{"title":"Hindu life and practice Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"chakras-9780892817603","title":"Chakras","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late Indian scholar and tantra practitioner Harish Johari introduces the classical principles of the chakras as well as their practical application for today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A beautifully crafted book. Johari skillfully takes us into the machinery of Hindu metaphysics, a nerve system vehicle that navigates the invisible frontiers of consciousness...compressed with detail.\" * Hinduism Today *\u003cbr\u003e\"For Harish Johari--artist, composer, teacher, tantric devotee--desire is the brush and the five senses are the palette.\" * Yoga Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"Johari shows us the mysteries of these subtle centers of transformation with visualization techniques essential to a fully realized tantric practice.\" * Share Guide, March\/April 2001 *\u003cbr\u003e\"Unlike other books in its field, \u003ci\u003eChakras\u003c\/i\u003e provides the tools to activate . . . and elevate one's intellectual knowledge to an experience of spiritual growth. Nowhere else will the Western reader find so much valuable information on this ancient tradition in one place.\" * Branches of Light, Spring into Summer 2001 *\u003cbr\u003e\"Among the best of Western explications, combining traditional, visionary, and practical views...illustrated, detailed, and accessible to the neophyte.\" * East West *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChakras\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnergy Centers of Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e1. Principles of Tantra Yoga \u003cbr\u003e2. Kundalini and Yoga \u003cbr\u003e3. The Essentials of the Chakras \u003cbr\u003e4. Chakras, Rebirth, and Spirituality \u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Extracts from Hindu Scriptures on the Various Stages of Yoga \u003cbr\u003eGlossary \u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Inner Traditions Bear and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737822179671,"sku":"9780892817603","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-complete-life-of-krishna-based-on-the-earliest-oral-traditions-and-the-sacred-scriptures-9781594774751","title":"The Complete Life of Krishna: Based on the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first book to cover Krishna’s entire life, from his childhood pranks to his final powerful acts in the Mahabharata war\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e • Draws from the Bhagavad Purana, the Bhagavad Gita, the Mahabharata, and India’s sacred oral tradition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e • Shows how the stories of Krishna’s life are expressed with such simplicity and humor that they enable anyone--man, woman, or child--to see the wisdom of his teachings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e • Provides a valuable meditative tool that allows the lessons of these stories to illuminate from within\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Krishna, one of the most beloved characters of the Hindu pantheon, has been portrayed in many lights: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero, an exemplary ruler, and the Supreme Being. In \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Life of Krishna\u003c\/i\u003e, Vanamali, a leading Krishna expert from a long line of prominent Krishna devotees, provides the first book in English or Sanskrit to cover the complete range of the avatar’s life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing from the Bhagavad Purana, the Bhagavad Gita, the Mahabharata, and India’s sacred oral tradition, Vanamali shares stories from Krishna’s birth in a dungeon and early days as a merry trickster in Vrindavana, through his time as divine ruler at Dwaraka, to his final powerful acts as the hero Arjuna’s charioteer and guru in the Kurukshetra war. She explains how Krishna became a mahayogi, the greatest of all yogis, and attained complete mastery over himself and nature. By integrating the hero-child with the mahayogi, the playful lover with the divine ruler, Vanamali shows how the stories of Krishna’s life are expressed with such simplicity and humor that they enable anyone--man, woman, or child--to see the wisdom of his teachings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This complete biography of the man who was also a god provides a valuable meditative tool allowing Krishna’s lessons to illuminate from within.