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Philosophy of Life...
Philosophy of Life
As Reflected in the Bani of Guru Nanak and Upanishad by: Kanta AroraThis volume illustrates, compares and discusses as to how Guru Nanak with his transcendental exposition, sharp skill, argumentative capability and common poetic language further enriched, explained, simplified, modernized and expressed various theological and philosophical concepts elucidated in Upanishads for the understanding and adaptation of a common man.
$42.00
ISBN: 9788124609453
Year Of Publication: 2019
Edition: 1st
Pages : xiv, 354
Bibliographic Details : Bibliography, Index
Language : English
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Size: 23
Weight: 700
This volume illustrates, compares and discusses as to how Guru Nanak with his transcendental exposition, sharp skill, argumentative capability and common poetic language further enriched, explained, simplified, modernized and expressed various theological and philosophical concepts elucidated in Upanishads for the understanding and adaptation of a common man. Upanishads are breath of eternal and hymns of Guru Nanak are a divine song of life. Guru Nanaks exuberance of love and search for God and godly people was not confined to any religion or religious institution. He revolted against the ritualistic mind of a brahmana. He was essentially a man of God whose love and quest for search for the Ultimate Truth knew no limits. In the pursuit of this search he enjoyed a reach to the state of void meaning a state where there is no distinction between the object and the subject the knower and the known. He was a protagonist of Bhakti tradition and stressed more on bhakti or devotion to God. He taught the Sahaja-Patha or Surata Shabada Yoga that easily takes one straight to the Lord by spontaneous concentration of mind.
Both hymns of Guru Nanak and Upanishads explain that the real aim of human life is to attain liberation from the repeated coming and going in incarnations, which can be attained by adequate karma, knowledge and disciplined meditation.
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Bani (Hymns) of Guru Nanak and Upanisads
Period of Guru Nanak
About Guru Nanak
Hymns of Guru Nanak
Vedic Religion
Upanisads
A General Overview of Hymns of Guru Nanak and Upanishads
A Bani (Hymns) of Guru Nanak A Song of Life
B Hymns of Guru Nanak Are Upanishadic
C Guru Nanak Placed Love for God & Godly Life above all organized religions
D An Advocate of Better Worldliness
Conclusion
2. Cosmogony or Origin of Creation
Hymns of Creation by Guru Nanak
Hymn of Creation (Rigveda X.129.1-7)
Universal Soul and Individual Soul
Nature of Individual Soul and Body
3. God, Man and the World
Mutual Relationship between God, Man and the World
Divine Will, Fear of God and Free Will
Stages of Life and Haume (I-ness)
The World Struggle and Suffering in the World
4. Gods Love and Grace in Life
Role of Guru
Gods Love
5. Aim of Mans Life and Path of Liberation
Aim of Mans Life in the Hymns of Guru Nanak
Aim of Mans Life according to Upanishads
Path of Liberation
Personal Experience of Divinity
6. Conclusion
Spiritual Unity and Solidarity in All Existence
Balanced combination of Rituals and Meditation: Ignorance and Knowledge
Who is the real agent in the individual?
That Alone Know as Brahman
Brahman is beyond All Perceptions
Two Kinds of Knowledge Are to Be Known: The Higher as well as Lower
Brahman is Both the Efficient and Material Cause of the Creation
Nature of Liberation
Turiya: Fourth Stage of Consciousness; Significance of Syllable aum?
That Form from which the Origin, Continuance and Dissolution of the World Come is Ishvara
Seeking Brahman-Knowledge from a Teacher
True Nature of Brahman is Pure Consciousness
Teaching the World of Brahman
The Primal Sound Resonates Deep Within
Everything flows from the Self
Theoretical Unknowability of Brahman
The Truth
Cosmogony or Origin of Creation
Identity between Individual Soul and Universal Soul
Individual Soul and Body
Mutual Relationship between God, Man and the World
Divine Will, Fear of God and Free Will
Haume (I-ness)
World Struggle and suffering in the World
Role of a Guru
Gods Love
Nadar (Grace)
Aim of Life
Path of Liberation
Personal Experience of Divinity
Message
Revelations at a Glance
Bibliography
Index
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Aesthetic Textures $60.00
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The book is based on the proceedings of a seven-day international conference organized by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) on the living traditions of the Mahabharata in the year 2011. The conference explored the multiple tellings and retellings of the Mahabharata story as sung, danced, and celebrated in festivals, inscribed on to geographic landscapes, committed to memory as sacred genealogy, embodied in rituals, and sculpted in shrines and temples. The presentations ranged from issues of poetics and ethics to translations, adaptations, and variations to folk and tribal traditions as sung, recited, and performed. Rather than exploring the Mahabharata as a book or a singular narrative, these papers focus on the multi-tradition of the Mahabharata in all its multidimensionality, multiplicity, and above all, in its fluidity. The book would certainly interest the scholars engaged in the study of the living heritage of Indian epics, folklorists, indologists, and anthropologists. -
Borobudur $130.00
Borobudur was constructed during the eighth century as a guide to the Noble Path of the Buddha. Born from silence and unfolding into the serenity of the other shore, it expresses the glory of Indonesia’s awareness and creativity, the smile of her plastic forms over the centuries as well as her travels along the edge of thoughts that cross the endless corridors of memory.
