-bhikkhu-author-mlbd-publications","title":"A Critical Study in the Schism in Early Buddhist Monastic Tradition - By Lokananda C. Bhikkhu (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the death of the Buddha, his religious institution, samgha, split into different sects. Scholars believe there are two reasons for this split: A dispute on disciplinary codes, the Ten Points (dasavatthu), which was introduced at the Second Buddhist Council by the Vajjian Pancavaggiya monks. After the council’s rejection, the Vajjian monks left the council, causing a split. A doctrinal controversy propounded by a monk called Mahadeva. Mahadeva propounded Five-Points (pancavatthu) that are said to be a doctrinal issue, introduced them to his pupils at Kukkutarama of Pataliputra, and eventually caused a split within the monastic establishment. After examining both of these issues, this researcher concluded that neither played a significant role in the schism, as alleged, and that the actual cause included political influence on the monastic establishment, sociological conflict among the members of the samgha, and the geographic isolation of the members of the samgha. Lokananda C Bhikkhu The author read Buddhism and Hindi language at the University of Sri Lanka; migrated to the States, then attended University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), California State University-Long Beach (CSULB), San Jose State University and University at the West, Rosemead, California; and holds the degrees of BA, MA, MLIS, PHD, and a Diploma-in-Buddhist Studies. He has attended numerous conferences, seminars, workshops, in Europe, Asia and in the USA. He studied Pali, Sanskrit, Bengali, Japanese, German, and French languages. He is the Chief Incumbent and President of the Bangla-America Buddhist Fellowship (Sambodhi Vihara) and lives in Long Beach California, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359220293995,"sku":"9788194011132","price":4.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Early-buddhist-monastic-tradition.jpg?v=1780946969"},{"product_id":"gayatri-the-highest-meditation-by-sadguru-sant-keshavadas-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Gayatri: The Highest Meditation - By Sadguru Sant Keshavadas (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe highest Meditation describes the Gayatri, the mantra which helps the higher man to be born in us all. Sant Keshavadas profoundly tells the meaning and many facets (water rites, sitting posture, time, atmosphere, breath controle, pronunciation of sacred sounds) of this ancient meditation. There are few books available on the Gayatri meditation in English. Professor T.K.Venkateswaran of the Department of Religious Studies, University of Detroit, praises Sant Keshavadas Work and States that if the Gayatri Mantra is understood, repeated and meditated upon, in the manner in which it is presented in this book, it will illumine the intellect and produce the highest bliss, creativity and success in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359220490603,"sku":"9788120806979","price":1.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Gayatri-the-highest-meditation.jpg?v=1780946977"},{"product_id":"ayurvedic-nutrition-by-vaidya-atreya-smith-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Ayurvedic Nutrition - By Vaidya Atreya Smith (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"Every day, increasing numbers of people are turning to the ancient health system of Ayurveda to restore balance and well being in their lives. While Ayurveda is easy to implement, its concepts and Sanskrit terms are often confusing. In Ayurvedic Nutrition, however Atreya has explained them clearly and lucidly. It is therefore the most accessible book on Ayurveda to date. For anyone who has struggled with one size fits all diet fads, it offers a welcome relief with its comprehensive approach to nutrition adopted to every body type beginning with a self test to determine specific metabolic and psychological profile, the book emphasizes the importance of balance among all levels of the healing process mind, body and spirit. It then presents clear guidelines for choosing foods and making lifestyle choices to support a natural, healthy state and avoid those practices that disrupt natural metabolic balance.\r\\n\r\\nDrawn from the author's twenty five years of practicing natural medicine, the book is highlighted by case studies, which illuminate the healing and balancing powers of Ayurveda. From weight loss to the reversal of disease, the programs outlined in this practical and inspirational book will help anyone recover natural rhythms and restore inherent balance.\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eAtreya Smith is the author of six books published in nine different languages on the art of Indian medicine and healing. Since 1998 he directs the European Institute of Vedic Studies, which has schools in France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. From 1987 he has studied with a number of Indian professors of Ayurveda in India. He continues his studies on Dravyaguna with his teacher in Varanasi, India. He has a BSc in Biology and in 2005 was awarded the title of 'Vaidya' in Varanasi for his work in Ayurveda. From 1987 Atreya has been a professional in health care working with thousands of patients in countries all over the world. He currently lives in the South of France and no longer travels much, he prefers to enjoy a slower lifestyle and good, homemade food! Publications list: 'La