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Scholarly and insightful on the meanings of these legends, \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Life of Krishna\u003c\/i\u003e is a strongly recommended pick for religious history collections focusing on Hinduism and eastern religions.” * Midwest Book Review, August 2012 *\u003cbr\u003e“Drawing from the Bhagavad Gita and other sacred texts, the author explains how Krishna became a mahayogi, the greatest of all yogis, with complete mastery over himself and nature. On whatever level you receive these stories, they are a valuable meditative tool, full of delight and wisdom.” * Whole Life Times, August 2012 *\u003cbr\u003e“Vanamali’s new book will entrance readers as a first introduction to the immortal Lord of Love, or as a cherished opportunity to once again dip into the nectar of the Lord’s \u003ci\u003elila\u003c\/i\u003e, his play on earth.” * Light of Consciousness, October 2012 *\u003cbr\u003e“Recommended for new age and spirituality collections alike, this draws from a range of sources, from India’s oral tradition to the Bhagavata Purana, Gita, Mahabharata and more, exploring Krishna’s life, how he became the greatest of all yogis, and how he evolved to the position of a divine ruler. Any collection strong in Indian spirituality needs this in-depth coverage.” * Midwest Book Review, November 2012 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eForeword by Swami Krishnananda \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePreface: The Historical Krishna \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Krishna the Supreme Incarnation \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart One \u003cbr\u003eBala-Lila--The Play of the Child\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e The Advent \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e The Birth of the Unborn \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3\u003c\/b\u003e The Divine Infant \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4\u003c\/b\u003e The Butter Thief \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5\u003c\/b\u003e Bondage of the Boundless \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e6\u003c\/b\u003e Brahma Bemused \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7\u003c\/b\u003e The Enchanting Flute \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e8\u003c\/b\u003e Krishna Lifts the Mountain \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e9\u003c\/b\u003e The Divine Lover \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e10\u003c\/b\u003e The Lord of Vraja \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two \u003cbr\u003eRaja-Lila--The Royal Game\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e11\u003c\/b\u003e The Prophecy Fulfilled \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e12\u003c\/b\u003e Uddhava at Gokula \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e13\u003c\/b\u003e Lord of Dwaraka \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e14\u003c\/b\u003e Abduction of Rukmini \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e15\u003c\/b\u003e The Cursed Gem \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e16\u003c\/b\u003e The Pandavas \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e17\u003c\/b\u003e The Divine Husband \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e18\u003c\/b\u003e The Sons of Krishna \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e19\u003c\/b\u003e The Divine Ruler \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e20\u003c\/b\u003e The Rajasuya Sacrifice \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three \u003cbr\u003eUttama-Lila--The Game Supreme\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e21\u003c\/b\u003e The Gambling Match \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e22\u003c\/b\u003e The Exile \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e23\u003c\/b\u003e The Lord as Ambassador \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e24\u003c\/b\u003e Declaration of War \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e25\u003c\/b\u003e Srimad Bhagavad Gita \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e26\u003c\/b\u003e The Mahabharata War \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e27\u003c\/b\u003e The End of the War \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e28\u003c\/b\u003e The Advice of Bhishma \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e29\u003c\/b\u003e The Story of Sudama \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e30\u003c\/b\u003e Dharma Rules Supreme \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e31\u003c\/b\u003e The Curse of the Sages \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e32\u003c\/b\u003e Advice to Uddhava \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e33\u003c\/b\u003e The Death of the Deathless \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpilogue: Lila--The Cosmic Play \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix One. Alphabetical List of Mantras \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix Two. 