Though the Western world rediscovered this magnificent structure almost 200 years ago, this sacred place nonetheless remains seated in its enigmatic depth, engulfed in vaporous illusions, waiting for someone to find the base simplicity of its Truth. This book is a catalyst and invites adventurous minds to find new directionJs by bringing into focus the vast universe of the Borobudur in order to cultivate the Way to weeding out error. The questions posed or solutions offered herein are like water and waves: different yet identical in essence. They stir discussion.
One of the special contributions of this book lies in its correlating the cyclical movements of the Sun and Moon with the numerical symbolism of Borobudur. The authors cite the magical effect of the Sun suddenly appearing out of the volcano Merapi and empowering the Borobudur-mountain with its radiant energy in poetic imagery. This magic moment of satori or enlightenment echoes the experiences of the unknown Shailendra monarch who had commissioned the monument’s construction and the inspiration that made the architect envision this Buddhist wonder.
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An Introduction to the Study of Indian Poetics $24.00
The book aspires to do for Indian poetics what Hudson’s book, An Introduction to the Study of English Literature did for English literature, though in a totally different manner and style. It provides the student with the essential knowledge about almost all aspects of Indian poetics. Based on the original Sanskrit sources, it presents the necessary information lucidly in precise and clear terms. Each chapter is self-contained and complete in itself, with explanatory notes, and a bibliography of relevant works. The Sanskrit terms used in the text are invariably explained or provided with English equivalents.
For quick reference, “A Glossary of Sanskrit Literary Terms” is given in the Appendices, which contain also “A List of Noted Indian Poeticians (including commentators) and Their Works” and “Notes on Major Texts in Indian Poetics”.
This handy volume, with its unique features, will prove invaluable to those who are going to embark on the study of Indian poetics, especially the ones who have no Sanskrit background. To a devoted student, it will prove a useful companion during his/her further studies. -
Agneya-Kona of Bharatavarsha $40.00
The book focuses on the cultural developments of Agneya-Kona (the south-east India) and their contributions to the development of humanity, and highlights the concocted history of Bharatavarsha, especially of Agneya-Kona.
The author projects many artefacts to substantiate his theory. Many archaeological findings Þ the pre-historic rock painting of Gudahandi, images of female figurines, along with circular discs, and nude female figurines are cases in point. Female principle was worshipped in the Mahanadi Valley both in aniconic and iconic forms.
Agneya-Kona has contributed significantly to the growth of the tantric worship. In the pre-historic rock painting of Gudahandi, there is a trace of Yoga, especially Kundalini Yoga. The book details the spiritual and yogic culture of Orissa, the formative phase of Purushottama Jagannatha culture, the impact of Narasimha culture, yoni tantra traditions of the Central Mahanadi Valley and the spiritual relationship of Kalahandi with Candipur Tara-Pitha of Birbhum.
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The book is a source of inspiration for archaeologists and historians, who want to study more about south-east India, and students, teachers and researchers of arts and culture. -
Mutual Regards $80.00
This is an anthology of parallel texts from the Irish and Indian intellectual traditions ranging over what scholars have said about the two countries histories of turmoil, their philosophies of mind and being, their myths and fantasies, their contemplative imagination as expressed in their lyrical poetry, their learning in medicine, history, linguistics and poetics, the records left about them by Irishmen who came to India and by Indians who went to Ireland, and the contemporary engagements between the two countries.
The volume shows that, despite major differences between the two countries, contacts and similarities between them have been substantial. The recorded testimonies of Irish people and Indians who have visited the respective countries demonstrate that in both cases the experience has been a warm and encouraging one, which has led the visitor to become more aware of what is meant by nationality, what he or she has acquired from his or her country of origin and what he or she has gained by contact with another society and another culture. That the two appear to share the same spirit of the self is attested by the fact that they both end up in the twentieth century, by coincidence or destiny, with the symbolism in their flags of the same three colours orange, white, and green.
