Samadhi is a topic of great curiosity, amazement, astonishment and mysteriousness. There are stories of people sitting quietly in Samadhi for years together. Stories of Uddhava, Hanumana in Samadhi are startling for many people. Drk-Drsya Viveka, however, explains the concept...

Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever you want. It is easy to carry. It can be an ideal...

Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever you want. It is easy to carry. It can be an ideal...

The Mahabodhi Mahavihara which stands majestically identifying the spot of the Buddha's Enlightenment is not only an artistic edifice but is also a place of worship where people and practitioners have immense faith and belief and is also a cultural...

Most of the early Tibetan literature was derived from ancient Indian Buddhist literature. However, one poplar non-Buddhist literature that came from India was Vetala (Vetalapancavimsatika) or Corpse stories. In Tibet it is called, Ro Sgrun (pronounced Ro Dun) also called,...

Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever you want. It is easy to carry. It can be an ideal...

This volume strikes a new note in the study of Indian epics-the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. In it, for the first time, mythology is dissociated from the running threads of both the epic texts. The mythology of the two epics...

The theistic belief in God as an omniscient, omnipotent and benevolent creator of this universe has been an age-old belief of mankind which has had its staunch supporters as well as formidable opponents. The problem of evil has been a...

Shatrunjaya

In this long awaited volume, David B. Allison argues for a "generous" approach to Nietzsche's writings and provides comprehensive analyses of Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, The Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and On the Genealogy of Morals. Unique among...

An eminent anthropologist examines the findings of the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early twentieth century, a religious development that was a major departure from "folk" or "popular" Buddhism. Sherry Ortner is the first...

Culture and Consciousness argues that the vast interdisciplinary boom in consciousness research has enormous implications for literary and cultural studies, and that the potential benefits of this research in the twenty-first century are momentous. Its objective is to show how...