The setting is the start of the great war between cousins, the Kauravas and Pandavas. Arjuna, the Pandava hero, finds himself facing his close kin, elders and teachers. The thought of piercing them by his arrows deeply disturbs Arjuna. Distraught, he breaks down, throws away his bow and declares he will not fight. It is Krishna's task to counsel his friend about life as well as his duty as a warrior so that he can fight the war with full moral conviction.

    According to the Devi Bhagavata, the universe is but her manifestation. The worship of Durga is believed to be more than 4,000 years old in India.

    Book by Subramuniyaswami, Satguru Sivaya

    A concise, and delightful introduction to Vedanta, the philosophical backbone of Hinduism.Written with verve and charm by a Western nun for a Western audience, this brief book gives a comprehensive overview of Vedanta philosophy while emphasizing its practical Western application.

    This collection is an invitation to discover courage and internal contentment, creating a life of happiness, abundance, and service.

    Originally published in India in 1971, The Way to God reveals the essence of Gandhi's ideas on faith, love, meditation, service, self-control, and prayer. A simple guide to daily religious practice, it is relevant to readers of every faith.

    Mantra: Sacred Words of Power is the only English-language source that teaches how to intone dozens of mantras with perfect precision--a key to their effectiveness. Author Thomas Ashley-Farrand explores every aspect of mantra theory and practice: spiritual and historical origins, their effects on the body's energy centers, and how these sacred sounds can create massive changes in both our inner and outer worlds. Listeners learn dozens of specific mantras to clear the mind, dispel fear, break unhealthy habits, enhance creativity, intensify meditation practice, and much more.

    Many ancient techniques from the Upanishads are adapted for the modern mind. This book is designed for those already familiar with the fundamentals of meditation and have a degree of mastery in the pratyahara (sensory withdrawal) practices.

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    "The Living Goddess" also offers a vision of what our own Goddess heritage in the West must have been, revealing how much we lost when humans turned away from the Divine Female.

    “The guiding thread of Christophany,” Panikkar writes, “is to lead to a personal experience of that mystery.” More than simply a book about mysticism, Christophany offers the attentive reader a way to experience the mystical depths of life. To know Jesus is to experience Jesus’ mystical life, in particular to share in divinity, and to know God as “Abba.” What happened in the life of Christ will happen in us and, in our transformed lives, God lives in us without us losing our own being.

    An established vedic astrologer provides an introduction to its extraordinarily rich vision of the human spirit linked intimately to spiritual practices.