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Author
Language
English
Description
Many of us live and operate from a mind-set of lack, scarcity, and limitation. We focus on what we don't have--financial security, confidence, an intimate relationship--which keeps us feeling insecure and inadequate. We think "if only I could have those things, I could be happy." But measuring wealth by money or material possessions leaves us feeling drained and spiritually empty. Constantly striving for more often means our ego is driving our thoughts,...
3) Hinduism
Author
Publisher
G. Braziller
Pub. Date
1961.
Physical Desc
255 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
4) Hinduism
Author
Series
Galaxy book volume GB173
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1966.
Physical Desc
210 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
779 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the world's oldest major religions, this book elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds. Hinduism does not lend itself easily to a strictly chronological account: many of its central texts cannot be reliably dated; its central tenets--karma, dharma, to name just two--arise at particular moments in Indian history and differ in each...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
1980.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
151 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the basic tenets of Hinduism by examining how sacred Hindu writings deal with such questions as "Who am I?", "Where did I come from?", and "Why am I here?"
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
ix, 189 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Told from the frank and refreshing perspective of a practicing Hindu, this book analyses the importance of Hinduism as the secular, plural middle path in the battle between Islam and Christianity that is playing out across the globe. Being Hindu presents a faith of peace, liberation, and understanding in an increasingly violent world.
14) The mystics
Author
Publisher
Dial Press
Pub. Date
1974.
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Lectures on the history of religions volume new ser., no. 10
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
1974.
Physical Desc
ix, 143 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
16) Hinduism
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomson Learning
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An overview of the Hindu religion, including its history, scriptures, ceremonies, and customs.
17) Upaniṣads
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
lx, 446 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the first major English translation of the ancient Upaniṣads in over half a century. Includes an introduction and note on the translation by the translator, a guide to Sanskrit pronunciation, and a list of names.
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