Psychologie de la Transformation en Yoga', 2002, Editions Turiya, France 'Perfect Balance, Ayurvedic Nutrition', 2001, Avery \/Penguin-Putnam, Inc., USA 'Secrets of Ayurvedic Massage', 2000, Lotus Press, USA 'Ayurvedic Healing for Women', 1999, Samuel Weiser, Inc., USA 'Practical Ayurveda', 1998, Samuel Weiser, Inc., USA 'Prana, Secrets of Yogic Healing', 1996, Samuel Weiser, Inc., USA\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eReview\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\r\\nAtreya Smith is one of the most notable and creative writers on Ayurveda today. --Dr. David Frawley\r\\n\r\\nAyurvedic Nutrition opens up the world of Ayurveda and its invaluable wisdom to everyone - from novices to those who have been practicing for some time. --Dr. Deepak Chopra\r\\n\r\\nI am inspired by your highly practical approach and your efforts to bring Vedic concepts to the West in its totality, without diluting it. I am amazed by your ability to express Ayurveda in the most holistic way. --Dr. Vijay Srinivasamurthy, Head of Faculty, Ayurvedic medicine Wellpark College of Natural Therapies\r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359220523371,"sku":"9788120835375","price":5.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Ayurvedic-Nutrition.jpg?v=1780946979"},{"product_id":"the-ayurvedic-diet-the-ancient-way-to-health-rejuvenation-and-weight-control-by-dennis-thompson-author-mlbd-publications","title":"The Ayurvedic Diet: The Ancient Way to Health Rejuvenation and Weight Control - By Dennis Thompson (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"The Ayurvedic Diet combines the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda for health and healing with modern scientific approach to body physiology. By focusing on the three basic body types and their corresponding zones of physiological function, this book offers practical solutions for everything from chronic health problems and weight control to the proper exercise and life style management. It is essential reading for all who want to lose weight, stay young and be healthy.\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eThe Ayurvedic Diet combines the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda for health and healing with modern scientific approach to body physiology. By focussing on the three basic body types and their corresponding zones of physiological function, this book offers practical solutions for everything from chronic health problems and weight control to the proper exercise and life style management. It is essential reading for all who want to lose weight, stay young and be healthy.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359220556139,"sku":"9788178220147","price":3.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/The-ayurvedic-diet.jpg?v=1780946979"},{"product_id":"our-guruji-swami-purnanandaji-maharaj-by-girija-gajan-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Our Guruji Swami Purnanandaji Maharaj - By Girija Gajan (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is Swamiji’s long journey for his miraculous achievements as well as the spiritual personality of a Saintly Guru. This 'God like man' carried the 'Cross' of his master, Srimat Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj. Guruji refused to accept any credit or recognition for his achievements. He asked for any form of acknowledgement should be placed at the holy feet or 'Paduka' of Sri Guruji Maharaj.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359220654443,"sku":"9788195055319","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Our-guruji.jpg?v=1780946983"},{"product_id":"the-essential-sri-anandamayi-ma-life-and-teachings-of-a-20th-century-indian-saint-by-joseph-a-fitzgerald-author-alexander-lipski-author-anandamayi-ma-author-mlbd-publications","title":"The Essential Sri Anandamayi Ma: Life and Teachings of a 20th Century Indian Saint - By Joseph A. Fitzgerald (Author), Alexander Lipski (Author), Anandamayi Ma (Author) -MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eAttractive and simple to use, the Yoga Cookbook is the classic guide to a healthy, healing diet. The teachings of Yoga advocate a vegetarian diet with special emphasis on foods that bring peace to body, mind and spirit. The Yoga Cookbook makes this health giving yogic diet available to everyone. The easy to follow recipes use pure, wholesome foods that increase vitality, energy, health and joy. The book offers advice on the basic ingredients and suggests ways of food combining what to eat together and what to keep apart. The first international illustrated book on yogic cooking, food from all over the world for every time of day, wheat free recipes and guidance for vegans, recipes developed by the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres Illustrated throughout with specially commissioned photographs. Contents - Yogic Start to the Day, Soup Samskaras, Glorious Grains, Protein Prana, Vegetable Virya, Sattvic Sweets, Finishing Touches, Yogic Feasts, April in Paris, Picnic in the Sun, South Indian Bandhara, Middle Eastern Feast, Winter Festival, Fasting, Glossary and Further Reading,Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359226257771,"sku":"9788120834781","price":6.