The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic . This book is about a sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, The Ramayana is familiar to virtually every Indian. Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki around the fourth century BC, poets [...]
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The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
Posted in General Hinduism, Hinduism, Spirituality, tagged Finally Rama, golden deer, Hindu, hindu book, Hinduism, King Janaka, Mithila City, R. K. Narayan, Rama, Ramayana, religion spiritual, religious book, spiritual book on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion
Posted in General Hinduism, Hinduism, Spirituality, tagged spiritual, Spirituality, Hinduism, Hindu, God Shiva, Meeting God, Puja, Goddess Lakshmi, Sun God, Goddess Durga, Goddess Parvati, God Vishnu, Divine Feminine, Ganges River, Ganesha Chaturthi, Goddess Mariamman, Basant Panchami, God Subramaniam, Monkey God, religious book, varna, the caste system on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion. For centuries, India’s strict caste system prohibited many Hindus from worshipping their gods in a public way simply because lower caste Hindus could not afford the services of a brahmin (a priest). Yet Huyler, co-curator of the Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler [...]
Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India
Posted in General Hinduism, Hinduism, Religious Studies, Spirituality, tagged Darsan, divine image, Eastern Religions, Hinduism, Hinduism book, India, Indus Valley, Krsna Jagannáth, Lord Ganesa, New Embodiment, religion, Sri Lakshmi Temple, Sri Venkateswara, Supreme Lord, United States on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India. Diana Eck is a wonderful scholar who has written several great books on Hinduism. Darsan (or “darshan,” if you’re transliterating it simply for an English-speaking audience) is a wonderfully simple introduction to Hindu iconography and the related ritual experience, a subject that is overwhelmingly broad and often unwieldy.
If [...]
Proof of Vedic Culture’s Global Existence
Posted in General Hinduism, Hinduism, tagged Absolute Truth, American Indians, Bhagavat Purana, British Isles, Central America, Central Asia, Godfrey Higgins, hindu religious books, Lord Krishna, Lord Rama, Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, Middle East, New Delhi, Old Testament, Sarasvati River, Some Blunders of Indian Historical Research, South America, Srila Vyasadeva, Supreme Being, Supreme Lord, Supreme Personality, Taj Mahal, veda, Vedic, Vedic Aryan, Vedic Culture, Venu Gopalacharya, World-Wide Hindu Culture on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Proof of Vedic Culture’s Global Existence. This book provides evidence which makes it clear that most religious history is not what we think it is. It lets you see the true heritage that has been suppressed for centuries. It shows that there was once a greatly advanced and ancient culture that was a global society. [...]
The Secret Teachings of the Vedas: The Eastern Answers to the Mysteries of Life Volume One
Posted in General Hinduism, Hinduism, Sacred Texts, Sutras, tagged bodily conception, bodily platform, conditioned soul, devotional service, false ego, fruitive activities, fruitive work, functioning temple, heavenly planets, hellish planets, higher planets, hilltop temple, illusory energy, karmic reactions, lower planetary systems, lower planets, mandapa hall, middle planetary system, other living entities, religion, sense gratification, sinful reactions, spiritual planets, spiritual platform, spiritual sky, Stephen Knapp, vedic literature on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Secret Teachings of the Vedas: The Eastern Answers to the Mysteries of Life Volume One.
Stephen Knapp’s book focus on eastern answers to the mysterious horizons explaining the theories about the universe, the souls, life after death and the ideas of the Absolute Lord. It’s an indepth introduction to vedic teachings. The easter philosophy is [...]
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