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Devi Bhakti Tarangini
In India, worship of the Divine Mother is an extraordinarily rich and diverse cultural heritage in which powerful streams of devotion have come together to form a vast ocean. Devi Bhakti Tarangini is a series of devotional poems that both partakes of and contributes to this ancient cultural tradition. Ramachandra Roddam is a contemporary practitioner of spiritual disciplines, seeker of wisdom, and devoted servant of the traditions that have nourished him from his earliest days. These wise and charming verses reflect the fervor of a bhakti yogi and the deep perception of a jnana yogi while expressing the simple joy of a child basking in its mother's unconditional love. It will be a welcome inspiration for devotees everywhere.
Spunky Indian: March 2019 issue
Spunky Indian brings to you the reason for celebrating the joy of being woman this March. Although, every day is a woman’s day if you have a woman in your life, make sure you make her special this day! After all, a special day is dedicated to recognizing her. Inequalities between men and women have been seen since ages. The discrimination against women always forced them to be behind the walls. Time has come when women have to be empowered so that they can lead their lives their way and without being answerable to anyone about their personal choices. Women empowerment doesn’t mean deifying women rather it means replacing patriarchy with parity. The woman is an embodiment of Shakti, Love,...
বাউল প্রেমিক
বাউল প্রেমিক বইটি শ্রী সনাতন বাউল দাস ঠাকুরের সম্পূর্ণ সাধনজীবনের ফসল। আমি আত্মবিশ্বাসের সঙ্গে বলতে চাই যে, এই বইটিই প্রথম— যা আধুনিক শিক্ষিত সমাজের সঙ্গে বাউল সাধনাকে পরিচিত করাতে চেয়েছে, যা একজন বাউলসাধকের নিজের লেখা। ‘বাউল প্রেমিক’ গ্রন্থটি একজন বাউল ও প্রেম...
The Baul Tradition
This book traces the Baul Path, a Tantric spiritual tradition, from its earliest roots in the subcontinent of India, to its dissemination in the West in modern times. “Baul” – meaning “madcap” or “taken by the wind” – describes one who has a vision of reality so piercing & clear that they are called to live in a way that goes against the common grain: the safe, plodding life of the mainstream. In the East, for centuries, Baul bards & yogis wandered the dusty roads of Bengal singing & dancing with joy in praise of God. Their poetry-songs uplifted ordinary people, transporting all above the daily grind for survival & into a direct experience of the sublime. Sahaja is the hallma...
Krishna's Heretic Lovers
This book recounts the legendary love story of Chandidas and Rami, 14th-century Bengalis. He is a young Brahmin priest who renounces his caste status to become an heretical poet-musician wandering the byways of India with a small band of mystics and bards. Rami is a beautiful 20-year-old widow, of low caste, living with her two children. To survive, she washes the clothes of local villagers. An overwhelming magnetism of love and fate compels them to come together against prevailing religious and social customs. Rami leaves all of her familiar world behind to travel, sing and praise the Divine with her beloved Chandidas, along the dusty roads of Bengal. Krishna’s Heretic Lovers is an histor...
Standing at the Edge
"Joan Halifax is a clearheaded and fearless traveler and in this book...she offers us a map of how to travel courageously and fruitfully, for our own benefit and the benefit of all beings." —From the foreword by Rebecca Solnit Standing at the Edge is an evocative examination of how we can respond to suffering, live our fullest lives, and remain open to the full spectrum of our human experience. Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activist, an anthropologist, and as a Buddhist teacher. Over many decades, she has also collaborated with neuroscientists, clinicians, and psychologists to understand how contemplative practice...
Song of the Great Soul
Song of the Great Soul provides a glimpse into the fascinating world of Bengal's Baul tradition, an ancient synthesis of music, poetry, yoga, social commentary and mystical teaching. Author Parvathy Baul, world-renowned for her spellbinding performances, uses stories from her life along with drawings, woodcut prints, paintings, and translations of Baul poetry to introduce this vibrant tradition to contemporary readers. Wandering Baul singers are beloved throughout India for the haunting sweetness of their songs, the esoteric wisdom embedded in their poems, and their stirring call to abandon discrimination based on caste and religion. In Song of the Great Soul, one of the world's leading teachers of the Baul tradition offers a first look at this unique path, declared by UNESCO to be "a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity."
Sacred Songs of India
Four, Like Its Predecessor Volumes One, Two And Three, Encompasses Selections From The Lifework Of Ten Mystic Poet-Saints Of India. The Mystic Poet-Sages Include'D In This R Volume Lived Between The 8Th And 20Th C Centuries And Came From Such Diverse Regions Of India.Jike Kashmir, Kerala, Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab And Andhra Pradesh. They Are: Sundarar (Also Known As Sundara- Murthy), One Of The Great Nayanmars, Nammalular, The Doyen Of Alwars, Basavanna, The Founder Of Veerasaivism-A Movement Pledged To An Egalitarian Society Devoted To God, Ijad Ded Or Ijalla Yogeswari, The Kashmiri Saivite Yogin, Bihva Mangal Immortalised By His Poem Krishnakarnamritam, Chandidas,...
Parallel Thinking
Western thinking is failing because it was not designed to deal with change In this provocative masterpiece of creative thinking, Edward de Bono argues for a game-changing new way to think. For thousands of years we have followed the thinking system designed by the Greek philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, based on analysis and argument. But if we are to flourish in today’s rapidly changing world we need to free our minds of these ‘boxes’ and embrace a more flexible and nimble model. Parallel Thinking is an invaluable insight into the word of creativity; de Bono unveils unique methods of brainstorming and explains preconceived ideas of what creativity involves and is. This book is not about philosophy; it is about the practical (and parallel) thinking required to get things done in an ever-changing world.
Forest of Tigers
Acclaimed for its unique ecosystem and Royal Bengal tigers, the mangrove islands that comprise the Sundarbans area of the Bengal delta are the setting for this pioneering anthropological work. The key question that the author explores is: what do tigers mean for the islanders of the Sundarbans? The diverse origins and current occupations of the local population produce different answers to this question – but for all, ‘the tiger question’ is a significant social marker. Far more than through caste, tribe or religion, the Sundarbans islanders articulate their social locations and interactions by reference to the non-human world – the forest and its terrifying protagonist, the man-eating tiger. The book combines rich ethnography on a little-known region with contemporary theoretical insights to provide a new frame of reference to understand social relations in the Indian subcontinent. It will be of interest to scholars and students of anthropology, sociology, development studies, religion and cultural studies, as well as those working on environment, conservation, the state and issues relating to discrimination and marginality.