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/The-essential-Sri-Anandamayi-Ma.jpg?v=1780947000"},{"product_id":"what-is-karma-by-paul-brunton-author-mlbd-publications","title":"What is Karma ? - By Paul Brunton (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eKarma is a household word by now. Often spoken with sarcasm or heard with scorn in intelligent circles. Especially by energetic self actualizers, who associate it with passivity or hear it as an excuse for laziness or fear of responsibility. Sometimes sighed in real or affected resignation to \"God's will\". The term “karma” in its original reference includes mental actions. Karma is simply a power of the universal mind to effect adjustment, to restore equilibrium and to bring about compensatory balance. In the sphere of human conduct the result is that somehow, somewhere, whatever we do is ultimately reflected back to us. No deed is exhausted in the doing of it, eventually it will bear fruit which will return enexorable to the doer. Karma is a self moving force. Nobody, human or superhuman, has to operate it Paul Brunton is widely recognized as one of the twentieth century's most perceptive students of ancient wisdom. This little book presents, in condensed and concentrated form what he learned about karma from a long and richly varied lifetime from personal research, relentless trial and error and intimate association with wise men and women from sacred traditions throughout the world. These pithy gems are drawn from a broad span of his writing, ranging from as early as the mid 1940s to shortly before his death in 1981. They concisely present the essence and many of the details of the teachings of karma as they appear throughout the world's wisdom traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359226552683,"sku":"9788178223315","price":2.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/What-is-Karma.jpg?v=1780947012"},{"product_id":"the-presence-of-siva-by-stella-kramrisch-author-mlbd-publications","title":"The Presence of Siva - By Stella Kramrisch (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the three Great Gods of Hinduism, Siva is a living god. The most sacred and most ancient book of India, the Rig Veda, evokes his presence in its hymns. Vedic myths, ritual and even astronomy testify to his existence from the dawn of time. In a lively meditation of Siva-based on original Sanskrit texts, many heretofore not translated-Stella Kramrisch ponders the metaphysics, ontology and myths of Siva from the Vedas to the Puranas. Who is Siva? the author asks. Who is this god whose being comprises and transcends everything? None of the pairs of opposites, nor the sum of his uncounted names, defines him. From the down of creation, the Wild God, whose ancient name is Rudra, is Consciousness. He is the Great Yogi, the guardian of the absolute. His actions are the themes of the myths in which his nature unfolds. By retelling and interweaving the many myths that continue to convey Siva's presence as a living god in India today, Professor Kramrisch unfolds the paradoxes in Siva's nature and thus in the nature of consciousness itself. The magnificent sculptures at Elephanta, illustrated at the end of the book, capture in another medium the presence of the god. The Presence of Siva - By Stella Kramrisch (Author) - MLBD Publications\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359226650987,"sku":"9788120804913","price":12.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/the-presence-of-siva.jpg?v=1780947016"},{"product_id":"eternal-stories-from-the-upanishads-by-thomas-egenes-author-kumuda-reddy-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Eternal Stories from the Upanishads - By Thomas Egenes (Author), Kumuda Reddy (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eTime and eternal wisdom is described in the spiritual Upanishads. Eternal Stories from the Upanishads - By Thomas Egenes (Author), Kumuda Reddy (Author) - MLBD Publications\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359226683755,"sku":"9788187967071","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/eternal-stories-from-the-upanishads.jpg?v=1780947017"},{"product_id":"handbook-of-hindu-mythology-by-george-m-williams-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Handbook of Hindu Mythology - By George M. Williams (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"Unlike many other ancient mythologies, Hinduism thrives in the modern world. One billion followers and countless others have been captivated by its symbolic representations of love, karma, and reincarnation.\r\\nHandbook of Hindu Mythology offers an informative introduction to this dauntingly complex mythology of multifaceted deities, lengthy heroic tales, and arcane philosophies-all with a 3,000-year history of reinterpretations and adaptations. Williams offers a number of pathways by which to approach Hinduism's ever-changing gods and goddesses (e.g., Brahmâ, Vishnu, Siva), spiritual verses (such as the vedas), secular epics (including the Râmâyana and the Mahâbhârata), myths within myths, devotional and esoteric traditions, psychic and yogic disciplines, and magical practices. With this handbook, readers can explore the history of Hindu mythology, follow a detailed timeline of key episodes and historical events, and look up specific elements of historical or contemporary Hinduism in a beautifully illustrated reference work. It is the ideal introduction to the origins of Hinduism, the culture that shaped it from antiquity to the present, and the age-old stories, ideas, and traditions that speak to the human condition as eloquently today as ever.\r\\nIncluding annotated bibliographies, a glossary of cultural and mythological terms, and numerous illustrations, here is a gold mine of information on Hindu mythology. Handbook of Hindu Mythology - By George M. Williams (Author) - MLBD Publications.