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As the religious landscape of the United States continues to shift\u003ci\u003e, Hindu Approaches to Spiritual Care\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates a path forward not just for Hindu chaplains, but for all chaplains working in a multi-religious ecosystem. -- Varun Soni, Pd.D., Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life, Vice Provost of Campus Wellness and Crisis Intervention, University of Southern California\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHindu Approaches to Spiritual Care\u003c\/i\u003e is a pioneering volume that sheds light on the foundations, practicalities and growing of Hindu spiritual care in America today. There is much-needed wisdom here for the wider Hindu community, but also countless insights for the rest of us, as we think about Hinduism in America - and also rethink and renew our own ways of spiritual care. -- Francis X. Clooney, SJ, Parkman Professor Divinity, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 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Srinivas’s deployment of these specific categories by no means limits its readers; on the contrary, the book inspires readers to revisit their own field experiences, and look for the moments of wonder.\" -- Arthi Devarajan * Anthropology News *\u003cbr\u003e\"Tulasi Srinivas does us a service in identifying important insights arising from her study of ritual practice that will help us to better understand wonder. Hopefully, her work will prompt other scholars to use an anthropological approach to better understand the dynamics of wonder from the perspective of the interlocutors they study.\" -- Steve Derné * Asian Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Cow in the Elevator\u003c\/i\u003e captures in lovely detail and theory-rich rumination, the evolution and dynamism of Hindu ritualism in modern Bangalore, calling attention to the unstable and creative dimensions of ritual, and the ethical possibilities and challenges it opens up within this rapidly changing city. Scholars of Hinduism and South Asian urbanism will find much to ponder in this book, as will anthropologists interested in ritual theory and practice.\" -- Andrew C. Willford * Pacific Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\"I treasure \u003ci\u003eThe Cow in the Elevator\u003c\/i\u003e for its sparkle and its positive news about hope and creativity in often bleak circumstances. Rich in original analytic insights, this book is not a tidy package but a cornucopia from which all kinds of sweet and bitter products may be extracted, tasted, consumed, and transformed: high-powered caloric fuel for interpretive intellectual energies. . . . Daring, insightful, and highly engaging, \u003ci\u003eThe Cow in the Elevator\u003c\/i\u003e offers so much that its capacity to provoke unanswered questions in no way detracts from its invaluable qualities. 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Srinivas, as father and anthropologist, very moving.\" -- Soumhya Venkatesan * Anthropological Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\"A stunning and provocative book.… Srinivas's experienced and eloquent prose gives this book a rare combination of provocativeness and accessibility.… \u003ci\u003eThe Cow in the Elevator\u003c\/i\u003e provides an intensely real and nuanced account of urban life in the twenty-first century.\"  -- Deonni Moodie * The Revealer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Translation  xi\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xiii\u003cbr\u003e O Wonderful!  xix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Wonder, Creativity, and Ethical Life in Bangalore  1\u003cbr\u003e Cranes in the Sky  1\u003cbr\u003e Wondering about Wonder  6\u003cbr\u003e Modern Fractures  9\u003cbr\u003e Of Bangalore's Boomtown Bourgeoisie  13\u003cbr\u003e My Guides into Wonder  16\u003cbr\u003e Going Forward  31\u003cbr\u003e 1. Adventures in Modern Dwelling  34\u003cbr\u003e A Cow in an Elevator  34\u003cbr\u003e Grounded Wonder  37\u003cbr\u003e And Ungrounded Wonder  39\u003cbr\u003e Back to Earth  41\u003cbr\u003e Memorialized Cartography  43\u003cbr\u003e \"Dead-Endu\" Ganesha  45\u003cbr\u003e Earthen Prayers and Black Money  48\u003cbr\u003e Moving Marble  51\u003cbr\u003e Building Wonder  56\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: Into the Abyss  58\u003cbr\u003e 2. Passionate Journeys: From Aesthetics to Ethics  60\u003cbr\u003e The Wandering Gods  60\u003cbr\u003e Waiting . . .  