India's tolerant and diverse vision of the Divine is all here: meditative, devotional, philosophical, scriptural and yogic.

    Bhakti-yoga, the science of devotion, teaches us this art. And there is no greater teacher than the Vedic sage Narada.Narada's 84 jewellike aphorisms on devotion, known as the Narada-bhakti-sutra, reveal the secrets of love of God -- what it is, and isn't; what its effects are; what helps or hinders our progress along the path; and much more. For the sincere seeker of life's ultimate goal, the Narada-bhakti-sutra is essential.The first part of the Narada-bhakti-sutra contains the commentary of his Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prubhapada, recognized by scholars and spiritual leaders worldwide as the most distinguished teacher of Indian culture and philosophy of the modern age. The latter part has been explained by Satsvarupa dasa goswami, one of Srila Prabhupada's senior disciples and the author of more than two dozen books on bhakti.

    Reveals the stories of the deathless masters, the siddhas Agastyar and Boganathar, who belonged to the '18 Siddha Tradition', famous among the Tamil speaking people of southern India and Babaji, the immortal master made famous by Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi.

    In so doing, he seeks to fill a void in our understanding of human history, revealing secrets of Vedic and ancient civilization.

    Based on two classics ofancient Vedic wisdom -- Sri Isopanisad and Srimad-Bhagavatam -- Lawsexplores the age-old mysteries surrounding karma and reincarnation, freewill and destiny, enlightenment, and liberation. What's more, it shows ushow we can practice the techniques of yoga and meditation to cut the bondsof karma and achieve complete freedom, happiness, and spiritual perfection.

    This book prepared by Swami Harshananda explains not only the historical evolution of the temple, its architecture and its symbology but also contains ideas for its rehabilitation.

    The contributors to this volume focus on these "many" Ramayanas.While most scholars continue to rely on Valmiki's Sanskrit Ramayana as the authoritative version of the tale, the contributors to this volume do not. Their essays demonstrate the multivocal nature of the Ramayana by highlighting its variations according to historical period, political context, regional literary tradition, religious affiliation, intended audience, and genre. Socially marginal groups in Indian society—Telugu women, for example, or Untouchables from Madhya Pradesh—have recast the Rama story to reflect their own views of the world, while in other hands the epic has become the basis for teachings about spiritual liberation or the demand for political separatism. Historians of religion, scholars of South Asia, folklorists, cultural anthropologists—all will find here refreshing perspectives on this tale.

    You must have heard of the two great epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The Mahabharata states that there are eighteen Puranas and also names three of them, the Markandeya Purana, the Vayu Purana and the Matsya Purana. Although the Ramayana does not mention any Puranas by name, the word Purana is used several times. This means that the composers of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata were familiar with the Puranas. The Puranas are thus fairly ancient texts. Seventh in the series is this.