\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eGeorge M. Williams is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at California State University, Chico. He was one of the founders of the Religion in Modern India section of the American Academy of Religion and its first chair.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359226749291,"sku":"9788120840270","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/handbook-of-hindu-mythology.jpg?v=1780947026"},{"product_id":"introduction-to-hindu-dharma-by-arvind-sharma-author-michael-oren-fitzgerald-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Introduction to Hindu Dharma - By Arvind Sharma (Author), Michael Oren Fitzgerald (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003ch3\u003eJagadguru\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\nHis holiness the 68th Jagadguru of Kanchi died in 1994 at the age of 100. He was one of the most beloved and honored spiritual figures of the twentieth century. This book has the distinction of introduction to Hinduism in today's world. The discourses in this book cover all three categories of teaching, prayer and virtue, an explanation of Hindu metaphysical truth and an explanation of the conflict between traditional Hindu dharma and modernity. Selected text from a large number of his discourses have been recorded, transcribed and translated into English. In many instances the Jagadguru's own tamil definition for sanskrit terms have been translated into english. While these definitions have been retained, additional definitions have been incorporated into the text to facilitate comprehension without constant recourse to glossary.\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\r\\n \r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359227142507,"sku":"9788120834798","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/introduction-to-hindu-dharma.jpg?v=1780947036"},{"product_id":"dharm-darshan-ki-roop-rekha-an-outline-of-philosophy-of-religion-by-harendra-prasad-sinha-author-12th-edition-mlbd-publications","title":"Dharm-Darshan Ki Roop-Rekha: An Outline of Philosophy of Religion - By Harendra Prasad Sinha (Author), 12th edition - MLBD Publications","description":"Dharm-Darshan ki Roop-Rekha: An outline of Philosophy of Religion.\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\r\\n \r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359227175275,"sku":"9788120822917","price":2.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/dharm-darshan-ki-rooprekha.jpg?v=1780947037"},{"product_id":"stories-from-the-mahabharata-a-sanskrit-coursebook-for-intermediate-level-by-warwick-jessup-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Stories from the Mahabharata: A Sanskrit Coursebook for Intermediate Level - By Warwick Jessup (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"The Sanskrit language in many parts of the world is a new element in today's education. It is an ideal study for the young because its systematic grammar orders the student's mind. At the same time, Sanskrit literature provides the student with an exciting and profound interaction with a classical culture. Stories from the Mahabharata, a new series of Sanskrit textbooks, retells the epic 'Mahabharata' in simple Sanskrit episodes which gradually develop a students knowledge of grammar. In each chapter a theme which appears in the Sanskrit epics is also discussed. It is suggested that students should have completed the preceding sections of this course, Sanskrit is Fun (Parts 1, 2 and 3), The Stories of Krishna (Parts 1 and 2), and The Story of Rama (Parts 1 and 2) before starting these books. In this volume (Stories from the Mahabharata, Part One) basic noun and verbs forms are revised. New topics introduced include complementary sentences, question words, indefinite expressions, relationship nouns and passive verbs. There are also three crossword puzzles testing grammar and vocabulary.\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\r\\n \r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359227208043,"sku":"9788120840140","price":3.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Stories-from-Mahabharata-1.jpg?v=1780947038"},{"product_id":"secrets-of-sacred-sex-the-essence-of-tantric-sexuality-by-mark-a-michaels-author-patricia-johnson-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Secrets of Sacred Sex : The Essence of Tantric Sexuality - By Mark A. Michaels (Author), Patricia Johnson (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis modern and comprehensive guide to tantra celebrates the sacredness of desire and the human body. Much more than an erotic sex manual, secrets of sacred sex explains the hindu tantric tradition, its philosophy and its principles. The authors, a devoted married couple, demystify Tantra in ways that make this ancient tradition accessible to beginners, offering authentic exercises and techniques that will help turn your every moment of pleasure into an opportunity to experience the divine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359227404651,"sku":"9788178223575","price":5.