The Essence of Hinduism
Author | : Durga Das Basu |
Publisher | : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9788120321403 |
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Author | : Durga Das Basu |
Publisher | : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9788120321403 |
Author | : Swami Mukundananda |
Publisher | : Jagadguru Kripaluji Yog |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2013-03-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0983396736 |
The Vedic scriptures are a vast treasure-house of the most resplendent divine knowledge, which contains the key for bringing about a divine transformation in our lives. Intuitively, seekers worldwide perceive that the heritage of India, the land of spirituality, holds in its bosom the rarest of rare secrets that they all yearn to know. That is why an inherent curiosity exists for understanding the concepts of Hinduism, reading its scriptures, and visiting the country that is the spiritual leader of the world. However, without proper guidance, such endeavors to fathom the secrets of Hinduism, even with the best of intentions, do not meet with success. People get stumped with how to access the knowledge, comprehend its wide-spectrum of concepts, and utilize them meaningfully in their lives. That is why Hinduism is an enigma for most Westerners.
Author | : Ludwig Feuerbach |
Publisher | : Newcomb Livraria Press |
Total Pages | : 29 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 3989887092 |
A New 2023 translation into English from the original manuscript, with an introduction, glossary of Feuerbachian terminology and a timeline of his life and works. "The Essence of Religion" is a philosophical work published in 1841 that critiques the nature and origins of religious belief, arguing for a Darwinian-historical origin for religion, and a materialistic worldview. In this work, Feuerbach argues that religion is a product of human imagination and projection, and that its true essence can only be understood by examining the human mind and its relationship to the natural world. Schopenhauer and Nietzsche both take their satirical criticism about religion from Feuerbach, and every aspect of Marxism can be found here in Marx's favorite Philosopher. Feuerbach is a critical figure in the development of not merely Marxism, but Materialistic Humanism in general. Feuerbach is critical to understanding Marx. This is Volume VI in the 2023 The Complete Works of Ludwig Feuerbach by Newcomb Livraria Press
Author | : Sudhir Anand |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : |
Author | : S. Devi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002-05 |
Genre | : Hinduism |
ISBN | : 9788124201442 |
Author | : Andrew J. Nicholson |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2013-12-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0231149875 |
Some postcolonial theorists argue that the idea of a single system of belief known as "Hinduism" is a creation of nineteenth-century British imperialists. Andrew J. Nicholson introduces another perspective: although a unified Hindu identity is not as ancient as some Hindus claim, it has its roots in innovations within South Asian philosophy from the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries. During this time, thinkers treated the philosophies of Vedanta, Samkhya, and Yoga, along with the worshippers of Visnu, Siva, and Sakti, as belonging to a single system of belief and practice. Instead of seeing such groups as separate and contradictory, they re-envisioned them as separate rivers leading to the ocean of Brahman, the ultimate reality. Drawing on the writings of philosophers from late medieval and early modern traditions, including Vijnanabhiksu, Madhava, and Madhusudana Sarasvati, Nicholson shows how influential thinkers portrayed Vedanta philosophy as the ultimate unifier of diverse belief systems. This project paved the way for the work of later Hindu reformers, such as Vivekananda, Radhakrishnan, and Gandhi, whose teachings promoted the notion that all world religions belong to a single spiritual unity. In his study, Nicholson also critiques the way in which Eurocentric concepts—like monism and dualism, idealism and realism, theism and atheism, and orthodoxy and heterodoxy—have come to dominate modern discourses on Indian philosophy.
Author | : R. V. Bhasin |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2016-11-23 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781540572400 |
Hinduism is less a religion, and more a way of life. In this account, R.V. Bhasin, an advocate in the Supreme Court of India, depicts it simply and understandably for everyone with an inkling of an interest for the same.