65\u003cbr\u003e Moral Mobility  69\u003cbr\u003e Gliding Swans and Bucking Horses  70\u003cbr\u003e The Pain of Cleaving  74\u003cbr\u003e And the Angry God  80\u003cbr\u003e Full Tension!  84\u003cbr\u003e Adjustments  86\u003cbr\u003e Life and . . .  91\u003cbr\u003e Ethical Wonders  92\u003cbr\u003e Interlude. Up in the Skyye  95\u003cbr\u003e 3. In God We Trust: Economies of Wonder and Philosophies of Debt  99\u003cbr\u003e A Treasure Trove  99\u003cbr\u003e Twinkling Excess  107\u003cbr\u003e The Golden Calf  111\u003cbr\u003e A Promise of Plenitude  114\u003cbr\u003e \"Mintingu\" and \"Minchingu\"  119\u003cbr\u003e \"Cash-a-carda?\" Philosophies of Debt  128\u003cbr\u003e Soiled Money and the Makings of Distrust  131\u003cbr\u003e The Limits of Wonder  133\u003cbr\u003e 4. Technologies of Wonder  138\u003cbr\u003e Animatronic Devi  138\u003cbr\u003e Deus Ex Machina  140\u003cbr\u003e The New in Bangalore  142\u003cbr\u003e The Mythical Garuda-Helicopter  143\u003cbr\u003e Drums of Contention  152\u003cbr\u003e Capturing Divine Biometrics  157\u003cbr\u003e Archiving the Divine  159\u003cbr\u003e Technologies of Capture  162\u003cbr\u003e FaceTiming God  164\u003cbr\u003e Wonder of Wonders  169\u003cbr\u003e 5. Timeless Imperatives, Obsolescence, and Salvage  172\u003cbr\u003e \"Times have Changed\"  172\u003cbr\u003e The Untimeliness of Modernity  175\u003cbr\u003e Avelle and Ritu  178\u003cbr\u003e Slipping Away  181\u003cbr\u003e When Wonder Falls  183\u003cbr\u003e Time Lords  187\u003cbr\u003e Dripping Time  188\u003cbr\u003e The Future, The Past, and the Immortal Present  204\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. A Place for Radical Hope  206\u003cbr\u003e Radical Hope  206\u003cbr\u003e Amazement in Turmeric  210\u003cbr\u003e The Need for Wonder  213\u003cbr\u003e Afterword. 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Srinivas, as father and anthropologist, very moving.\" -- Soumhya Venkatesan * Anthropological Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\"A stunning and provocative book.… Srinivas's experienced and eloquent prose gives this book a rare combination of provocativeness and accessibility.… \u003ci\u003eThe Cow in the Elevator\u003c\/i\u003e provides an intensely real and nuanced account of urban life in the twenty-first century.\"  -- Deonni Moodie * The Revealer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Translation  xi\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xiii\u003cbr\u003e O Wonderful!  xix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Wonder, Creativity, and Ethical Life in Bangalore  1\u003cbr\u003e Cranes in the Sky  1\u003cbr\u003e Wondering about Wonder  6\u003cbr\u003e Modern Fractures  9\u003cbr\u003e Of Bangalore's Boomtown Bourgeoisie  13\u003cbr\u003e My Guides into Wonder  16\u003cbr\u003e Going Forward  31\u003cbr\u003e 1. Adventures in Modern Dwelling  34\u003cbr\u003e A Cow in an Elevator  34\u003cbr\u003e Grounded Wonder  37\u003cbr\u003e And Ungrounded Wonder  39\u003cbr\u003e Back to Earth  41\u003cbr\u003e Memorialized Cartography  43\u003cbr\u003e \"Dead-Endu\" Ganesha  45\u003cbr\u003e Earthen Prayers and Black Money  48\u003cbr\u003e Moving Marble  51\u003cbr\u003e Building Wonder  56\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: Into the Abyss  58\u003cbr\u003e 2. Passionate Journeys: From Aesthetics to Ethics  60\u003cbr\u003e The Wandering Gods  60\u003cbr\u003e Waiting . . .  65\u003cbr\u003e Moral Mobility  69\u003cbr\u003e Gliding Swans and Bucking Horses  70\u003cbr\u003e The Pain of Cleaving  74\u003cbr\u003e And the Angry God  80\u003cbr\u003e Full Tension!  84\u003cbr\u003e Adjustments  86\u003cbr\u003e Life and . . .  91\u003cbr\u003e Ethical Wonders  92\u003cbr\u003e Interlude. Up in the Skyye  95\u003cbr\u003e 3. In God We Trust: Economies of Wonder and Philosophies of Debt  99\u003cbr\u003e A Treasure Trove  99\u003cbr\u003e Twinkling Excess  107\u003cbr\u003e The Golden Calf  111\u003cbr\u003e A Promise of Plenitude  114\u003cbr\u003e \"Mintingu\" and \"Minchingu\"  119\u003cbr\u003e \"Cash-a-carda?\" Philosophies of Debt  128\u003cbr\u003e Soiled Money and the Makings of Distrust  131\u003cbr\u003e The Limits of Wonder  133\u003cbr\u003e 4. Technologies of Wonder  138\u003cbr\u003e Animatronic Devi  138\u003cbr\u003e Deus Ex Machina  140\u003cbr\u003e The New in Bangalore  142\u003cbr\u003e The Mythical Garuda-Helicopter  143\u003cbr\u003e Drums of Contention  152\u003cbr\u003e Capturing Divine Biometrics  157\u003cbr\u003e Archiving the Divine  159\u003cbr\u003e Technologies of Capture  162\u003cbr\u003e FaceTiming God  164\u003cbr\u003e Wonder of Wonders  169\u003cbr\u003e 5. 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