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Secrets-of-Sacred-Sex.jpg?v=1780947044"},{"product_id":"shri-ramacharitamanasa-of-tulasidasa-the-holy-lake-of-the-acts-of-rama-compact-edition-by-rc-prasad-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Shri Ramacharitamanasa of Tulasidasa: The Holy Lake of the Acts of Rama Compact Edition | By R.C. Prasad (Author) | MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eKeeping in mind people's ever-increasing quest for the epic, this unique edition of the Ramacharitamanasa with verse to verse Hindi and English translation along with Tulsidasa's original text has been prepared. The translation rendered by an accomplished scholar maintains the intrinsic richness of the original. Special care has been taken for making it useful to the Indian brethren living abroad to whom the dialect of Tulsidasa's original may be somewhat incomprehensible. There has been a long-standing demand from the vast Indian community settled abroad for a standard and authentic edition of the Ramacharitamanasa.\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\\nThe present edition has been designed to meet their requirement by using the most modern printing and processing techniques to make it a work of international standard. A special feature of this edition is the inclusion of Lavakushakanda, Shri Hanumanchalisa and Shri Ramashalaka Prashnavali. The mode of its recitation is given as a separate appendix. Adding to its uniqueness is the inclusion of important section containing Indian, European and American scholar's criticisms of Tulsidasa's Ramacharitamanasa. A glossary of an important proper nouns and epithets is given at the end.\u003cbr\u003e\n\\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\\nShri Ramacharitamanasa of Tulasidasa: The Holy Lake of the Acts of Rama Compact Edition - By R.C. Prasad (Author) - MLBD Publications\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359236383083,"sku":"9788120806801","price":5.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Shri-Ramacharitamanasa.jpg?v=1780947045"},{"product_id":"sahitya-darpan-of-kaviraj-vishwanath-sampurna-sanskrit-edition-by-shaligram-shastri-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Sahitya Darpan of Kaviraj Vishwanath: Sampurna - Sanskrit Edition by Shaligram Shastri (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePaperback – 1 January 2016\u003c\/h1\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359236612459,"sku":"9788120822542","price":3.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Sahitya-Darpan.jpg?v=1780947054"},{"product_id":"sri-ramacaritamanasa-the-holy-lake-of-the-acts-of-rama-hb-hindi-edition-by-rc-prasad-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Sri Ramacaritamanasa: The Holy Lake of the Acts of Rama (HB)- Hindi Edition - By R.C. Prasad (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"Shri Ramacharitamanasa of Tulasidasa is the single most popular book of the Hindus, which for over four centuries, has greatly appealed equally to the rich and the poor, the educated and the illiterate, the old and the young and the scholar and the common man. Keeping in mind people's ever increasing quest for the epic, this unique edition of the Ramacharitamanasa with verse to verse Hindi and English translation along with Tulasidas's original text has been prepared. The translation rendered by an accomplished scholar maintains the intrinsic richness of the original. Special care has been taken for making it useful to the Indian brethren living abroad to whom the dialect of Tulasidasa's original may be somewhat incomprehensible. There has been a long-standing demand from the vast Indian community settled abroad for a standard and authentic edition of the Ramacharitamanasa. The present edition has been designed to meet their requirement by using the most modern printing and processing techniques to make it a work of international standard. A speical feature of this edition is the inclusion of Lavakushakanda, Shri Hanumanchalisa and Shri Ramashalaka Prashnavali. The mode of its recitation is given as a separate appendix. Adding to its uniqueness is the inclusion of important section containing Indian, European and American scholars criticisms on Tulasidas's Ramacharitamanasa. A glossary of important proper nouns and epithets is given at the end.\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eDR. R. C. PRASAD was University Professor of English in Patna University where he taught for about three decades. He was an eminent author, translator and editor. He had a good number of books to his credit.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359237136747,"sku":"9788120807624","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Sri-Ramacaritamanasa.jpg?v=1780947073"},{"product_id":"the-cosmology-of-the-bhagavata-purana-mysteries-of-the-sacred-universe-hb-by-richard-l-thompson-author-mlbd-publications","title":"The Cosmology of the Bhagavata Purana: Mysteries of the Sacred Universe (HB) - By Richard L. Thompson (Author) -  MLBD Publications","description":"From the flat earth to the sun's chariot traditional spiritual texts seem wedded to outmoded cosmologies that show, at best, the scientific limitations of their authors. The Bhagavata Purana, one of the classical scriptures of Hinduism, seems, at first glance, to be no exception. However, a closer examination of this text reveals unexpected depths of knowledge in ancient cosmology. This shows that the cosmology of the Bhagavata Purana is a sophisticated system, with multiple levels of meaning that encode at least four different astronomical, geographical and spiritual world models. By viewing the text in the light of modern astronomy, Richard Thompson shows how ancient scientists expressed exact knowledge in apparently mythological terms. Comparison with the ancient traditions of Egypt and the Near East shows early cultural connections between India and these regions including a surprisingly advanced science. However, quantitative science is only part of the picture. This work also offers a clear understanding of how the spiritual dimension was integrated into ancient Indian cosmology.