About The Book: This book attempts to give a critical commentary on the current events within the Auroville community. It poses questions that require collective answers to understand the underlying causes of the difficulties and obstacles that currently divide the...

Lord Shiva is the most captivating and enigmatic pan-Hindu deity. He is not just a part of the Hindu Trinity, which includes Brahma and Vishnu, but is also revered as ‘Mahadev’, the Great Lord. He transcends the human understanding of...

The Torchbearer of Humanity - An Illustrated Biographical Collection of the World's Founders of Faith, Saints and Spiritual Teachers of Outstanding Influence (HB) By Atilla Tau (Author) | MLBD Publications This unique, illustrated biographical collection fills a long-felt gap. It...

The Great Mosque of Banda Aceh, Its History, Architecture and Relationship to the Development of Islam in Sumatra (PB) | By Bouwsema-Raap, Wilhelmina (Author) | White Lotus "This book presents the complete history of the iconic monument of Aceh, Sumatra,...

Shivapada in Khmer Art offers a fascinating account of Shiva, the enigmatic god of the Hindu pantheon, ever present on the earth as ascetic, householder, and even as cultivator. Based on the original Sanskrit and Khmer literary sources, and the...

Searching for the Sources of the Irrawaddy (PB) | By Roux, Emile (Author) | White Lotus Sacred Caves of Tam Ting (Pak On), Luang Prabung, Laos: Mystery, Splendor, and Desecration is the story of the eaves, of the collaborative international...

Sacred Rocks and Buddhist Caves in Thailand (PB) | By Munier, Christophe (Author) | White Lotus Sacred Caves of Tam Ting (Pak On), Luang Prabung, Laos: Mystery, Splendour, and Desecration is the story of the eaves, of the collaborative international...

Monks and Magic: An Analysis of Religious Ceremonies in Central Thailand (PB) | By Terwiel, B. J (Author) | White Lotus The book deals with Buddhism as it was practiced in a community in rural Central Thailand. The text is...

This research volume discusses a fascinating historical episode, the establishing of Balinese Hindu rule over the predominantly Muslim population of Lombok, concentrating on the years 1700-1748. Materials covering this period are re-examined and further interesting information provided as to what...

Hindu Gods At Sukhodaya (PB) | By Subhadradis Diskul (Author) | White Lotus. A study in iconography in which the author applies the theory developed by Philippe Stern for Khmer iconography on Thai sculptures of the Sukhothai period. It attempts...

By Anon This Guide to the Tipitaka offers both authoritative descriptions of Theravada Buddhist doctrine and summaries of all texts of the Burmese version of this book, the three collections of Buddhist teachings venerated as canonical. This Burmese version is...

Guide to the Temple of Banteay Srei At Angkor (PB) | By Finot, Parmentier & Goloubew (Author) | White Lotus. Originally published in 1926, this is the first study of the temple that many consider the crown jewel of the...