\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eRichard L. Thompson was born in Binghamton, New York, in 1947. In 1974 he received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University, where he specialized in probability theory and statistical mechanics. He has done scientific research in quantum physics, mathematical biology, and remote sensing. He has extenseively investigated ancient Indian astronomy, cosmology and spirituality and has developed multimedia expositions on these topics.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359237792107,"sku":"9788120819191","price":8.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/The-Cosmology-of-the-bhagavata-purana.jpg?v=1780947077"},{"product_id":"ten-upanishads-of-four-vedas-hb-by-ram-k-piparaiya-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Ten Upanishads of Four Vedas (HB) - By Ram K. Piparaiya (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp id=\"title\" class=\"a-spacing-none a-text-normal\"\u003eTen Upanishads of Four Vedas, Ram K.Piparaiya, a contemporary treatise that contains unabridge texts, numerous commentries,simplified synopses and inspirational highlight. The book is a useful compendium of original Upanishad texts and commentaries. Interfaith classics that contemplate on what is God? Where from came the cosmos? Who am I? Why am I here? Upanishads are a record of human mind's earliest contemplatives flights tothe unknown. Many of the anonymous seekers proceeded great masters and prophets like Lao-Tzu, Comfucius, Socrates, Zoroaster, Buddha, Mahavira, Abraham and Jesus, by at least a few centuries. Upanishads use many captivating, stories and metaphors to bring out the relationship between man, God and world. Timeless truths are condensed in profound aphorisms. After a few glimpses of Upanishads texts, their mere presence on a bookshelf inspires thoughts of wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359237988715,"sku":"9788178221595","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/ten-upanishads-of-four-vedas.jpg?v=1780947084"},{"product_id":"the-lalita-cult-hb-by-v-r-ramachandra-dikshitar-author-mlbd-publication","title":"The Lalita Cult (HB) - By V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar (Author) - MLBD Publication","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePaperback – 1 January 1999\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359238054251,"sku":"9788120814981","price":4.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/the-lalita-cult.jpg?v=1780947087"},{"product_id":"darsan-seeing-the-divine-image-in-india-pb-by-diana-l-eck-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India (PB) - By Diana L. Eck (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eThe experience of the divine in India merges the three components of sight, performance and sound. This book is about the power and importance of \"seeing\" in the Hindu religious tradition. In the Hindu view, not only must the gods keep their eyes open, but so must we, in order to make contact with them, to reap their blessings and to know their secrets. When Hindus go to temple, their eyes meet the powerful, eternal gaze of the eyes of God. It is called Darsan, \"Seeing\" the divine image and it is the single most common and significant element of Hindu worship. This book explores what 'darsan' means. This is also a book about the divine image in the Hindu tradition. What do Hindus see in the images of the gods? What is meant by these multi-armed gods, with their various weapons, emblems and animals? How are these images made and con-secreted ? How are they treated in a ritual context? In exploring the nature of the divine image, this book not only considers the images of the gods, but also the Hindu temple and the Hindu place of pilgrimage.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359238381931,"sku":"9788120832664","price":2.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Darsan.jpg?v=1780947094"},{"product_id":"the-holy-geeta-pb-by-prabha-duneja-editor-mlbd-publications","title":"The Holy Geeta (PB) - By Prabha Duneja (Editor) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\r\\nThe message of the holy dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna in the Bhishma Parvan episode of Mahabharata has been held in deep reverence by the sages, philosophers and the learned scholars all over the world. The teachings of Geeta are universal and meant for the welfare of entire creation. There are hundreds of commentaries on Bhagavad Geeta both in Indian and in many foreign languages.\r\\n\r\\nIn the words of Dr. Radhakrishnan, 'for centuries people have found comfort in this great book which sets forth in precise and penetrating words the essential principles of a spiritual religion which are not contingent on ill-founded facts, unscientific dogmas or arbitrary fancies.'\r\\n\r\\nThe present translation is only a humble addition to the work which has been accomplished earlier by the Geeta scholars. This translation with Romanized Sanskrit verses has been brought forward in order to encourage the modern generation into the study of this ancient scripture. This work is also meant to help the Indians living in foreign countries and to arouse the interest of foreigners into the recitation of Sanskrit verses and to understand the meaning of Geeta in a simple flexible and comprehensible language.\r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eFounder and president of the Geeta Society, is also an active member of the Women's Federation for world peace and the United Nations Association, USA. She is also the chairwoman of the Women's Interfaith Circle of Service\/CC-URI and a recipient of the Global Citizen award, given by UNA-the Commonwealth Club San Francisco, the Parliament of World's Religions, schools, universities, churches, mosques, and interfaith conferences. Mrs. Duneja, a graduate from the Sanskrit University of Kurukshetra, is a well-known Vedic scholar and a devotee of Lord Krishna. She is the author of the Legacy of Yoga in Bhagavad Geeta, Mantra and the Modern Man, Bhagavad Geeta: The Gospel of Timeless Wisdom, and has also recorded several series of lectures on the science of yoga and meditation, the secret powers of mantra, and the Bhagavad Geeta. For more information visit her website: holygeeta.org and contact her at duneja@aol.com\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359240020331,"sku":"9788178224510","price":1.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/the-holy-geeta.jpg?v=1780947099"},{"product_id":"hindu-mythology-and-the-critique-of-sacrifice-the-head-beneath-the-altar-hb-by-brian-collins-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Hindu Mythology and The Critique of Sacrifice: The Head Beneath the Altar (HB) - By Brian Collins (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\r\\nHindu mythology reflects this mixture of otherworldly spiritualism and worldly violence. Like most mythologies, it is full of images of cosmic wars, apocalyptic destruction, and tragic heroes. But it is also the repository of as many stories about courtly love, self-sacrifice, ethical quandaries, and sophisticated philosophical edifices to rival (or even surpass) Augustine and Aquinas. And unlike Greek or Scandinavian mythology, Hindu mythology is also connected to a living religious tradition and helps to define the religious identity of hundreds of millions of Hindus. As scholars of Hinduism have learned, one is far more likely to draw protests when writing about Ganesa or Siva than when writing about Loki or Aphrodite. Indeed, as we shall see, scholars of Hindu mythology have recently found themselves enmeshed or implicated in India's religious conflicts. Many books have been written about the violence of religion, the religions of India, and the violence of the religions of India. But René Girard, who has spent the last four decades thinking and writing about religion and violence, has had virtually nothing to say about is until his lectures on the Sanskrit Brahmanas at the Bibliotheque nationale de France in October of 2002. This book presents a study of those lectures, published in English in 2011 as Sacrifice, in light of the rest of Girard's work, current Indological scholarship, and primary texts from the Hindu tradition. Along the way, it also visits the work of Girard's predecessors, heirs, rivals, and critics, examine some well-known and some frequently overlooked Hindu myths and rituals, and take some sidelong glances into Christian theology, contemporary philosophy, and Greek, Iranian, and Scandinavian literature.\r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359240053099,"sku":"9788120841901","price":9.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/hindu-mythology-and-the-critique-of-sacrifice.jpg?v=1780947100"},{"product_id":"the-riddle-of-the-infinite-or-ananta-hb-by-jayant-burde-author-mlbd-publications","title":"The Riddle of the Infinite or Ananta (HB) - By Jayant Burde (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHardcover – 1 January 2019\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359240151403,"sku":"9788120841680","price":6.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/the-riddle-of-the-infinite-or-ananta.jpg?v=1780947102"},{"product_id":"kabir-the-apostle-of-hindu-muslim-unity-hb-by-muhammad-hedayetullah-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Kabir: The Apostle of Hindu-Muslim Unity (HB) - By Muhammad Hedayetullah (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eHinduism and Islam are usually considered to be poles apart especially on religious grounds. But in this work, the author has endeavored to demonstrate that in spite of sharp differences between them, they met on religious, commercial, intellectual and political levels both in and outside of India. Although orthodox Hinduism and orthodox Islam could hardly reconcile, it is shown here that they were bound to accommodate each other however, the real fusion took place with the coming to India of a host of Sufis especially the lives and conduct of the left wing mystics of both religions made the two peoples to come closer through bhakti mysticism. Of the many bhakta mystics who strove in this direction, Dr. Hedayetullah made a special study of Kabir (D. 1518) who dedicated his whole life to the achievement of Hindu-Muslim unity on socio-religious levels. So far Kabir has not only been denied his rightful credit as an apostle of Hindu-Muslim unity, but he has also been misunderstood by many. In the present work, he is shown to have gained the place of honor between the two religions as a mediator and a harmonizer. His efforts were crowned with success, the resultant Indo-Islamic culture and civilization is a living proof.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359241068907,"sku":"9788120833739","price":5.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Kabir.jpg?v=1780947118"},{"product_id":"the-bijak-of-kabir-hb-by-linda-hess-author-mlbd-publications","title":"The Bijak of Kabir (HB) - By Linda Hess (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"Kabir was an extraordinary poet whose works have been sung and recited by millions throughout North India for half a millennium. He was perhaps illiterate (I don't touch ink or paper, this hand never grasped a pen) and he preached an abrasive, sometimes shocking, always uncomprising message exhorting his audience to shed their delusions, pretensions and empty orthodoxies in favour of an intense, direct personal confrontation with truth. Thousands of poems are popularly attributed to Kabir but only a few written collections have survived over the centuries. The Bijak is one of the most important anthologies, being the sacred book of the Kabir Panth and the main representative of the Eastern tradition of Kabirís verses. All versions of the Bijak include three main sections called Ramaini, Sabda and Sakhi, plus a fourth section containing a number of miscellaneous folk-song forms. Most of the Kabir material has been popularized through the song-form known as sabda or pada and through the aphoristic sakhi that serves throughout North India as a vehicle for popular wisdom. These two forms, universally linked with Kabir, have been emphasized in this translation. Shukdev Singh and Linda Hess have accomplished a translation of real grace and remarkable accuracy. The introduction and notes explore Kabirís work, place it in its initial context and explore its meaning for modern time. The Bijak is one of the most important anthologies, being the sacred book of the Kabir Panth and the main representative of the Eastern tradition of Kabir's verses. Shukdev Singh and Linda Hess have accomplished a translation of real grace and remarkable accuracy. The introduction and notes explore Kabir's work, place it in its initial context and explore its meaning for modern time.\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eLinda Hess is at Stanford University. Shukdev Singh is at Banaras Hindu University.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359241101675,"sku":"9788120802162","price":5.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/51F62N-HexL._SX326_BO1204203200.jpg?v=1780947119"},{"product_id":"the-indian-mind-essentials-of-indian-philosophy-and-culture-hb-by-charles-a-moore-author-mlbd-publications","title":"The Indian Mind: Essentials of Indian Philosophy and Culture (HB) -By Charles A. Moore (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe question, according to George P. Conger, noted authority on Indian philosophy, is not so much whether India can contribute as whether the west is ready to receive. Here, in selected essays from the proceedings of the east-west philosophers conferences, is an examination by world authorities of one of the oldest, richest, most complicated and most profound philosophical traditions of all time. The intimate relationship in Indian perspective between philosophy and life is revealed. Common misunderstandings concerning Indian philosophy are exposed and the marked kinship between India and the west is emphasized. The essays which comprise this book, since they are technical in themselves and written by experts in their special areas, meet the needs of the educated reader generally, as well as the technical expert.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359241167211,"sku":"9788120832794","price":14.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/51Mt1nEp5cL._SX318_BO1204203200.jpg?v=1780947120"},{"product_id":"elements-of-hindu-iconography-2-volumes-in-4-parts-by-t-a-gopinatha-rao-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Elements of Hindu Iconography (2 Volumes in 4 Parts)- By T. A. Gopinatha Rao (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Brhatsamhita of Varahamihira is an encyclopaedia of astrological and other subjects of human interest. This part consists of 50 chapters, from chapters 58 to 107, three Appendices and Index. In chapter 58 units of lineal measurement are given and all the limbs of an idol are described in detail with their measurements. In chapter 60 the ceremony of consecration and installation of idols is described. Physiognomy and Palmistry are treated of in chapters 68-70. In chapter 74 we find excellent erotic poetry with superb imagery. In chapter 75 the author says that a child born to a woman resembles the man whom she thinks of at the time of coitus-a statement yet to be tested by modern psychology and genetics. Chapter 77 shows the author's mathematical genius. Gemology is discussed in chapter 80. In chapter 85 principles of public health and sanitation are highlighted. Chapters 86 to 96 form one big section dealing with omens and auguries. Chapter 104 treats of the effects of planetary transits and also gives a summary of metrics. Chapter 105 deals with rituals. Divided into two parts the book contains Sanskrit text, English translation, explanatory notes and literary comments.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359241363819,"sku":"9788194137481","price":32.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/51YFw0PuxHL._SX327_BO1204203200.jpg?v=1780947125"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.mlbd.com\/collections\/hinduism.oembed?page=5","provider":"MLBD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}